INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

Course Description

This course is an advanced seminar designed to explore the field of ideas relating to human modes of communication and personal relationships in the shaping of our social environment. The course focuses not only developing a particular set of “skills” (communication competence), but also exploring the overarching structures that influence interpersonal interaction and investigate research on some of major topics of interpersonal communication. The course instructs the students’ practices and principles of interpersonal communication. Topics of the course will involve the communication process; issues addressed include perception, listening, self-disclosure, speech apprehension, ethics, nonverbal communication, conflict, power, and dysfunctional communication. Students will be able to demonstrate interpersonal communication skills in a group discussion as well as manage communication conflicts.

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

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Course outcomes

1. 01 Identify the key Interpersonal Communication concepts, principles and theories.
2. 02 List the key concepts and principles of Interpersonal Communication
3. 03 Analyze the complexity of gender, culture, ethnic and global differences in communications and other barriers to communications
4. 04 Clarify the role of interpersonal communication in the global work environment

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Wood, Julia, 2016 "Interpersonal Communication - Everyday Encounters" Cengage Learning, 8th Ed.
2. 02 Various materials posted on Moddle

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 To identify the key concepts, principles, and theories of Interpersonal Communication SOLO 2
2. L02 To define the characteristics of competent communication in interpersonal communication SOLO 2
3. L03 To explain the ethical dimensions of interpersonal communication SOLO 4
4. L04 Create and deliver a speech to audiences SOLO 5

Program Outcomes

1. P01 have knowledge which is supported by up-to-date primary and secondary course books and application tools in the field of Visual Communication Design
2. P02 have technical knowledge necessary for the field of Visual Communication Design
3. P03 Have knowledge about universal human rights, social justice, quality management, environmental protection, and workplace health.
4. P04 S/he visualises imagined things in a coherent structure
5. P05 S/he defines the problems related to communication and finds possible solutions for these problems.
6. P06 S/he has skills to manage a project/work related to Visual Communication Design independently.
7. P07 S/he develops and applies projects and activities related with his/her social environment with an awareness of social responsibility.
8. P08 S/he designates and manages the requirements and processes of learning.
9. P09 S/he, equipped with advanced knowledge and skills in Visual Communication Design education, who interprets and evaluates data, identifies and analyses problems and finds solutions based on research and facts.
10. P10 S/he can take responsibility as an individual and a team member in complex and unforeseen problems related to Visual Communication Design projects.
11. P11 S/he plans, manages and finishes a media content under time restrictions.
12. P12 S/he approaches advanced knowledge and skills from a critical perspective.
13. P13 S/he is aware that the Visual Communication Design Department has close ties with new technological developments and also aware of the importance of pursuing these developments which have vital importance for creating new media content.
14. P14 S/he is a person who informs and expresses thoughts for possible solutions related with Visual Communication Design contents prepared for related individuals and organisations.
15. P15 S/he shares developments and data related to Visual Communication Design with specialists and non-specialists
16. P16 S/he acts in Visual Communication Design projects in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical norms.

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