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COMM 2071 - Communication and Gender

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0
Internship hours per week 0
Course Description: Communication and gender focuses on the interactive relationships between gender and communication in contemporary society. During the course, we explore the multiple ways communication in our society creates and perpetuates gender roles; we consider how individuals enact socially created gender differences in public and private settings and how this affects success, satisfaction, and self-esteem; and we connect gender theory and research to our professional and personal experiences. Throughout the course, we discuss not only what is in terms of gender roles, but also what might be and how we might act to improve our individual and collective lives.
MnTC Goals
1 Communication, 7 Human Diversity

Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: ENGL 1020  with a grade of C or higher OR ENGL 1021  with a grade of C or higher  or concurrently enrolled.

Major Content
  1. The study of gender and communication
  2. Theoretical approaches to gender development
  3. Gender, sex, and culture
  4. Gender and Social Movements
  5. Gendered verbal communication
  6. Gendered nonverbal communication
  7. Gender in close relationships, early years, friends, and family
  8. Gender in education and schools
  9. Gender in the workplace
  10. Gender and health
  11. Gender in the media
  12. Gender, power, and violence

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to:

  1. analyze the foundational theories related to gender and communication.
  2. apply the different theories to questions of gender and communication in their own cultural contexts.
  3. explain the history of scholarship in the area of gender and communication and its relationship to issues within diverse cultures.
  4. explain the ways in which gender roles and identities are communicated in society, as well as in various contexts such as interpersonal relationships, organizations, and the media.
  5. describe the complexities of difference that affect people’s communication behaviors and others’ perceptions of those communication behaviors.
  6. identify some of their own gendered practices and how those practices influence their perceptions and actions.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies
Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6)
01. 02. Participate effectively in groups with emphasis on listening, critical and reflective thinking, and responding.
01. 03. Locate, evaluate, and synthesize in a responsible manner material from diverse sources and points of view.
01. 04. Select appropriate communication choices for specific audiences.
01. 06. Use authority, point-of-view, and individual voice and style in their writing and speaking.
01. 07. Employ syntax and usage appropriate to academic disciplines and the professional world.
Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)
07. 01. Understand the development of and the changing meanings of group identities in the United States’ history and culture.
07. 02. Demonstrate an awareness of the individual and institutional dynamics of unequal power relations between groups in contemporary society.
07. 03. Analyze their own attitudes, behaviors, concepts and beliefs regarding diversity, racism, and bigotry.
07. 04. Describe and discuss the experience and contributions (political, social, economic, etc.) of the many groups that shape American society and culture, in particular those groups that have suffered discrimination and exclusion.
07. 05. Demonstrate communication skills necessary for living and working effectively in a society with great population diversity.


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