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PPPM 626: EXPERIENCING CROSSING CULTURES
Term Offered, Day, Time:
Winter, 1999, Wednesdays from 3-6 pm, 3 credits, CRN 24826
Room location: 152 ED
Instructors:
Maradel Gale - 130 Hendricks Hall
Nancy Peyron - 130 Hendricks Hall
Objectives of Course:
This course provides the necessary information, skills, and attitudes
to enable sojourners interested in living and working in cultures other than their own to
adjust to and function productively in new environments. Students will learn how to
examine the value orientation, customs, and expectations of their host community and how
to enjoy positive, exhilarating growth experiences. In this course, we will examine our
own cultural identities and explore our own assumptions in relation to ourselves and the
cultures we live in, with a special emphasis on understanding our impact on others.
Means by which course objectives are realized:
Approaches to learning about cross-cultural concepts will include
lectures, simulations, group exercises, skills practice through role-plays, film reviews,
response papers, and cultural autobiographies.
Methods for assessment of student work and progress toward realization of
course objectives:
 | This is a laboratory class, so attendance is mandatory; |
| Participation in class discussion, simulations and role-plays; |
| Completion of reading assignments, film analyses, response papers covering topics
introduced in the course, and a cultural autobiography. |
Course readings include:
The Art of Crossing Cultures, by Craig Storti, and selected readings throughout
the course.
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