Session

Day

Date

Topic

Assignment

1

Thu

Jan 26

Communication and Culture

None

2

Tue

Jan 31

Intercultural Communication: Imperatives and Change

IC In Context, c. 1;
Readings In IC, c. 9

3

Thu

Feb 2

Sources of Culture

Readings In IC, c. 2 & 3

4

Tue

Feb 7

Introduction Research Methodologies

IC In Context, c. 2;
Readings In IC, c. 1

5

Thu

Feb 9

Introduction to Intercultural Communication Theory

IC In Context, c. 3

6

Tue

Feb 14

Ideological Approaches to Culture and Communication

Readings In IC, c. 8 & 19

7

Thu

Feb 16

Narrative Approaches to Culture and Communication

Readings In IC, c. 10, 11, & 12

8

Tue

Feb 21

Ethnographic Approaches to Culture and Communication

IC In Context, c. 4;
Readings In IC, c. 21 & 41

9

Thu

Feb 23

Intercultural Ethics

Readings In IC, c. 38, 39, & 40

10

Tue

Feb 28

Exam 1

11

Thu

Mar 2

Culture as Construction

Readings In IC, c. 4, 7

12

Tue

Mar 7

Self as Cultural Construction

Readings In IC, c. 5, 6, & 32;
Short Paper 1 Due

13

Thu

Mar 9

Phenomenological Approaches to Culture and Communication

IC In Context, c. 5

-

Mar 11-19

Oswego Spring Recess

14

Tue

Mar 21

Language and Semiotics

IC In Context, c. 6;
Readings In IC, c. 16 & 25

15

Thu

Mar 23

Culture, Semiosis, and Stereotyping

Readings In IC, c. 14, 23, & 24

16

Tue

Mar 28

The Semiotic Basis of Reality: Code Variation

Readings In IC, c. 13, 15, & 17

17

Thu

Mar 30

Non-Verbal Codes

IC In Context, c. 7;
Readings In IC, c. 18 & 19

18

Tue

Apr 4

Cultural Transitions

IC In Context, c. 8

19

Thu

Apr 6

20

Tue

Apr 11

Medium, Genre, and Culture; Will Distribute Take Home Exam

IC In Context, c. 9
Readings In IC, c. 22 & 37; Short Paper 2 Due

-

Thu

Apr 13

Spring Break Day: No Classes

21

Tue

Apr 18

Culture, Relationships, and Structuration

IC In Context, c. 10;
Readings In IC, c. 30, 31, & 33

-

Wed

Apr 19

Quest Day and Honors Convocation. Plan to Attend.

22

Thu

Apr 20

Conflict, Dialogue, and Mediation

IC In Context, c. 11
Readings In IC, c. 35 & 36

23

Tue

Apr 25

Intercultural Communication Competence

IC In Context, c. 12;
Readings In IC, c. 34

24

Thu

Apr 27

No Class. At ECA.

25

Tue

May 2

Transitions Between Cultures

Readings In IC, 26 &27

26

Thu

May 4

Term Paper Presentations

27

Tue

May 9

Term Paper Presentations

28

Thu

May 11

Transitions Across Cultures

Readings In IC, 28 & 29

Final

Thu

May 18

Final at 2:00PM