MIM 527 Intercultural Competence and Communications I

Study of the process of communication, its various components, and how cultural, sociocultural, psychocultural, and environmental influences affect the outcome, including the role of non-verbal communication. Analysis of successful adaptation to new cultures, including developing a communication competence in a new culture and dealing with conflict. While the principles of cross cultural communication and adaptation are generic to all cultures, two cultural environments, China and Japan, will be studied in depth, to develop cultural self-awareness. This is the first course in a sequence of two: MIM 527 and MIM 528.