COURSE SYLLABUS: COMM 2053

Intercultural Communication – Comm 2053

Summer Semester 2021

“The journey was a worthwhile. We gain new insight into cultural diversity.”
Lailah Gifty Akita
COURSE INFORMATION: Intercultural Communication – COMM 2053
Section: 390
CRN: 30432
Start Date: June 7, 2021
End Date: August 1, 2021
Format: Online, Asynchronous

Class Meetings: Knowing where you can procure knowledge is as important as your willingness to acquire such
knowledge.
Online Asynchronous
1. Each Week Begins on a Monday and ends Thursday at 11:59 PM CST
2. Grading for the week will take place from Friday to Sunday so you can have feedback on each assignment fresh
on Monday. That way we can guide our practices for the next week by fixing the mistakes of the previous week.
3. Each Student is expected to log-in a minimum of once a week for attendance purposes in this course. The
rationale behind this is that your assignments will open each week on Monday, so you can read ahead but not
work ahead in this course. As the famous Dr. Seuss once wrote “The more that you read, the more things you will
know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”

Day(s) and Time(s): “The travel, the amazing work I have had the chance to do, the meetings with different
people are all very inspiring and give me lots of positive energy.” Saskia de Brauw
Asynchronous – No defined meeting days for you to log into class, please log into your Blackboard daily to complete
assignments and participate in your online learning environment. You must log in at once a week in this course for you to
be counted as attending. Those who do not, will be flagged in starfish.

Campus/Room Number: “Online education, then, can serve two goals. For students lucky enough to have access
to great teachers, blended learning can mean even better outcomes at the same or lower cost. And for the millions
here and abroad who lack access to good, in-person education, online learning can open doors that would
otherwise remain closed.” Daphne Koller
Blackboard is our official course site.

What to Expect in this Course: “Persons appear to us according to the light we throw upon them from our own
minds.” Laura Ingles Wilder
This course will help create a savvier 21st century individual who can communicate effectively with many different groups
of people(s) because you will communicate with people who are different from you. This is unavoidable as our society
becomes increasingly interconnected and diverse. This course is an explorative look at communication across and amidst
cultures. We will focus on bringing communication to the forefront of our thoughts when we interact with cultures that
might deviate from what we view our culture as and how they can exist in harmony with each other as opposed to
opposition.

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CONTACTING YOUR PROFESSOR:
Instructor: “I wrote a novel for my degree, and I'm very happy I didn't submit that to a publisher. I sympathize
with my professors who had to read it.” – David Eddings

John “Mr. Mik” Mikolajcik

Campus/Office Number:

Southeast Campus, 4220

Student Hours:

Contact me for meeting times via Zoom. Due to Covid-19 restrictions we are still doing virtual office hours at Tulsa
Community College. We are in this together to stop the spread, at any level, of this pandemic. Let us meet in the virtual
world from the comfort of our homes to excel in the classroom.

Phone:

Email: Unlike Drake, don’t call me on my Cellphone because I don’t have any hotline bling for you

John.Mikolajcik@tulsacc.edu

Please copy and paste my email address instead of trying to spell my last name. It took me five years of my life to learn
how to spell this and I only have you for 8 weeks as a student.

School Office Information

School: Communication, English, and World Languages
Campus/Office Number: SEC 1202
Phone: 918-595-7694

STUDENT SUPPORT:
Campus Access
To align with CDC guidelines for social distancing and in-person gathering limits, students will have limited access to
learning spaces on campus for study, technology use, and testing. Please monitor the TCC website @ www.tulsacc.edu for
the most up-to-date information about campus access. A complete list of how to access services, supports, and resources
is available @ www.tulsacc.edu/campus-life/campus-safety/coronavirus/college-updates/students. If you do not see a
resource that you need to be successful in completion of this course, contact me or Call2000 at 918.595.2000 or email at
call2000@tulsacc.edu.

Technical Support
Call2000 at 918-595-2000 or email call2000@tulsacc.edu for help with technology, such as Blackboard, TCC email, or
MyTCC.

Academic & Student Services

Information about Student Resources is available on the TCC Website, and Safety and Wellness information is available
on the MyTCC Safety and Wellness page.

