COMM 520 - Family Communication

Institution:

Duquesne University

Subject:

COMM - Communication

Description:

This course examines the role of communication in the construction and maintenance of primary human relationships and groups. The course will identify how families communicate rules, roles, and stories that are essential to the process of meaning-making in the family and to its development. Students will engage theoretical frameworks, including family systems theory, social construction theory and dialectical theory, and apply them to issues of courtship and relational development, the changes in the life of families, and family roles. Students will encounter ways of viewing family interactions from both traditional and new approaches to the family unit, describe the major theoretical perspectives underlying the area of family communication, note connections between family communication and societal discourse, develop critical analytical abilities for reviewing popular literature about families and family relationships, especially that which advises about family communication, and will explore cultural differences in family formation, communication, and expectations.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.duq.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 396-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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