2021-2022 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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COMM 213 - Gender Communication
PREREQUISITES: COMM 101 - Fundamentals of Public Speaking or COMM 102 - Introduction to Interpersonal Communication and ENGL 111 - English Composition
PROGRAM: Communication
CREDIT HOURS: 3
LECTURE HOURS: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: N/A
This course is designed to enhance students’ knowledge and understanding of human communication among multiple gender identities. Examines the concepts of sex and gender, and how those concepts affect communication in theory and real world application. Explores how gender is perceived in various social and global contexts.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
- Recognize the relationship between gender, sexual identity, power, and communication.
- Identify and describe challenges to effective gender communication.
- Explain and evaluate how language and nonverbal communication are affected by gender
- Examine how gendered communication styles learned through socialization affect relationships.
- Discuss gender diversity and how it realtes to non-binary individuals.
- Understand and explain how gender affects other aspects of identity such as race, age, sexuality, and social class.
- Analyze and explain how gender is related to different cultural practices and contexts.
- Employ appropriate gender communication in multiple settings such as the workplace, home, professional, and social settings.
- Examine and explain social issues related to gender in the global community.
- Analyze the relationship between gender and the media, and its effects on our perception of identity.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
Culture, gender, and sexual identity
Communication styles
Social construction of identity
Construction of marginalized gender identities
Interpersonal Communication
Group Communication
Mass Communication
Organizational Communication
Interpersonal Relationships
Gender Communication Theory and Research
Gender Communication Skills and Competencies
Verbal and Nonverbal Communication
Power
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