Microsoft Office
If you do not have Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), you can download it from MyTCC on the My
Account tab. Look for the “Student Software Downloads” link in the Student Quick Links box. Just so you know you can
download this for free!!! Who does not like Free Stuff for being a student at Tulsa Community College? Silly people, that
is who.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION AND PREREQUISITES:
Course Catalog Description: The official description of the course you are taking this semester
An introductory course in Intercultural Communication: the study of communication among people from different
cultures. Emphasis is on increasing students’ understanding of cultural theories of communication and of cultural issues
that affect communication effectiveness especially in educational and business contexts. Cross listed with BUSN 2053.
Course Prerequisites: What you need to have done to take this course, its like the tutorial in a video game.
There are not current Pre-requisites for this course. Communication is the foundation of COMMunity college and we feel
students should enjoy each COMM class that is offered. Communication is the cornerstone of everything you will do
throughout the course of your life. We Want you to be successful in this course and in your life and you cannot do that
without communication. The better communicator you are, the more successful in life you will be.

Next Course in Sequence: There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and
finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of
learning.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti
There is no official course to take next after this, but I would recommend you explore any of the Communication
Department courses. These courses will ensure your success on every level of your life from here to there to anywhere
that you will traverse in your life. The only course that will not help you succeed in the communication field is the one
that you do not take.

TEXTBOOKS, SUPPLIES, & OTHER RESOURCES: “I've got a very deep and abiding passion about
education being far more than buildings and textbooks; it's what children bring into school with them.”
Johann Lamont

Required Textbook(s)
Title: Intercultural Learning: Critical preparation for international student travel
Edition:
Author: Peter Jones, Debra Miles, Narayan Gopalkrishan
Publisher: UTS – E-Press
ISBN: 978-0-9945039-9-2
Textbooks and supplies may be purchased at: https://utsepress.lib.uts.edu.au/site/books/m/10.5130/978-0-9945039-9-2/
This is free digital textbook from the creative commons that we are going to be using in conjunction with other readings
in the course. The other readings will be provided at the beginning of the course, so you can begin reading them prior to
them being used as part of your assignments. In addition to the materials being provided to you for free, we are using
materials not published in the United States to gain a different academic perspective of culture and communication.

Additional Required Resources:

*A reliable computer. If you need to check out a laptop, visit this site: Borrow a Laptop
*Reliable internet connection. If you need a hotspot, email our hotspot coordinator, Travis
Budd, at travis.budd@tulsacc.edu.
*USB flash drive or cloud storage
*Required software: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Instructions to download Microsoft Office, which is free for current TCC students.
1. Go to the TCC Webpage: www.tulsacc.edu
2. Click MyTCC and login to the TCC Portal.
3. Click My Account and select the Student Software Downloads link in the Quick Links
section.
4. Select required software and follow online store instructions.

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Software Requirements

1. Google Chrome
Google Chrome is the recommended browser for this class. Mozilla Firefox works well, too. Other browsers
such as Internet Explorer might not adequately support Blackboard. With other browsers you will experience
problems at some point in the class, but you may not understand why you are experiencing problems.

2. Microsoft Office 2016 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

MSWord is the required word processor for TCC Internet classes. All formal documents must be submitted in
Microsoft Word. If you submit your assignments in a format other than Microsoft Word, I won’t be able to open
it, which means you will receive a “0” for that assignment.
Warning: Do not submit .wpd, .wps, .txt, or .pdf files. Submit .docx files only.

TCC has licensing agreements with Microsoft that allow TCC students to download and use Microsoft Office
software for free during their tenure as TCC students. You access the software downloads area, log on to
MyTCC. Go to the My Account tab →Software Downloads.

3. Virus Protection Program

“My computer got a virus, so I couldn’t complete my assignment” is not an acceptable reason for late work.
Computer best practices suggest that you run antivirus software. There are many free antivirus programs
available such as AVAST, or you may choose to purchase one. Each operating system and each virus protection
program have their own idiosyncrasies. Therefore, it is not possible for me to provide you with technical
support. You should feel comfortable installing or uninstalling these types of programs.

4. Pop-Up Blocker Alert!

Make sure that TCC is allowed through all pop-up blockers on every computer where you will use your TCC e-
mail. If you find that you can access your TCC e-mail account, but you can’t open a window to compose email
or to reply to a message, it could be that the pop-up blocker permissions are not set to allow TCC through your
pop-up blockers.

Technical Requirements
This class is not recommended for computer novices.
You should be comfortable
• using the most recent version of MSWord (change margins, number pages, double-space, center text,
check spelling, and so forth)
• using TCC’s Outlook e-mail for communication
• sending a file as a file attachment and downloading files
• uploading files
• navigating the Internet
• using search engines
• updating virus protection files.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Institutional Learning Outcomes:
Tulsa Community College graduates value cultural diversity, ethical behavior, and the unique role of public education in
sustaining a free society. The following institutional learning outcomes function independently and in concert. TCC
graduates demonstrate: 1. Communication Skills; 2. Critical Thinking; 3. Personal Responsibility; and 4. Social
Responsibility.

