Foundations of Intercultural Communication Course Information

Course Description: "Principles of intercultural communication, social psychology, and cultural anthropology as they relate to contact with those of other cultures and the introduction of change."

Department Mission Statement: Our mission is to develop professionals skilled in theory and practice culturally-relevant service in a dynamically changing world.

TESOL Mission Statement: Our mission is to develop specialists in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages who demonstrate a high level of professionalism as the foundation for cross-cultural ministry. Our model of professionalism is a synthesis of three general areas: educator, specialist, and servant of the kingdom.

Student outcomes for the course in relation to the mission statement: By the end of this course, the student will have developed as an effective cross-cultural professional in these areas:

a) Educator

1) Ability to create a learner-centered, culturally-sensitive classroom;

b) Specialist

1) Detailed knowledge of categories for describing cultures;

c) Servant

1) Strong communication skills for relational ministry;
2) Know how to work together with a team in intercultural situations.

Cheating and plagiarism: Cheating (the presentation of someone else's work which the student ought to have done personally) or plagiarism (the use of ideas and information from a specific source without giving credit in some manner to the source) will result in the disqualification (including a grade of 0) of the unit of the course affected by it.

Late assignments: Except for illness, unless arrangements are made with the professor in advance or there are some type of extenuating circumstances which could not have been foreseen, all late assignments will automatically be reduced in grade by 10%.

Office hours: I keep no formal office hours during the summer. You may talk to me during class breaks to set up an appointment, if necessary.