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Effective Term:
Fall 2017 through Summer 2020
Course Number:
COMM 227
Course Title:
Nonverbal Communication
Credit Hours:
4
Lecture Hours:
40
Lecture/Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
0

Course Description

Introduces the nonverbal aspect of communication as related to verbal communication. Emphasizes the theories and types of nonverbal behavior including influential factors such as; voice, body movement, eye behavior, touch, space, time, smell, and physical and social environments. Audit available.

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon successful completion, students should be able to:

  1. Use an increased understanding of nonverbal communication theory in order to recognize perceptions and judgments based on communicative behaviors of self and others
  2. Manage nonverbal techniques in order to improve communication competence
  3. Continue to use an awareness of communicative behaviors in an effective manner in order to interpret and incorporate nonverbal messages as they are filtered through such aspects as culture, perception, and context.

October 2009

Integrative Learning

Students completing an associate degree at Portland Community College will be able to reflect on one’s work or competencies to make connections between course content and lived experience.

Outcome Assessment Strategies

The forms of assessment will be determined by the individual instructor.
Assessment strategies may include:

  • Qualitative examinations
  • Quantitative examinations
  • Essays
  • Journals
  • Research papers
  • In-class participation
  • Portfolios Projects
  • Oral presentations
  • Group work
  • Service Learning

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

  •  Perception
  •  Functions of nonverbal behaviors
  • Typologies: kinesics, chronemics, haptics, objectics, vocalics, proxemics, olfactics, appearance, environment
  •  Power and Status
  • Relational messages
  • Cultural aspects
  • Contextual aspects
  • Image Management
  • Gendered Nonverbal Communication

Competencies and Skills:
Students will:

  • Be able to describe nonverbal patterns that people enact.
  • Be able to identify a range of potential interpretations of nonverbal behaviors.
  • Be able to demonstrate understanding of the role culture plays in the molding and interpretation of nonverbal messages.
  • Be able to identify a range of effective nonverbal behaviors to manage their impressions.
  • Be able to choose nonverbal behaviors appropriate to differing situations.

A textbook is required. Suggested texts. Alternative texts need Dept. or SAC chair approval.

Nonverbal Communication in Human Interaction. Mark Knapp & Judith A. Hall.

Nonverbal Communication in Everyday Life, 3rd ed., Martin S. Remland

The Nonverbal Self: Communication For A Lifetime, Diana K. Ivy & Shawn T Wahl

Nonverbal Communication, Burgoon/Guerrero/Floyd; Allyn & Bacon