COMM 333 Intermediate Intercultural Communication
This course takes an academic and practical approach to embodied intercultural communication in a globalized world. By understanding the scholarly theories of intercultural communication, students will investigate how to have ethical, appropriate, effective, and mindful intercultural interactions. Through multiple methods of learning, students will gain invaluable practice in navigating intercultural relationships in a variety of interactions (e.g. workplace; family;community, etc.). Significant focus is given to issues of race and racism, particularly as they relate to different communication interactions.
4 Undergraduate credits
Effective December 14, 2008 to present
Meets graduation requirements for
Learning outcomes
General
- Evaluate the academic field of intercultural communication.
- Analyze how power relationships involving colonialism, race, class, gender, and more are embedded in intercultural communication interactions.
- Critically reflect on personal and external communication practices that may be steeped in racism, sexism, ableism, xenophobia, and other biases.
- Practice knowledge, skills, and abilities learned in the course in intercultural situations with different peoples, groups, and/or countries represented.
- Create ethical responses to intercultural conflicts (personal and political).
- Appraise the role of globalization in intercultural communication.
- Synthesize the impacts of historical legacies of imperialism, colonialism, racism, and capitalism on intercultural communication.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum
Goal 8: Global Perspective
- Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.
- Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.
- Analyze specific international problems, illustrating the cultural, economic, and political differences that affect their solution.
- Understand the role of a world citizen and the responsibility world citizens share for their common global future.
Summer 2025
| Section | Title | Instructor | books | eservices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Intermediate Intercultural Communication | Johnson, Deborah | Books for COMM-333-50 Summer 2025 | Course details for COMM-333-50 Summer 2025 |
Fall 2025
| Section | Title | Instructor | books | eservices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Intermediate Intercultural Communication | Liang, Ming-Ching | Books for COMM-333-01 Fall 2025 | Course details for COMM-333-01 Fall 2025 |
Spring 2026
| Section | Title | Instructor | books | eservices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Intermediate Intercultural Communication | Carlson, Andrew F | Books for COMM-333-01 Spring 2026 | Course details for COMM-333-01 Spring 2026 |
| 50 | Intermediate Intercultural Communication | Antos, Anna | Books for COMM-333-50 Spring 2026 | Course details for COMM-333-50 Spring 2026 |