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Note that our institutional outcome highlights communication skills as the number one objective for our students, you are
doing great by taking a Communication course. Keep up the hard work and keep working on being the best version of
yourself that you want to be.

Program Learning Outcomes: Communication Arts and Technologies strives to help you succeed in Life and the
Classroom.
The Communication Arts and Technologies degree plan provides integrated learning in written, oral, relational, and
digital communication. TCC graduates will encounter academic and professional opportunities requiring a
multidisciplinary background in communication arts and technologies. Graduates will:
• Perform ethical, critical, creative, and effective oral communication.
• Identify similarities and differences between oral communication and written, digital, mediated, and
relational communication.
• Contrast practical skills and theories of oral communication and interpersonal communication,
intercultural communication, or small-group communication.
• Evaluate similarities and differences among the various communication settings.
The goal of completing a course in the Communication Arts and Technologies field is to better prepare you for an ever
changing, diverse world where adaptation and communication skills are crucial to your success. We want to foster critical
thinking skills that build your perceptual awareness of the world around you, so you can focus on building the best world
for you.

Course Learning Outcomes:

Communication 2053 is designed to give students an opportunity to experience other cultures and
communication settings. The goal is improvement of intercultural communication at a comfort level leading to
successful interpersonal interactions. The course study includes several expected learned outcomes:
• Apply self-awareness when communicating interculturally.
• Analyze how social customs affect communication.
• Identify methods of communicating with people from other cultures.
• Demonstrate ability to communicate with non-native speakers.

My Goals for you

• To be more conscious, aware, and understanding of other cultures in our daily lives.
• To feel more comfortable around other cultures.
• To build an increased confidence in social interaction and public speaking capabilities.
TEACHING METHODS: ‘I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can
learn.’ –Albert Einstein
Communication 2053 will be completed online. That means you are expected to participate in our online
environment for your successful completion of the class. My instruction strategies will include: Reading
resources; project and process-oriented individual and collaborative projects; use of the discussion board; use of
the Internet; and e-mails among students and between individual students and the professor. Students are
responsible for completing all assigned work.

GRADING POLICY AND ASSIGNMENT LIST:

Assignments (what assignments you will complete in this class): Please see FAQ section for an in-depth
breakdown of each assignment category
1. Assignments: Assignments will be journals, discussion posts, and required reading material.
2. Quizzes: Quizzes will be given over the assigned reading material that can be referenced on the course
schedule, which can be a combination of multiple choice, open-ended, or essay style.
3. Public Address Presentations: There will be required speech over assigned topics for this course.
4. Midterm Exam: The Midterm exam will be over Modules 1-3 in your textbook.
4. Final Exam: The final exam will be comprehensive over all 5 textbook modules

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Each of your assignments will be submitted through Blackboard. Blackboard is the home of our course and our
materials are going to be contained in Blackboard. To keep our home neat, we are going to submit all the
assignments, tests, discussions, journals, and any other work we have in the course through the correct portal in
Blackboard. Assignments submitted to your professor through email will not be counted as submitted. Just like
you would not send mail to my house if this was a Face-To-Face class to submit your assignments, you are not
going to email your assignments to your professor in this course.

Grading policy (how many points each assignment is worth):

Public Address Presentation 400 points
Discussions/Journals/Assignments: 300 points
Journals (7 entries x 20 pts each = 140), Discussions (2 x 50pts each = 100 pts) Quizzes (5 x 20pts each = 100 pts)
Mid Term and Final Exam: 300 points (150 Points possible for each exam)
Total=1000 points

900-1000 points A
800-899 points B
700-799 points C
600-699 points D
599 and below F
Grading Scale: 90-100%=A, 80-89%=B, 70-79%=C, 60-69%=D, Below 60=F

It is your responsibility to keep track of points earned and to keep all returned material. Grades may be
accessed on Blackboard anytime during the semester. Please understand you earn a grade based upon
performance and participation; therefore, success is determined by you, not by a professor. Do not wait
until week 8 to worry about grades! Your two make up assignments will not be enough to save your
grade if you wait to be concerned about your grade. Fortune favors both the bold and the prepared.

