Description
This course is a study of dyadic communication within interpersonal relationships between friends, family, fellow students, romantic partners, supervisors, and colleagues in the workplace. Emphasis is placed on the role of healthy and meaningful communication in establishing, building, maintaining, and sometimes refashioning personal and/or professional interpersonal relationships. Course content stresses how to become a more effective and competent communicator by exploring personal communication goals, analyzing communication barriers, identifying relational breakdowns in communication, and addressing conflict scenarios in order to deepen a student's understanding of the communication process and improve communication skills.