Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Upon successful completion, students should be able to:

• Use an understanding of perception and stereotypes to build rapport in work and personal relationships.
• Appreciate and respect male and female communication style differences.
• Use sensitivity in presenting and interpreting nonverbal signals to create better work and personal relationships.

• Various individual and/or group skill-building activities such as role-plays, case studies, or other exercises geared toward critical analysis of course concepts.
• Written assignments or oral reports designed to integrate course material into personal experience or experiences of others.
• Complete exams comprised of essay and/or objective questions, or an individual and/or team project or paper which requires integration, application, and critical examination of course concepts, issues, and themes.

• Recognize own communication style
• Analyze personal faulty beliefs and stereotypes
• Identify cultural stereotypes and myths of males and females
• Apply appropriate listening strategies according to the situation
• Identify and overcome barriers to communication
• Demonstrate respectful nonverbal behavior when dealing with opposite sex
• Conflict resolution skills
• Active listening Skills

CONCEPTS, THEMES & ISSUES:
General Concepts

• Gender communication differences
• Perception
• Gender stereotypes & myths
• Barriers to effective communication
• Communication styles
• Bridging communication gaps
• Active Listening

Themes

• Respect and equality
• Honoring diversity
• Values and beliefs
• Personal responsibility/accountability

Issues

• Gender communication style differences
• Stereotyping
• Perceptual judgments
• Valuing difference