Small Group Communication

Taught online to an international class group, this course teaches speaking in group settings and the skills necessary for crafting collaborative communication skills. Students are placed into groups that they work with throughout the semester to create and conduct a set of three symposia. Each group produces an agenda for the symposium and conducts an hour-long extemporaneous conversation that builds towards a common goal. In addition to the symposia and agendas, students submit weekly analyses and conduct extensive individual research on the group's shared subject for the symposium.