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Date | Class Focus/Activity | Assignments Due | Module |
Aug. 27 (1 of 40) |
First Day of Class
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None. | Introduction to Interpersonal Communication |
Aug. 29
(2 of 40) |
Why we communicate.
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Wood; p.1-20. Index Card Assignment 1: Who is the most important person in your life? Why? |
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Aug. 31
(3 of 40) |
How we communicate interpersonally.
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Wood; p. 20-42. | |
Sept. 3 | Labor Day: No class | ||
Sept. 5
(4 of 40) |
Communicating Competently.
Section Quiz: Introduction to Interpersonal |
Wood; p. 43-51. Index Card Assignment 2: Think about the biggest argument you ever had. Then write down:
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Sept. 7
(5 of 40) |
The Nature of Self-Esteem.
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McKay and Fanning; p. 1-19. | Communication and Self |
Sept. 10
(6 of 40) |
The Process of Self.
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Wood; p. 52-65. Index Card Assignment 3: Think about your future. List three things that you would like to become or would like to acheive. Communication Journal 1: Create a heading: "The most important person in my life". Use your first Index Card Assignment as a basis for describing how that person has helped to make you who you are. |
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Sept. 12
(7 of 40) |
A day of reflection. Due to the tragic events of Tuesday, Sept. 11, there is no class today. I will be in Mahar 107 at the class meeting times and will observe my normal office hours in Lanigan 38C. If you feel a need to talk, please come by. |
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Sept. 14
(8 of 40) |
The Critic in all of us.
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McKay and Fanning; p. 20-56. |
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Sept. 17
(9 of 40) |
Labeling, Language, and Self.
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Wood; p. 65-87. Index Card Assignment 4: Identify three things you don't like about yourself. |
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Sept. 19
(10 of 40) |
Knowing yourself.
Section Quiz: Communication and Self |
McKay and Fanning; p. 57-75. | |
Sept. 21
(11 of 40) |
The Process of Perception.
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Wood; p. 88-109. Index Card Assignment 5: Write a one card self-description. |
Communication and Other |
Sept. 24
(12 of 40) |
Cognitive Distortion.
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McKay and Fanning p. 76-111 | |
Sept. 26
(13 of 40) |
Improving Perception and Communication.
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Wood; p. 110-121. Index Card Assignment 6: Read through this entire syllabus, paying particular attention to the sub-bullets in column 2 ("Class Focus/ Activity"). Pick three sub-bullets that seem particularly interesting to you and write them on your index card. (Note: this is a first step toward picking a term paper topic, so try to pick things that really do seem like they might be interesting.) |
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Sept. 28
(14 of 40) |
The Listening Process.
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Wood; p. 193-214. Index Card Assignment 7: Select a topic for your term paper. Write, on an index card, a tentative paper title and a one paragraph overview of what you plan to do in the paper. Term Paper Subject Due |
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Oct. 1
(15 of 40) |
Compassion for self and other.
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McKay and Fanning; p. 112-135. Index Card Assignment 8: In some one of your interactions this weekend:
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Oct. 3
(16 of 40) |
Adapting Listening to Communication Goals.
Section Quiz: Communication and Other |
Wood; p. 214-226. | |
Oct. 5
(17 of 40) |
The Nature of Language.
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Wood; p. 122-148. | Language |
Oct. 8
(18 of 40) |
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McKay and Fanning; p. 136-168. Index Card Assignment 9: You'll have to think about this. Think about something that you feel or have experienced or have seen that you don't have a name for. Describe that feeling or experience or place or thing as best you can on one side of a 3x5 card. |
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Oct. 10
(19 of 40) |
Harnessing the Power of Language.
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Wood; p. 148-158. McKay and Fanning; p. 169-186. |
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Oct. 12
(20 of 40) |
Mid-Term Exam | None | Mid-Term |
Oct. 15
(21 of 40) |
Non-Verbal Communication: The "hidden" message.
