COMM 22100 - Interpersonal Communication

Course Credit: 1
(COMD, COMS)
This course examines the form, content, and consequences of communication between two people, primarily focusing upon informal contexts, such as the communication between parent and child, siblings, romantic partners, and friends. Topics include communication rules, self-disclosure, cultural and intercultural influences, gender similarities and differences, nonverbal communication, compliance-gaining, relational stages and strategies, relational conflict, and ethics and power in interpersonal communication. Prerequisite(s): COMM 11100 Alternate Years. [HSS]