COMM 450 - Nonverbal Communication

Institution:

Jacksonville University

Subject:

Description:

Three hours per week. The course will concentrate on nonverbal communication in human interaction. Students will be taught to observe and evaluate the nonverbal language that interacts with verbal communication. The objective is to become more sensitive to how people communicate by touch (haptics), space between people (proxemics), personal appearance, environmental settings, group dynamics, body movements (kinesics), vocal sounds (vocalics), smells (olfactions), time (chronemics) and other channels of nonverbal communication. The course is taught with discussions based on the professor's and student's oral presentations.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.jacksonville.edu

Phone Number:

(904) 256-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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