Davis A. Foulger, Ph. D.

Visiting
Professor
Fall, 2005-Spring, 2006
and Fall 2001-Spring 2003

COM 412: Advanced Interpersonal Communication

Class Schedule and Assignments - Spring, 2002

Date Class Focus/Activity Assignments Due Module
Wednesday,
Jan. 23
(1 of 45)
First Day of Class
  • Course Overview.
  • Interpersonal Communication in Context.
  • Introductions
none. Introduction to Advanced Interpersonal Communication
Friday,
Jan. 25
(2 of 45)
The Interpersonal Communication Process.

Trenholm and Jensen c. 1

Monday,
Jan. 28
(3 of 45)
Interpersonal Communication and Relationships.

Trenholm and Jensen c. 2

Index Card Assignment 1: How does our Interpersonal Communication help us to form relationships.

Wednesday,
Jan. 30
(4 of 45)
Interpersonal Media, Genre, and Ecology. Roles in Media
Friday,
Feb. 1
(5 of 45)
No class. In Gainesville at Conference  
Monday,
Feb. 4
(6 of 45)
Understanding non-verbal communication.

Index Card Assignment 2: Find a place where you can sit down and watch people wander by. Examples might include the union, the cafeteria, a sledding hill, a mall, the union quad, etc. Watch people long enough to notice 5 different ways in which they communicate non-verbally. Write them down on one side of an index card.

Wednesday,
Feb. 6
(7 of 45)
Nonverbal Trenholm and Jensen, c. 3;
Guererro, Devito, and Hecht, c. 1, 2
Friday,
Feb. 8
(8 of 45)
Nonverbal.

Index Card Assignment 3: Name five people you have had any kind of a relationship with over the course of the last year. Name the person and the relationship. This should be easy. If you are wandering around campus you should encounter 5 people you have varying relationships in less than an hour.

Interpersonal Communication, Indentity, Relationships, and Contexts
Monday,
Feb. 11
(9 of 45)
Language. Trenholm and Jensen, c. 4
Wednesday,
Feb. 13
(10 of 45)
Relationship Competence . Trenholm and Jensen, c. 5
Friday,
Feb. 15
(11 of 45)
Interpersonal Perception .

Trenholm and Jensen, c. 6

Index Card Assignment 4. Pick an activity you routinely do with other people (meeting a friend, sitting down to lunch, etc). What sequence of things (behaviors) is normally associated with the activity.

Monday,
Feb. 18
(12 of 45)
Rules Roles, and Interpersonal Expectations. Trenholm and Jensen, c. 7
Wednesday,
Feb. 20
(13 of 45)
Interpersonal Communication, Self, and Society. Trenholm and Jensen, c. 8
Friday,
Feb. 22
(14 of 45)
Interpersonal Communication, Self, and Other Trenholm and Jensen, c. 9
Monday,
Feb. 25
(15 of 45)

Interpersonal Communication and Other

This was an important day to be here, as we were discussing directions for term papers and group assignments. If you weren't here, you need to come see me.

Index Card Assignment 5: Review your notes up to this point and the syllabus looking forward. List three things related to interpersonal communication that you would like to know more about.

Wednesday,
Feb. 27
(16 of 45)

Contexts of Interpersonal Communication

  • Family
  • Relational
  • Professional

Groups Assigned for Group Projects

Trenholm and Jensen, c. 10-12
Friday,
Mar. 1
(17 of 45)

Cultural and Historical Approaches to Interpersonal Media

Group Project Discussed

Trenholm and Jensen, c. 13.

Hopper, c.1

 

Monday,
Mar. 4
(18 of 45)

Mediators, Characteristics, and Interpersonal Media.

The Structure and Content of a Research Paper.

Note that I have moved the mid-term back one week to March 11.

Hopper, c. 2

Index Card Assignment 6: Find three references that relate to one of the three topics you selected.

Term Paper Topic Due.

Wednesday,
Mar. 6
(19 of 45)

Vocalics.