Definition of grades:
A: Awarded to work, which far exceeds minimum expectations, not only doing all that is required, but
also doing it with superior skill, creativity, and thoroughness.
B: Awarded to work, which is clearly above average, not only doing what is required, but also doing it
very well and demonstrating substantial competences.
C: Awarded to work, which is average; it meets the minimum requirements, but does not demonstrate a
grasp of the material beyond the rudimentary.
D: Awarded to work, which is passing, but below average competency for the college level. A
significant amount of work is missing, or work shows little effort or thought and has many errors.
F: Awarded to work, which does not meet the minimum requirements of the course, and/or demonstrates
a general lack of understanding or effort.

Written work (what to keep in mind on written assignments):

Assignments/outlines/Works Cited pages must be typed in MLA (Modern Language Association) or
APA (American Psychological Association) format, using Microsoft Word, unless otherwise noted. No
credit will be given for handwritten. Because writing is an important aspect of communication, all
written work is expected to meet the same standards an English course would demand. For further
assistance, visit the Writing Center located in Building 7 at SEC, room 7201, next to the library (if they
are open during Covid). You may also visit any Writing Center at a campus near you. You may also
make an appointment virtually at https://tulsacc.mywconline.com/.
Feedback Policy: “Feedback is the breakfast of champions.” Ken Blanchard
Students love it when they get their grades back fast. Fast is what I strive for when I built this course structure
the way that I did. Assignments will be submitted Thursday at 11:59pm and then returned by the end of the day
each Sunday. This ensures you can start the next week with fresh feedback from the previous weeks
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assignments. This also allows me the time to tailor feedback to each student and provide the best learning scope.
Quizzes and Tests will have automatic feedback built right into the completion screens, meaning when you
complete any Quiz or Test, you will receive your grade and feedback on each answer.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: “I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.” Sophocles
Academic Integrity is a foundational value of TCC and students are expected to behave as responsible members of the
college community and to be honest and ethical in their academic work. This link provides access to guidelines for
academic integrity, as well as forms of academic dishonesty.

Frequently Asked Questions about my course

1) What should I do if I do not turn in an assignment?
a. Life Happens, do not panic and don’t think that the world is ending like Chicken
Little. If you miss one assignment in this course, you can make up 2 assignments
that were not submitted on time. Our course is set up to let run Monday – Thursday
each week of the semester with your assignments being due on the same day at the
same time each week. If you happen to miss one, your internet dies, grandma dies,
or YouTube won’t let you upload a speech do the following; take a deep breath,
keep calm, and realize that there are 1000 points in the course that you can earn.
Couple that with your two make up assignments and life is good. The only caveat
with make-up assignments is you cannot make up assignments from week 8.
2) When am I expected to be in class if this is an online class?
a. We don’t have set hours, but we do have set due dates. Our course will operate
Monday – Thursday each week. Your Assignments open Monday and close
Thursday at 11:59 PM CST. Friday – Sunday are grading days so that you can start
each week with fresh feedback from the week before. You should log in every
week to complete that week’s assignments by that week’s due date. That means at
the very minimum you will need to log in once per week for your attendance.
3) How do I contact you in our online course?
a. Emailing is the official contact policy of Tulsa Community College. That means if
you have any questions about the course or the class or anything that we are doing,
email me and I will be happy to help you. The more questions you ask, the better I
can help you. The only bad question is the one that you don’t ask. My personal
policy is to respond to you within 48 hours of receiving your email Monday –
Thursday. Friday – Sunday are considered grading days in this course that means I
will respond to you on Monday morning.
4) What happens if I violate the Academic Integrity Policy of TCC in your course?
a. Cheaters never win, look at Lance Armstrong. Once a super successful bicyclist
now he cannot even Live Strong. Seriously, do not cheat in this course by trying to
pass off other peoples work as your own. If you are caught doing this, you will
have to have a meeting with me for the first offense and take a zero. The second
offense is a failure of the course. Please come up with a more epic way to fail a
course than cheating.
5) Can you Break Down your Grading Policy for us so we know what assignments are
the most important?

