Interpersonal skills are taught and demonstrated by the instructor. Students practice the skills in role-playing situations. Skills included are physical attending, psychological attending, listening, perceiving surface and underlying feelings, basic responding skills, personalizing skills, and initiating skills. Intended for non-majors.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students: Applied project as assigned by instructor.
Athena Title
Interpersonal Relationships
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in ECHD 4020E or ECHD 6020E
Undergraduate Pre or Corequisite
Students must be enrolled in a professional program to register for this course
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and summer
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will demonstrate basic attending skills.
Students will demonstrate active listening skills.
Students will demonstrate basic responding skills.
Students will demonstrate the ability to accurately identify the person's feeling and affects.
Students will demonstrate the ability to differentiate between content and affect.
Students will demonstrate the ability to respond in an empathetic and helpful manner.
Students will be able to integrate multicultural communication styles in the development of helping relationships.
Students will use technology effectively in communicating, gathering, and presenting information.
Students will gain an understanding of ethical behavior and social applications of ethical behavior.
Students will explore how their values and experiences can influence a helping relationship.
Students will engage different points of view and respond in an effective manner.
Students will analyze verbal and nonverbal communication and reflect the essence of what is being communicated.
