Define intercultural communication, including beliefs, values, and norms.
Discuss co-cultures and how they play a part in intercultural communication.
Consider 1st order and 2nd order realities and their effect on perception.
Define cultural practices in different cultures, including context, time, talk, silence, nonverbal communication, and the dimensions of culture.
Understand how organizational and occupational culture interplay with culture in general.
Practice cross-cultural communication through communication competence.
Understand how to learn about cultures.
Discuss international cultures co-existing within communities.
Analyze problems within cross-cultural communication.
Understand cultural issues and perception within multiple types of relationships.
Understand the effect of age, generation, race, gender, and disability in cultural communication.
Define Communication Accommodation Theory.
Discuss how CAT has been used in research between cultures, ages, and gender.
Module 1: Culture and Communication
Intercultural communication defined
1st order and 2nd order realities
Social Practices
Organizational culture
Occupational culture
Module 2: Cross-Cultural Communication
Communicating across cultures
Competence and cultural learning
Problems in cross-cultural communication
Biases
Improving cross-cultural relationships
Module 3: Communication Accommodation Theory
Principles of CAT
Use of CAT
Shannon DeBord