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Week #DateIn-class DiscussionAssigned Readings Due
PART TWO: CREATING AND RESPONDING TO MESSAGES
9 02/28/2008
Thursday
Chapter 7: Listening
Importance of Listening
Reasons for Listening
Challenges of Listening
Components of Listening
Chapter 7
10 03/04/2008
Tusday
Chapter 7: Conclusion
Case Study Analysis
Descriptions and Requirements
Group Assignments
DUE: Critical Analysis Paper
03/06/2008
Thursday
Chapter 8: Emotions
What are Emotions?
Influences on Emotional Expression
Guidelines for Expressing Emotions - Part I
Chapter 8
11 03/11/2008
Tuesday
Chapter 8: Continued
Guidelines for Expressing Emotions - Part II
Managing Difficult Emotions
REMINDER: Quiz #4
03/13/2008
Thursday
SPRING BREAK - NO CLASS. ENJOY!
PART THREE: DIMENSIONS OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
12 03/18/2008
Tuesday
Chapter 9: Dynamics of Interpersonal Relationships
Why we form relationships?
Communication & Relational Dynamics
Chapter 9
03/20/2008
Thursday
Chapter 9: Continued
Communication about Relationships
Compliance-Gaining in Relationships
DUE: ICA #5
"Asking for favors"
13 03/25/2008
Tuesday
Chapter 10: Intimacy & Distance in Relationships
Intimacy & Distance: Striking a Balance
Influences on Intimacy & Distance
Self-disclosure in Relationships
Chapter 10
03/27/2008
Thursday
Chapter 10: Continued
Alternatives to Self-Disclosure
Guidelines for Self-Disclosure
REMINDER: Quiz #5
DUE: ICA #6
"To love is to share"
14 04/01/2008
Tuesday
Chapter 12: Managing Conflict
What is Conflict?
Functional & Dysfunctional Conflicts
Conflict Styles - Part I
Chapter 12
04/03/2008
Thursday
Chapter 12: Continued
Conflict Styles - Part II
Conflict in Relational Systems
Variables in Conflict Styles
DUE: ICA #7
"Its not me, its you"
APPENDIX ONE
15 04/08/2008
Tuesday
NO CLASS - Work in groups on Case Study
04/10/2008
Thursday
Final Exam Review
Included: Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, & 12
Prepare for Final Exam
DUE: Take-home Quiz #6
16 04/15/2008
Tuesday
Case Study Presentations - Part I
DUE:All Team Reports & Individual Reports
Work on Case Study
04/17/2008
Thursday
Case Study Presentations - Part II
DUE:All Team Member & Audience Evaluations
Work on Case Study
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