This course explores communication patterns and styles between people. Focus is on developing effective communication skills and understanding those factors which influence the implementation of these skills. This course studies the community as a system which affects the development of the individual. This course introduces students to the concept of values clarification, and how one's values impact upon various areas of human relations. Both cultural and individual beliefs are identified, examined, and evaluated.
Students learn a valuing process to use in their personal lives.
This course is a study of the techniques and theoretical approaches common to the human potential movement. The course examines the basics of humanistic psychology, and its origins in eastern philosophy. Special attention is given to the reconciliation of rational and non-rational modes of thought in human psychology. This course focuses on the social and psychological implications and processes of groups, group participation, and organization. Included are class exercises which foster students' understanding of group development, styles of facilitation, and interdependency.