COMM 008 - Interpersonal Communication

    Recent Professors
    Michelle Zajac, John Hannigan, Ruth Zylka
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024
    Class Size
    28 students
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    None
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of COMM 008
    Transfers To
    CSUCSU GE Area E
    Description
    This course invites students to study communication theory, research findings, and its application to interpersonal interactions and relationships. Students are encouraged to analyze the principles of verbal and nonverbal transactions occurring in a variety of personal and professional interpersonal contexts, including family, friendship, romantic, and workplace relationships. Students are given the opportunity to explore and examine research methods, core concepts, and perspectives on interpersonal communication, such as active listening, relational development, communication ethics, perception, conflict management, and identity construction within personal, social, and cultural contexts.
    Usually Held
    Tue 6:00pm–8:05pm, Mon Wed 10:55am–12:20pm, Mon Wed 9:20am–10:45am, Thu 10:55am–12:20pm