introduction to interpersonal communicationcomx 115spring 2015Large Class Instructor: Dr. Christina Granato YoshimuraOffice & Phone: LA 358, 243-4244Office Hours: Mondays 11-12 and Wednesdays 9-10E-mail: [email protected] (this is the best way to reach me outside of office hours)Breakout Instructors: Kassandra Martin ([email protected]) (sec 01, 03, 05)Mackensie Minniear ([email protected]) (sec 02, 04, 06)Office & Phone: LA 339, 243-6604Office Hours: Kassandra – Tuesday 11-12, Friday 11-1Mackensie - Monday 11:10-12:30, Tuesday 11-12:30Our relations with others and the communication that both creates and results from them are essential elements of any society. Communication is unavoidable, consequential, and irrevocable - as such, it is to our benefit to refine our communication skills as highly as possible. This course focuses on introducing you to the concepts, processes, and challenges involved in communication, as well as allowingyou to practice the skills that will make you a more competent communicator. Therefore, our time in class will involve lectures in which instructors will share knowledge, discussions in which you will share your knowledge, and activities during which you will transform this knowledge into application.Course Objectives: To study and critique the process of communicating To recognize the influence our own self-concepts have in our communication To identify the influence of our own and others’ perception in the process of communication To understand how emotions can influence and be influenced during communication interactions To study the nature and impact of language choices in interaction To explore the intricacies of nonverbal communication – on its own and in addition to verbal communication To recognize the role that listening plays in a communication interaction To learn how to manage conflict within interpersonal interactions To recognize how personal relationships are created, maintained, and ended through communicationRequired Materials:- UM student ID card (permanent, not temporary) - this is a firm requirement of the course, and you must have this photo id with you for every exam.- At least 4 skinny red scantrons sold at the Bookstore (ParSCORE test form no. F-289-PAR-L)- At least one #2 pencil- Floyd, K. (2011). Interpersonal communication: The whole story. 2nd edition. McGraw Hill.Policies:Attendance & Participation - Class is conducted in order to share important information. By missing class, you not only are missing out on that information, but the rest of the class is missing out on information that you may have been able to share. If you choose to miss class, you must take responsibility for your choice. We give lectures only once, so you will need to gather the information from class in some other way. Although attendance will not be taken, classes may begin or end with an assignment. These exercises cannot be made up late and cannot be done early. Think of learning as a chance to grow. Allow yourself to participate in discussion and don’t sabotage other people’s opportunities for education by discouraging them from participating. Be open to other people and be willing to respond to ideas that are different from what you believe is “normal.” Dialogue is how we advance knowledge. Believe that your ideas are as important as everyone else’s and share them with us. Donot be afraid to speak up during class, but please do think carefully about what insight/relevance you are offering in personal anecdotes. Personal accounts should be relatively brief and should help the rest of the class understand/critique a concept.Deadlines: All assignments and exams (including dates and deadlines) will be announced during main class, breakout meetings, and/or on the course website. No assignment or exam may be turned in late nor made up (except for the very rare instance approved by Dr. Yoshimura, generally in advance). For requests of alternate testing accommodations through DSS, you must approach Dr. Yoshimura by the secondweek of class in order to be effectively accommodated. Please note that no late students will be allowed in to take the exam after the first person to finish the exam has left the room, so be sure to come to class on time.Academic Integrity: All students taking this course must adhere to the University of Montana’s academic dishonesty policy as presented in the Student Conduct Code (SCC). As noted in the code, students are expected to practice academic honesty. Any actions that include, but are not limited to, the following behaviors are reasons for pursuing academic and university sanctions: plagiarism, copying another student’s exam, allowing another student to copy from your exam or work, sharing information with another student during testing sessions, acquiring or possessing an exam without the instructor’s permission, tampering with course materials or resources (including library references) submitting false information (data, quotations, citations, etc.), representing someone else’s work as your own, clicking for someone else in the response section of our course, putting someone’s name on work they haven’t done, etc. Students will be charged with academic dishonesty for any breach of these standards. No work done for credit in any other class may be turned in for credit in this class. The minimum consequence for engaging in cheating or plagiarism is failure on the related assignment, but this type of activity usually results in failure in the entire course. At worst, academic misconduct can result in expulsion, denial of your degree, and/or revocation of a degree that has already been awarded. See the Student Conduct Code for definitions and consequences of cheating and plagiarism. The unabridged student conduct code is located at: Student Conduct CodePhilosophy and Consideration – We are committed to fairness. We generally abide by the ethical system of the categorical imperative – something is just and fair if it can be applied to everyone in the same circumstance. We created the policies in this syllabus to be applied to everyone in the course – we do not grant exemptions, extensions, or extra credit to one person if we cannot do so for the entire class. The entire class is being held to the policies in this syllabus, and the timeline and schedule for this