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GEN BUS 340

CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION IN WESTERN EUROPE

3 credits.

Learn how to adapt writing, speaking, and nonverbal behavior to effectively communicate in a Western European context (e.g. Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, and Spain). Examine issues such as cultural attitudes toward authority, time, gender, and race, as well as the religious and philosophical values that support those attitudes. Explore frameworks for understanding a national culture's influence on communication and learn how to apply that to practical use.

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Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Communication & Literacy Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply models of intercultural communication and situate countries in historical context to build Western European country-specific knowledge. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify limitations of models of intercultural communications and apply intercultural competency and research skills to address them. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify research and resources that enable continued learning about intercultural communications with West Europeans as new and unfamiliar situations arise. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Demonstrate awareness of cultural values, norms, and biases. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Apply intercultural competency skills and models to adapt communications in different situations. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply models of intercultural communication and situate countries in historical context to build Western European country-specific knowledge. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify limitations of models of intercultural communications and apply intercultural competency and research skills to address them. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify research and resources that enable continued learning about intercultural communications with West Europeans as new and unfamiliar situations arise. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Demonstrate awareness of cultural values, norms, and biases. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Apply intercultural competency skills and models to adapt communications in different situations. Audience: Undergraduate

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