INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION & RHETORIC
The transnational movement of people, goods, and discourses blurs the boundaries between the local and global, making intercultural communication and rhetoric essential to our personal and public lives. We explore how rhetoric and communication function between and across cultures and examine how culture, history, and power constitute our cultural identities, our modes of communication, and how we engage with others.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Humanities or Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain how culture and communication are mutually influential factors in human behavior Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply key theories about culture, communication and power to understand and explain the world around them Audience: Undergraduate 3. Articulate how their identities, values, and ways of communication are steeped in culture, history and socio-political, economic dynamics Audience: Undergraduate 4. Practice their intercultural competency and fluency Audience: Undergraduate 5. Articulate some of the effects the past has had on present day circumstances, perceptions of, and disparities in, race in the U.S. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Examine questions and make decisions with consideration for the cultural perspectives and worldviews of others Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain how culture and communication are mutually influential factors in human behavior Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply key theories about culture, communication and power to understand and explain the world around them Audience: Undergraduate 3. Articulate how their identities, values, and ways of communication are steeped in culture, history and socio-political, economic dynamics Audience: Undergraduate 4. Practice their intercultural competency and fluency Audience: Undergraduate 5. Articulate some of the effects the past has had on present day circumstances, perceptions of, and disparities in, race in the U.S. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Examine questions and make decisions with consideration for the cultural perspectives and worldviews of others Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027