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2026-2027 DCTC Catalog 
  
2026-2027 DCTC Catalog

COMS 1042 - Small Group Communication



3 Credits
This course provides instruction in theory and practice in the application of skills learned in the study of small group communication principles. Students will spend a substantial part of their course time participating in small groups, completinggroup projects, and analyzing group interaction.

Learning Outcomes
identify and describe how decision making and interactive processes work

identify, analyze and improve individual communication behaviors and skills with the small group

identify, analyze and improve group communication behaviors and skills with the small group

Identify and describe communication functions in various types of small group communication

successfully complete written and oral exercises which demonstrate competency in small group communication principles

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MNTC) Goals
01 - Communication