COMM 3350 - Professional Relationship Development

Institution:

Utah Tech University

Subject:

Communication

Description:

For Communication Studies majors, required in the Applied Leadership emphasis, and open to all students. In this course we will examine the fundamentals of developing mentorship competence, interviewing skills, and professional relationships. Students will identify how mentorship skills facilitate leadership skills through presentation, nonverbal communication, collaboration and persuasive strategies. Students will also practice and interpret varying interviewing tactics to find the best way to present themselves. How we think and respond to a variety of issues and situations is essential to problem solving, effective interpersonal communication, professional development and success, and productive engagement in our community and civic lives. Professional relationships will be developed throughout this course both in and outside of the classroom. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course students will: 1. Recognize and apply various theories of mentorship and interviewing in employment, investigative, and persuasive contexts. 2.Practice mentoring and interviewing skills within the classroom and apply communication theory and skills to solve problems, manage their personal and professional relationships, and overcome communication barriers.3. Prepare thoroughly and thoughtfully for interviews in different settings with different group or dyadic dynamics. 4. Integrate critical reasoning into the formulation and delivery of effective and ethical personal, social, professional, and public oral and written messages for a variety of audience compositions in numerous contexts. 5. Analyze their own interviewing skills, as well as peers', based on interviewing theories and concepts. 6. Integrate interviewing, mentorship, and being a mentee through application with "real world" scenarios and practical applications outside of the classroom. Prerequisites: COMM 2120. FA

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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