| Week # | Date | In-class Discussion | Assigned 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 |