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2 FORMATS:
ON CAMPUS
(meets 2 days a week, M/W (see online course listings for time and room number)
optional Catalyst website (user friendly navigation)
DISTANCE LEARNING
(meets 6 evenings per quarter)
(Distance Learning course with on-campus meetings for face to face activities and presentations (see link to left for more about Presentations). Meets 18 hours per quarter, typically every other Thursday (depending on the holiday schedule), 6:30 - 9:20 pm.
(For more information click on link to left).
Students need access to a computer, the Web and an individual Email address.
NO TEXTBOOK (for either section). Buy required Course Packet (CP) at Bookstore (should be on shelves by first day of quarter) Look under both ICS.07 and Spch.07.
DL section: CP: $16.00 (estimated cost) Unit Readings are on-line (printable format).
On-campus section CP: $24 (estimated cost) Unit readings are online. Download free Adobe reader to read and download files (.pdf format) (go to Adobe.com) or you can purchase a print out for approx. ($40.00) (ordering info. will be announced at first meeting. The Unit Readings are NOT available through the Bookstore).
Course Website url and log on info. will be provided on the first day of class (online site is password protected)
THE DISTANCE LEARNING SECTION OF ICS/SPCH 07 IS A GOOD WAY TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH ON-LINE LEARNING
We will use a Catalyst (Moodle) course website (password protected - only students registered in the course can access)
Website navigation will be demonstrated as needed during class meetings.
You will...
...exchange personal experiences and perspectives across cultures in online forums (week long asynchronous discussions visible to whole class)
...prepare for Tests by taking ungraded review quizzes.
.. prepare for presentation online by sharing drafts and posting questions and comments in online team folders (outlines for written assignments can be downloaded to your desktop).
(For more information on the DL section, click on the Distance Learning Section link on the left hand navigation bar).
Readings are all online (no textbook)!
TRYING TO ADD the DL section? Contact the instructor at mcnultypiper@deanza.edu to request an add code.
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ICS 7 / SPCH 7 OVERVIEW
Understanding the ways cultural background can influence communication
can help you to communicate more appropriately, and effectively,
at work, in college and in your daily life.
TOPICS will include:
- cultural aspects of language use
- reading body language across cultures
- interacting with English language learners
- successful discussions in multicultural groups
- identity groups and how identity is negotiated
- biculturalism
- pressure to maintain one's first culture in second culture contexts
- colonial legacies and intercultural conflicts
- stereotyping in the media
- power, privilege and communication
- prejudice and discrimination
- intercultural communication in business, health care and education contexts
There will be many opportunities to interact one-on-one with students of different cultural backgrounds.
FOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION, see De Anza Website: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu
Email: mcnultypiper@deanza.edu
SOME USEFUL COLLEGE WEBSITES
Financial Aid: http://www.deanza.edu/financialaid
Bookstore: http://www.deanza.edu/bookstore
Library: http://www.deanza.edu/library
Library Catalog: http://library.deanza.edu
Academic Support/Student Success Programs http://www.deanza.edu/academicsupport
Writing & Reading Center: http://faculty.deanza.fhda.edu/writingcenter
Tutorial & Academic Skills Center: http://deanza.edu/studentsuccess/tutorial
Disabled Student Services: http://www.deanza.edu/specialed
Schedule of Classes: http://www.deanza.edu/schedule
Academic Calendar, Final Exam Schedule: http://www.deanza.edu/calendar
Registration: http://www.deanza.edu/registration
College Catalog: http://www.deanza.edu/publications/catalog
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