Guererro, Devito, and Hecht, c. 17-20 (p. 133-172) Telephone Conversation and Conversation Analysis
Friday,
Mar. 8
(20 of 45)
Openings. Hopper, c. 3,
Guererro, Devito, and Hecht, c. 45.
Monday,
Mar. 11
(21 of 45)
Mid-term  
Wednesday,
Mar. 13
(22 of 45)
Context, ecology, and openings. Hopper, c. 4.

Friday,
Mar. 15
(23 of 45)

Turn Taking. Hopper, c. 5;
Guererro, Devito, and Hecht, c. 45, 47.
Monday,
Mar. 18
(24 of 45)
Power Games.

Hopper, c. 6

Index Card Assignment 7: Keep a copy of the canonical opening (in chapters 3 and 4 of Hopper) next to your phone. The next time you take a phone call, compare the beginning of the call to the opening. What, if anything, is different in your opening?

Wednesday,
Mar. 20
(25 of 45)
Uses and Interpersonal Media.

Hopper, c. 7

Index Card Assignment 8: Your opinion on the following question: To what extent do depictions of interpersonal media in the mass media (movies, television, etc) homogenize real world interpersonal communication practice?

Friday,
Mar. 22
(26 of 45)
Collecting Conversation. A spring break assignment. (no notes)

Guererro, Devito, and Hecht, c. 3.

Term Paper References and Outline due.

March 23 - March 29

Spring Break.

Monday,
Apr. 1
(27 of 45)
Analyzing Conversation.  
Wednesday,
Apr. 3
(28 of 45)
Genre and Interpersonal Media. Hopper, c. 8
Friday,
Apr. 5
(29 of 45)
Practices and Interpersonal Media. (discussion; no notes) Hopper, c. 9
Monday,
Apr. 8
(30 of 45)

Group Presentations.

 
Wednesday,
Apr. 10
(31 of 45)

Kinesics.

College-Wide Open House.

Guererro, Devito, and Hecht, c. 4-10 (p. 46-89). Nonverbal Communication
Friday,
Apr. 12
(32 of 45)
Appearance and Adornment. Guererro, Devito, and Hecht, c. 11-16 (p. 90 -132).
Monday,
Apr. 15
(33 of 45)
Proxemics. Guererro, Devito, and Hecht, c. 21, 22, 26. (p. 173-191, 217-224)
Wednesday,
Apr. 17
(34 of 45)
Haptics. Guererro, Devito, and Hecht, c. 1, 2. c. 23-25. (p. 192-216)
Friday,
Apr. 19
(35 of 45)
Chronemics and Time. Guererro, Devito, and Hecht, c. 27, 28. (p. 225-240)
Monday,
Apr. 22
(36 of 45)
Environment. Guererro, Devito, and Hecht, c. 29-31. (p. 241-264)
Wednesday,
Apr. 24
(37 of 45)

QUEST Research Day: No class

Index Card assignment 10: Attend one of the following three Quest day panels:

  • 8:40 Lanigan 105
  • 12:30 Lanigan 103
  • 12:30 Lanigan 106

For the most interesting talk, write down, on one side of an index card, the most interesting thing you learned.

Friday,
Apr. 26
(38 of 45)
No Class. At Eastern Communication Association. A free hour to work on your term papers (due Monday).

Guererro, Devito, and Hecht, c. 32-37. (p. 265-313)

Monday,
Apr. 29
(39 of 45)
Power, Persuasion, and Deception.

Guererro, Devito, and Hecht, c. 38-42. (p. 314-376)

 

Wednesday,
May 1
(40 of 45)
Impression Management. Guererro, Devito, and Hecht, c. 43, 44. (p. 377-379).
Friday,
May 3
(41 of 45)
Theories of Nonverbal Message Exchange.

Guererro, Devito, and Hecht, c. 48-52 (p. 423 - 471).

Term Papers Due

Monday,
Apr. 6
(42 of 45)
Student Paper Presentations   Count Down to Completion
Wednesday,
May 8
(43 of 45)
Student Paper Presentations  
Friday,
May 10
(44 of 45)
Course Wrap-up  
Wednesday,
May 15
(45 of 45)

10:00AM Final Exam Due