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 a. They all are the most important assignments, there is no one assignment to rule
them all so don’t go thinking you are going to Smeagle out of this one. Now that
we disposed of that joke into Mt. Doom here is breakdown for each of our
assignments starting with quizzes.
i. To help prepare you for the Midterm and Final tests, each module of the book will have 2
quizzes. These quizzes will help you self-evaluate how well you know the content from the book.
On each quiz, you will find twenty questions total, in either multiple-choice or true/false question
format. These questions are randomly drawn from a pool of questions. Your first quiz will not
come a module but from your syllabus so here it is, read it maybe?
ii. This online course was designed to take advantage of online interactions with your classmates
through discussion board activities. This interaction will allow you to learn along with your peers
and from your peers. You will find the directions for each discussion in our Blackboard where
you will be assigned specific writing prompts to structure your posts around. Then, you can view
the thoughts of others and reply to your classmates as you discuss the topic. Our first discussion
board post is a simple introduction where we get to know each other with a small twist.
iii. Over the course of the semester, you will write 7 journal entries over intercultural experiences. I
assign multiple entries for the simple reason that immersion will help your cultural understanding,
world view, communication abilities, and your formal writing skills.
iv. To assess your understanding of foundational knowledge during this course, unit exams will be
assigned. There will be a total of two tests during this course worth 150 points each. Each exam
will cover about three modules from your text book (there is only five so about three works, this
is a comm class not a math class). The questions will consist of multiple-choice and true/false
questions like those found on your module quizzes. All exams will be open book and open notes;
however, the exams will be timed. Keep in mind, you will not have enough time to look up every
question and answer on the exam. You are expected to study and prepare for these exams.
v. Communication is one of the fundamental keys to TCC’s learning outcomes and we will do so in
this course. We cannot not communicate if we are not speaking to an audience and your class will
be your audience for these assignments. These assignments will be used to demonstrate the
knowledge learned from your readings, surveys, and experiences. Each speech will be 5-6
minutes in length, require an APA citation guide, and be submitted on time.
6) What should I do if I have a Life EMERGENCY during your course?
a. You should email me as soon as you possibly can. You wouldn’t avoid calling
your boss when you are going to miss work so don’t skip talking to your professor
when you are going to miss class. The worst thing that I can do is advise you to
drop the course because your life and securing yourself is more important than
succeeding here. I would hate to see you fail both yourself and this course because
you became overloaded during the course with an emergency. Trust me, I can
empathize with you and I want you to succeed here.
7) Where can I find all my course materials and Grades?
a. Unlike the answer to life, this all can be found in your blackboard course site under
the content section. You will be able to find all the information you need for each
week, each assignment, and the entire course there. Make sure you check it all the
time, well at least once a week on Mondays to get the most out of the course.
8) What is your Grading and Feedback Policy?
a. The grading and feedback policy for this course is one that should make everyone
happy, if you do the work. Monday through Thursday you will submit your work
prior to the due date. Remember the due date is not the do date! Friday through
Sunday, I will work on grading that work and providing feedback to you for the
coming week. Your quizzes and Tests will have the feedback built right into the

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 completion page, letting you know your immediate feedback. Your journals,
discussion boards, and performance assignments will have written feedback given
on each submission. This means that you are responsible for reading the feedback
in your gradebook. I will post a helpful video in your Blackboard showing you
how to do this so there is no confusion. Below this question, you will find a
breakdown of a grading rubric we will be using in this course. Remember, you get
two make up assignments that can be used for any assignment prior to week 8. If
you miss something, take the grace and earn your points.

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Journal Grading Rubric and Policy
Each Journal Entry is worth 20 points and you need 7 entries so that totals to 140 points for the scope of this assignment.
This assignment is broken down into four categories of success with 5 criteria meaning each category is worth 5 points to
complete. Meeting expectations does not mean that you earn all the points, it means you did the bare minimum to earn
points at a college level. In college you do not just credit for turning things in. You are expected to work harder than you
did in Highschool and strive to succeed on your own. You are expected to work to the best of your ability, not the
assignments.

Journal Does not meet Meets Slightly exceeds Greatly exceeds

Grading Expectations Expectations Expectations Expectations
0 points 2 points 4 points 5 points
Clear statement and Student did not Student documents Student documents Student documents
proof that student provide proof of their their attendance. their attendance and attendance, provides
visited an attendance to an provides proof of proof of interaction,
intercultural site. intercultural site or interaction description of
Student must visit a
recycled a previous location traveled
new one each week for
this count
week’s visit

