Length of Course: One semester (14 weeks)

 

Classroom Hours Per Week: 4 hours lecture

 

Number of Credits: 3 credits

 

Prerequisite: C+ or higher in English 098, 099 LWA placement or equivalent external score

 

A historical introduction to selected theories about and approaches to the study of human communication. Topics include the role of interpersonal communication in the development of the self, the origins of speech, language and image-making, theories of non-verbal and cross cultural communication and the relationship between oral face-to-face and technologically mediated communication and mass communication.

 

Week 1 Introduction.
Week 2 Communication as Culture. Reading #1
Week 3 Communication and the Development of Selves. Reading #2
Week 4 Interpersonal Communication. MIDTERM #1 Reading #3
Week 5 Non-verbal Communication; Intercultural Communication. Reading #4
Week 6 Speech and Language. Reading #5
Week 7 FILM AND MIDTERM #2.
Week 8 Orality and Literacy I: Oral Tradition Reading #6
Week 9 Orality and Literacy II: The Development of Writing. Reading #7
Week 10 Orality and Literacy III: Print. Reading #8
Week 11 FILM AND MID TERM #3.
Week 12 The Bias of Communication: Harold Adams Innis. Reading #9
Week 13 The Medium is the Message: Marshall McLuhan. Reading #10

 

3 Midterm Exams 45%
Final Exam 20%
In-Class Presentation 15%
Report 15%
Participation 5%

 

There is no text for this course. Weekly readings are on library reserve for personal duplication.

 

SFU: Cmns 110(3)
UBC: Arts 1 st (3)
UVic: Hum 100 level (1.5 units)

 

Instructors:
Norbert Ruebsaat, B.A. British Columbia), M.A. (Simon Fraser)

Ian Chunn, B.A., M.A. (Toronto), B.Ed. (British Columbia)