CMST& 230 Small Group Communication (5 credits)

1. Identify key components of the small group context that make it an unique form of communication (such as but not limited to: how the group is a system, how a group uses and is affected by inputs, through puts and outputs, synergy and interconnectedness).
2. Identify the stages of the group cycle (such as what are the four stages and what types of rhetorical behaviors are signs that a group is in that stage).
3.  Analyze how significant perceptual factors such as race, culture and gender influence the development of a group’s behavior patterns such as how a group manages conflict, approaches problem solving and relationship building.
4. Distinguish a variety of followership behaviors in a group and their affect on the group process.
5. Distinguish a variety of leadership styles and their affect on the group process.
6. Identify different sources of power possessed by group members.
7. Demonstrate effective conflict management and problem solving techniques for managing effective groups.

Effective communication: Graduates identify, analyze, and evaluate rhetorical strategies in one’s own and others’ writing in order to communicate effectively.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50