Student details Student does not Student documents Student documents Student provides well
intercultural meet the expectations interaction but interactions, provides detailed and
interaction with and provides little provides very little brief reflection, fails documented trip,
people, goods, and detail to assignment reflection or cross to discuss discussing items,
location application to lived intercultural people’s interactions,
life experiences experiences and experiences at
the location.
Student utilizes Student does not Student references Student references Student references
learned theory from reference prior textbook but does not textbook and textbook, provides
class in their learning in their provide specific provides some examples, cites
analysis writing examples examples does not theories, cites pages
cite theories in textbook
Student provides Student does not Student provides Student provides Student provides
self-reflection on reflect upon their small reflection on medium reflection on detailed reflection on
differences between own cultural their cultural their cultural their cultural
cultural practices practices and how practices. Does not practices and practices and
they may differ from write in detail on this. differences, writes in differences, writes in
experience detail, fails to detail, mentions areas
mention areas of of cultural overlap.
cultural overlap
Student uses proper Journal entry is Journal has Journal has above Journal entry is well
writing practices poorly written and acceptable writing average grammatical written,
and grammar. formatted according practices practices with minor grammatically
to grammar practices. mistakes correct, and reads
like a college level
paper

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 Intercultural Communication
Comm 2053
(Special Notes)
1. Assignments due by 11:59 pm CST Central Standard Time
2. Each week runs Monday through Thursday
3. You must log in each week to be counted as attending this course
4. Each Module has a corresponding folder in your Blackboard Content Section.
5. Content Folders will stay open for the entirety of the course, but assignments will disappear after their due date
and time.
6. If you miss something, please contact your professor immediately

Uni
Dates Readings/Resources Assignments/Activities Due Date/Notes
t
Unit 1: What is Culture?
Topics: Understanding Culture, Framing Cultural discussion
Key Question: Is your Culture the center of the Universe?
Week 1: 1 1. Syllabus Quiz June 7, 2021 by 11:59
Starting June 7, Module one of 2. Introduction Discussion PM CST
2021 Textbook 3. Three Survey submissions
4. Syllabus Quiz
1 Module One of 5. Complete Introduction June 10, 2021 by 11:59
Week 1 Textbook Discussion board PM CST
1 Module one of 6. Complete first Journal June 10, 2021
Textbook Assignment
1 Module one 7. Read module 1, complete June 10, 2021
module one quiz
Unit 2: Imperialism and Cultural Diversity
Topics: History, Social impact of exploration, Modern Colonial Impact(s)
Key Idea: “We stole countries with the cunning use of flags. Just sail around the world and stick a flag in.
"I claim India for Britain!" They're going "You can't claim us, we live here! Five hundred million of us!"
"Do you have a flag …? "No..." "Well, if you don't have a flag, then you can't have a country. Those are
the rules... that I just made up!” Eddie Izzard

Weeks 2 &3 2 Module 2 of the June 14 – 24, 2021

Starting June Textbook
14th
Week 2 2 Module 2 Speech Topic Discussion June 17, 2021 by 11:59
Board First Post Due PM CST
Week 2 2 Module 2 Complete Second Journal June 17, 2021
Entry
Week 3 2 Module 2 1. Module 2 Quiz June 24, 2021 by 11:59
2. Journal Entry 3 PM
Unit 3: Racism and Privilege
Topics: What is Racism? How does privilege work? Who benefits in the 21st Century?
Key Idea: “When you have only ever experienced privilege, equality feels like oppression.” Adam
Rutherford
Weeks 4 & 5 3 Module 3 of the June 28 – July 9
Starting June Textbook
21st
Week 4 1,2, Review Module 1,2,3 1. Midterm Test Due July 1, 2021 by
3 2. Journal Entry 4 11:59 PM CST.
Week 5 Module 3 of the 1. Journal Entry 5 July 9, 2021 by 11:59
textbook PM CST

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 Uni
Dates Readings/Resources Assignments/Activities Due Date/Notes
t
2. Finish Speech Topic
Discussion Board
3. Module 3 quiz
Unit 4: Critical Reflection and Culture
Topics: Self Reflection on culture, Impacts of Perception on Culture
Key Idea: “Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences,
and failing to achieve anything useful.” – Margaret J. Wheatley
Week 6 July 4 Module 4 1. Module 4 Quiz July 15, 2021
12 - 15 2. Journal Entry 6
3. Submit Recorded Speech
Unit 5: Intercultural Practice
Topics: Practical Engagement, Practice, Techniques for Future Engagement
Key Question: The stranger sees only what he knows — African proverb
Week 7 & 8 5 Module 5 From July 19 – 29, 2021
Textbook
Week 7 5 Module 5 1. Final Journal Entry (7) July 22, 2021
Due
2. Module 5 Quiz
Week 8: The 5 Module 5 1. Final Examination July 29, 2021 by 11:59
Final Week: 2. Three Survey Submissions PM CST
July 26, 2021 3. Exit Discussion Board

Remember to believe in yourself but if you need some more motivation, read the image below.

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