URBN 520
cross-cultural skills for urban service
dr j. nathan corbitt
fall 1
2014
This course provides basic cross-cultural skills for relationship building, community development, and conflict management in the global context, both urban and rural. Through discussion of cultural values and world-view differences, behavior norms, and conflict management styles, the student will gain basic theoretical understanding and practical skills for work and service with their cultural other. Through in-class exercises, students will develop beginning skills for adjusting behavior in a variety of cultural contexts. Readings, experiential activities and reflection paper required. Course objectives are:
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- Explore the concept of worldview, culture and ethnicity and resulting behavioral norms
- Define concepts of culture, community, and ethnicity
- Present basic cultural values communication principles for culture
- Understand the basic principles of conflict resolution
- Reflect on the cross-cultural nature of their calling and motivations within cultural frameworks
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