COMS 1050 - Nonverbal Communication
2 Credits
Includes facial expressions, tones of voice, gestures, eye contact, spatial arrangements, patterns of touch, expressive movement, cultural differences, and other “nonverbal” acts. Research suggests that nonverbal communication is more important in understanding human behavior than words alone–the nonverbal “channels” seem to be more powerful that what people say.
Learning Outcomes
demonstrate the role of nonverbal communication in conversational, workplace, intimate, and mediated encounters practice a wide variety of communication strategies in your personal and professional life develop nonverbal communication skills for the analysis of various communication situations identify the basic nonverbal communication systems - including the human body, eye contact, touch, facial expressions, voice, and gestures understand the impact of nonverbal communication on personal and professional relationships intraculturally and interculturally introduce the primary functions on nonverbal communication highlight the key differences between verbal and nonverbal communication codes
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MNTC) Goals
01 - Communication
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