Welcome to Comm 210:  Small Group Communication

Fall 2022

Course Reference Number (CRN): 72937

Start Date: 8/15/22

End Date: 12/16/22

Joshua J. Lyman

Department of Languages and Communication

Email: jlyman@cuesta.edu

(Note, Email responses will generally be done during regular business hours, Monday-Friday)

Office Hours: By Appointment

Contact Number: Phone: 805-546-3100 ex.2856

Dear Students:

Welcome to Communication 210 (Hybrid)

Day: Tuesday 

Time: 9:30am-10:50am

This hybrid class meets one day a week.  Course materials, exercises, presentations and tests will take place both in the classroom and thru Canvas.

Description and Objectives: This is an introductory course in Group Communication designed to provide the opportunity for improvement in both theoretical understanding and practical performance of human communication in a group setting. This class satisfies the general education requirement in oral communication and is acceptable for UC and CSU transfer credit.

My objectives for this course are for you:

1. To learn the basic principles of human communication.
2. To become a more effective communicator. This involves an analysis of your communication situation, audience, occasion, and purpose; selection of subject matter; research, analysis, and organization of material; presentation of the message, and evaluation of the effectiveness of your communication.
3. To become a more careful and critical thinker and communicator, both as a speaker and a listener.
4. To understand your relationship and ethical responsibilities to others involved in the communication transaction.
5. To understand the necessity of working in a variety of groups and how those groups develop, deal with conflict, leadership, participation and presentation.

Textbook:

Rothwell, J. Dan.  (2019).  In Mixed Company: Communication in Small Groups and Teams (10^th ed.). New York, NY; Oxford University Press. 

The Canvas portion of this class will open on 8/15/21.  If you have any problems, email me immediately.  You can access a quick reference video for CanvasLinks to an external site.Links to an external site.   For technical supportLinks to an external site.

I look forward to working with you this semester,

Joshua Lyman