Davis A. Foulger, Ph. D.

Visiting
Professor
Fall, 2005-Spring, 2006
and Fall 2001-Spring 2003

COM 395: Communication, Relationships, and Communities

formerly (and still listed as) Communication and Social Cognition

Semester Syllabus - Fall, 2002

Monday/Wednesday/Friday - 11:30AM-12:25PM - Lanigan 102A

Dr. Foulger

Semester SyllabusLecture Notes

Grading Criteria

Course BibliographyApproved Department Course Syllabus

Course Description

Students of interpersonal communication need a detailed understanding of the relationship of interpersonal communication theory to real world practice. This course explores the ways in which communication and shared meaning emerge from our personal engagement of a social world; the ways in which social institutions and the self emerge from and are shaped by our communication with others. A detailed look at the relationship of how our interpersonal communication shapes our communities, our relationships, and ourselves. Detailed consideration is given to a variety of representations of meaning, emotion, and thinking as they influence and are shaped by our communication with friends, family, significant others, culture and social institutions.

This course, which stands in for the as yet to be approved COM 312, can be used to partly satisfy the writing requirement in communication.

Texts

Planalp, Sally. Communicating Emotion: Social, Moral and Cultural Processes. Cambridge University Press. 1999.

Stewart, John R. Bridges Not Walls: A Book about Interpersonal Communication 8TH Edition. McGraw-Hill Higher Education; 2001.

Yankelovich, Daniel. The Magic of Dialogue: Transforming Conflict into Cooperation. Touchstone Books; 2001.