Getting to Yes. Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In. Penguin Books, 1991. Two meetings with the instructor are required. Conferences may be scheduled by mutual agreement.
Assignments consist of readings, two papers, and one examination.
The goal of this course is to enhance the student's comprehension and skills in the area of conflict management. The student will work with both theory and practice. The student will address conflict from intrapersonal, interpersonal, and third-party perspectives. The student will demonstrate a knowledge of the theoretical and artistic variables involved in human communication. The student will demonstrate the acquisition of practical and theoretical professional skills necessary for careers in the many fields served by specialists in mass communication, speech communication, journalism, theatre arts and speech communication education.