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FROM: BSW PROGRAM RE: Title: Intergroup Dialogue Course - SPRING 2022, SOW 300 Dialogue & Differences
Sent:
10/11/2021 10:08:16 AM
To: Students, Faculty, Staff

ALL MAJORS WELCOME: This course content is relevant to every profession! This course will be team taught by FOUR faculty from the Social Work Program and our Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.  

 

Communicating across differences of age, gender, language, culture, and political orientation, and in different contextual situations is a useful skill for every individual. This class offers students an opportunity to hone these skills for the 21st century. No matter what your major, this course will provide you with a grounding in theory and skill for talking about the toughest of subjects in a way to gain insight into culturally bound dialogue.  

 

Through interactive exercises, students will develop an understanding of the challenges of intergroup dialogue across differences and the skills required to communicate effectively.  Students will engage in dialogue skill-building and multiple dialogue sessions with classmates and other students, first learning the theory and skills that underlie successful participation and facilitation of dialogue and then applying them in the exploration of issues such as gender, religion, and international affairs.