Geert Hofstede™ Cultural DimensionsResearch Methods:  Knowledge Base Website
The Research Methods Knowledge Base is a comprehensive web-based textbook that addresses all of the topics in a typical introductory undergraduate or graduate course in social research methods.

On writing and language:  selection of articles, blogs, and websites

Writing Skills Page from FACTMONSTER.com

Better writing:  a helpful website from Oxford Dictionaries

Purdue Online Writing Lab Website.  This website has a list of topics on the writing process, developing arguments, style, etc.  Below you will find a small selection.  Please see the main page for more.

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VIDEOS:

Students from The India's Institute of Technology on You Tube

Malcolm Gladwell on success with Charlie Rose

In Afghanistan, Rage at Young Lovers

HERAT, Afghanistan — The two teenagers met inside an ice cream factory through darting glances before roll call, murmured hellos as supervisors looked away and, finally, a phone number folded up and tossed discreetly onto the workroom floor. It was the beginning of an Afghan love story that flouted dominant traditions of arranged marriages and close family scrutiny, a romance between two teenagers of different ethnicities that tested a village’s tolerance for more modern whims of the heart. The results were delivered with brutal speed.  Read more here

Recommended Reading Material  

Anger.  The Misunderstood Emotion by Carol Tavris

Lying.  Moral Choice in Public and Private Life.  By Sissela Bok.

The Silent Language.  By Edward T. Hall

Culture Matters:  How Values Shape Human Progress.  Edited by Lawrence Harrison and Samuel Huntington.

Trust.  Francis Fukuyama

Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me).  Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson

The Philosophy of Erotic Love.  Edited by Robert C. Solomon and Kathleen M. Higgins

The Psychology of Love.  Edited by Robert J. Sternberg and Michael L. Barnes

Cupid's Arrow.  The Course of Love through time.  By Robert J. Sternberg

ABOUT LOVE by Robert C. Solomon

Francesco Hayes: Rinaldo Armida

THE COURSE:  Introduction to interpersonal communication: verbal and non-verbal face-to-face interactions; understanding messages sent and received; awareness and resolutions of communication barriers.

Upon successful completion of this class, the student should be able to:

1. Identify, describe, and explain major concepts involved in interpersonal communication, both in the transmission of information and in the development of relationships.
2. Understand interdisciplinary character of the subject of Interpersonal Communication
3. Analyze interpersonal communication issues with the knowledge of a basic scientific methodology.
4. Identify and provide solutions to some commonly encountered communication barriers.
5. Gain self-awareness of her/his ability as an interpersonal communicator.

Experiential Learning:  This course combines theory and practice.  For a student to benefit from the class beyond learning the basic interpersonal theories, the course requires active participation in the class and a serious attempt to integrate: (a) conceptualizations based on the reading, observations, lectures and (b) everyday experiences in interpersonal communication. 

REQUIRED TEXT:  Joseph A. DeVito. The Interpersonal Communication Book.