COMMUNICATION AND INTERETHNIC BEHAVIOR

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Summarize different historical and current beliefs about race Audience: Undergraduate 2. Interpret and critique social science research on the impact of race/ethnicity on communication in a variety of contexts including family life, school, college, work, and healthcare Audience: Undergraduate 3. Develop a research question related to race/ethnicity and communication in the U.S. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Find and synthesize five social scientific studies that address the research question Audience: Undergraduate 5. Examine questions and make decisions with consideration for the cultural perspectives and worldviews of others Audience: Undergraduate 6. Recognize and question cultural assumptions, rules, biases, and knowledge claims as they relate to race and ethnicity Audience: Undergraduate 7. 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 Learning Outcomes: 1. Summarize different historical and current beliefs about race Audience: Undergraduate 2. Interpret and critique social science research on the impact of race/ethnicity on communication in a variety of contexts including family life, school, college, work, and healthcare Audience: Undergraduate 3. Develop a research question related to race/ethnicity and communication in the U.S. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Find and synthesize five social scientific studies that address the research question Audience: Undergraduate 5. Examine questions and make decisions with consideration for the cultural perspectives and worldviews of others Audience: Undergraduate 6. Recognize and question cultural assumptions, rules, biases, and knowledge claims as they relate to race and ethnicity Audience: Undergraduate 7. 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