This highly interactive course emphasizes learning through doing. Working individually or in small groups, students are involved in focused analysis and interpretation of interpersonal communication. A discussion-based teaching model is used with the expectation that students actively prepare for, participate in, and extract meaning from case studies, simulations, and role plays. Role plays may be video taped for the purpose of informed self-evaluation. Students are likely to conduct research with human participants as part of course requirements and evaluation. Instructors are responsible for making sure that such research is conducted in a manner consistent with College research ethics policies and federal policies.
Given the differences in programs for which Communications 1216 may be adapted, evaluation components may vary significantly.
The following is a current example of ways that components and marks have been designed for the course.
Communications 1216 for General University Transfer:
| Analysis and discussion of current interpersonal functioning | 10% |
| Assessment and evaluation of improved interpersonal functioning | 20% |
| Interview skills demonstrations | 25% |
| Interpersonal skills demonstration project (videotaped demonstration and analysis of interpersonal, group, conflict management and oral presentation skills) | 30% |
| Attendance, participation, ethical communication, and professional conduct | 15% |
| TOTAL | 100% |
Overarching goal:
By the end of the course, successful students will demonstrate increased abilities to use appropriate and effective interpersonal communications skills in a variety of workplace contexts.
Knowledge: By the end of the course, successful students will be able to:
Skills: By the end of the course, successful students will be able to:
Attitudes: By the end of the course, successful students will gain appreciation for:
Sample of Textbooks and Materials Appropriate for Communications 1216 to be Purchased in Current Edition by Students
Adler, R., Elmhorst, J., and Lucas, K. Communicating at Work: Principles and Practices for Business and the Professions. New York: McGraw-Hill College.
Dubrin, A.J., and Geerinck, T. Human Relations: Interpersonal Job-oriented Skills. Toronto: Pearson Education Canada.
No prerequisite courses.
No corequisite courses.
No equivalent courses.
Recommended but not required for CMNS 1104, 1217 and 1316.
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
| Institution | Transfer Details | Effective Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Capilano University (CAPU) | CAPU CMNS 1XX (3) | 2004/09/01 to - |
| Capilano University (CAPU) | DOUG CMNS 1216 (3) & DOUG CMNS 1316 (3) = CAPU CMNS 255 (3) | 2004/09/01 to - |
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU CMNS 1XXX (3) | 2004/09/01 to - |
| Langara College (LANG) | LANG CMNS 1115 (3) | 2004/09/01 to - |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | SFU CMNS 2XX (3) | 2004/09/01 to - |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | DOUG CMNS 1216 (3) & DOUG PRFU 2370 (3) & DOUG PRFU 2470 (3) = SFU CMNS 200 (3) & SFU CMNS 2XX (6) | 2004/09/01 to 2011/12/31 |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU CMNS 2170 (3) | 2012/09/01 to - |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU HUEL 2XX (3) | 2004/09/01 to 2010/08/31 |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU HUEL 2XXX (3) | 2010/09/01 to 2012/08/31 |
| Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU MCOM 1XX (3) | 2020/05/01 to - |
| Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU COMM 120 (3) | 2004/09/01 to 2020/04/30 |
| University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | No credit | 2005/05/01 to - |
| University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) | DOUG CMNS 1118 (3) & DOUG CMNS 1216 (3) & DOUG CMNS 1218 (3) = UBCV ARTS 1st (3) | 2004/09/01 to 2016/12/31 |
| University of Northern BC (UNBC) | No credit | 2004/09/01 to - |
| University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV CMNS 140 (3) | 2017/09/01 to - |
| University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV HSER 2XX (3) | 2016/01/01 to 2017/08/31 |
| University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV GE 1XX (3) | 2004/09/01 to 2017/08/31 |
| University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC SOCW 2XX (1.5) | 2004/09/01 to - |