the first lecture in the course

1. Human Communication
Introduction to the course

2. Human communication
Overview of the course

3. Overview of the course
- Technological support
- Technological support
- Content of the course

4. Overview of the course
Subject name: Human Communication
Subject code: MCE0114B/MCR1304B
Monday and Wednesday 11:20 – 12:50
Class D 404

5. Overview of the course
Informational and technological support
Classroom code: dttgixc
Materials: additional articles, part of textbook, additional videos,
home assignment ))))

7. Main textbooks
1) Josef A. DeVito. Human Communication: The basic course,
13th Edition, Pearson, 2015.
2) Liu S., Volcic Z., Gallois C. Introducing Intercultural
Communication, 3rd Edition, Sage, 2019
3) Bu Zhong. Social Media Communication: Trends and
Theories, Willey Blackwell, 2022

8. Additional materials
• Articles
Onyeator, Ijeoma & Okpara, Ngozi. (2019). Human Communication
in a Digital Age: Perspectives on Interpersonal Communication in
the Family. 78. 35.
• Video
How Communication Makes us Human | Thom Scott-Phillips |
TEDxCEU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_UqlXxlg7w

9. Opportunities of home assignment
• PP Presentations on the announced theme
• Individual
• Group
• Written essay (about 7-8 pages with links on the theoretical
literature issue, practical materials + list of literature)

10. Our activity during the course
• Lectures
• Seminars
• Oral
• Written
• Discussions
• Individual case
• Group case

11. Attendance
1) Arriving after 5 minutes of class time is considered late.
2) 2 late are considered as 1 absence.
3) Arriving after 15 minutes of class time will result in an absence.
4) If you are absent 3 times and more without respect reason, the
course will be failed.

12. Grading Procedures:
Attendance 10%
Homework 40%
Participation 20%
Midterm Exam 15%
Final Exam 15%
Total 100%
Plagiarism/Cheating
1) Any forms of plagiarism or
cheating will result in 0 points
earned for that assignment, quiz
or exam.
2) Further offense will result in
the failure of the course.

13. Content

14. Content of the course
1. Introduction to human communication
2. People, culture, communication
3. Interpersonal communication: verbal, nonverbal , paraverbal
4. Cross cultural and intercultural communication
5. Intercultural barriers in communication
6. Digital communication and communication in digital sphere
7. Social media communication.
8. Generation X, Y, Z : communication in mixed generation group

15. Overview of the course
The main idea of the course bases on the understanding of the
main principles of human communication in different spheres.
The course covers interpersonal, intercultural and digital
communication.

16. The results of the course
What I would like to expect from you?)))
- Students will know the main principals, concepts, ap[roaches in
human communication
- Through written assignments, discussions and presentations, students
will strengthen their communication and comprehension skills.
- Performing various tasks during the course students will be able to
increase their human communication opportunities.
- Through course assignments, students will learn to critique, evaluate,
and cite print, electronic and multimedia sources.

18. My contacts
veronika.y@miu.edu.mn
dttgixc
will be later