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COMM 1041 - Small Group Communication

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3
Course Description: This course focuses on communication in small groups. Topics include small group communication theory and effective interpersonal skills; group leadership, cohesion, and emergence roles; conflict management; problem-solving and decision-making; and planning and conducting meetings. The course content applies to everyday situations in the community and workplace, with emphasis on practical application and practice of oral skills. 
MnTC Goals
1 Communication, 9 Ethical and Civic Responsibility

Prerequisite(s): Course placement into ENGL 0950  and RDNG 0950  or above OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher OR course placement into ESOL 0051  and ESOL 0052  and ESOL 1033  OR completion of ESOL 0041  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0042  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0043  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content
  1. Intro to communication studies
  2. Groups as systems
  3. Group formation and development
  4. Understanding culture in groups
  5. Roles and Leadership
  6. Ethics in groups and leadership
  7. Communication skills in groups
  8. Power, conflict, and cohesion
  9. Critical thinking in groups
  10. Decision making and problem solving
  11. Adapting and performing
  12. Groups in the community and workplace

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

  1. explain small group communication processes.
  2. demonstrate skill sets in applying principles and practices of small group communication.
  3. manage the interpersonal dynamics of small group communication.
  4. demonstrate principles of ethical leadership in the group process.
  5. develop skill sets in group problem-solving and decision-making to achieve desired, ethical, and data-informed decisions and goals.
  6. apply ethical issues and responsibilities of groups and their members to community and workplace.
  7. critically analyze small group communication and communication patterns that lead to inequity, injustice, and ethical dilemmas.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies
Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6)
01. 01. Understand/demonstrate the writing and speaking processes through invention, organization, drafting, revision, editing and presentation.
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. 05. Construct logical and coherent arguments.
01. 07. Employ syntax and usage appropriate to academic disciplines and the professional world.
Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)
09. 01. Examine, articulate, and apply their own ethical views.
09. 02. Understand and apply core concepts (e.g. politics, rights and obligations, justice, liberty) to specific issues.
09. 03. Analyze and reflect on the ethical dimensions of legal, social, and scientific issues.
09. 05. Identify ways to exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.


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