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Wood; p. 159-169. | Expression |
Oct. 17
(22 of 40) |
A Non-Verbal Communication Inventory.
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Wood; p. 169-186. Index Card Assignment 10: Imagine yourself at an event (e.g. a wedding, a date at a night club, a job interview, a test, a funeral, ... you have lots of options to choose from. Think about the event. List the kinds of non-verbal communication that are associated with the event. |
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Oct. 19
(23 of 40) |
Improving Non-Verbal Communication.
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Wood; p. 186-192. | |
Oct. 22
(24 of 40) |
Emotion and Communication.
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Wood; p. 228-245. Index Card Assignment 11: Divide your life up into four stages (e.g. 1-5, 5-10, 10-15, 15-now or preschool, elementary school, high school, and now). Name your best friend during each of these four stages (for most of you it will change from stage to stage). For each best freind, name the most intense emotion you felt with or relative to that friend. |
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Oct. 24
(25 of 40) |
Responding to Criticism.
Section Quiz: Non-Verbal Communication |
McKay and Fanning; p. 187 - 219. | |
Oct. 26
(26 of 40) |
Communicating Emotion.
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Wood; p. 245-262. | Communication Styles and Climates |
Oct. 29
(27 of 40) |
Communication and Relationships.
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Wood; p. 263-275. Term Paper References Due (Counts as Index Card Assignement 12) |
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Oct. 31
(28 of 40) |
Asking for what you want.
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McKay and Fanning; p. 220 - 235. | |
Nov. 2
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At National Communication Association in Atlanta. No Class. | ||
Nov. 5
(29 of 40) |
Managing Communication Climate.
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Wood; p. 275-297. | |
Nov. 7
(30 of 40) |
You are (or at least can be) who you think you are.
Section Quiz: Communication Styles and Climates |
McKay and Fanning; p. 236 - 284. | |
Nov. 9
(31 of 40) |
Communication and Conflict.
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Wood; p. 298-319. | Communication and Conflict |
Nov. 12
(32 of 40) |
I'm Still Not OK.
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McKay and Fanning; p. 285 - 308. | |
Nov. 14
(33 of 40) |
Belief and Conflict.
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McKay and Fanning; p. 309 - 326. Index Card Assignment 13: Describe three things you believe are important. |
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Nov. 16 | At Digital Divide Symposium in Austin. No Class. | None. | |
Nov. 19
(34 of 40) |
Managing Conflict through Communication.
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Wood; p. 320-338. | |
Nov. 21 | Day Before Thanksgiving. No Class. | None. | |
Nov. 23 |
Day After Thanksgiving. No Class. Beginning of Ski Season! |
None. | |
Nov. 26
(35 of 40) |
Section Quiz: Communication and Conflict Friends.
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Wood; p. 339-370. | Interpersonal Communication Contexts |
Nov. 28
(36 of 40) |
Couples.
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Wood; p. 371-391, 398-415. | |
Nov. 30
(37 of 40) |
Small Groups.
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Term Paper Due | |
Dec. 3
(38 of 40) |
Marraige and Families.
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Wood; p. 391-398. McKay and Fanning; p. 327-373. |
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Dec. 5
(39 of 40) |
The Interpersonal Organization.
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Communication Journal Due | |
Dec. 7
(40 of 40) |
Community, Ecology and The Global Village.
Will pass out take home final exam, which can be returned to my mailbox in the Lanigan Hall Communication Studies office by December 12 or to either final exam session as specified below. |
Wood; p. 416-418. Index Card Assignment 14: What was the most important and/or interesting thing you learned:
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Dec. 11 |
Final Exam period for Section 810 (10:20 AM Section). Exam runs from 10:30AM to 12:30 (2 hours). I will be here for the entire period. If you want to do the exam in class, members of either section can do so at this time. |
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Dec. 13 |
Final Exam period for Section 800 (9:10 AM Section). Exam runs from 8:00AM to 10:00AM (2 hours). I will be here for the entire period. If you want to do the exam in class, members of either section can do so at this time. |