Communication [305S] - Communication, Language and Culture

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Hamilton College

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Examines language as the primary symbolic medium through which humans record, represent and understand experience. Assigned readings require students to consider culture as a complex system of symbolic interactions, and to identify relationships among language acts, identity, social contexts and cultural meanings. Students will examine how language is a cultural medium that shapes perception, understanding and social interaction, in order to understand the ways in which language influences their own thinking and behavior. (Writing-intensive.) (Oral Presentations.) Prerequisite, 101, or one course in sociology or anthropology. Maximum enrollment, 20.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.hamilton.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 859-4011

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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