COMM 115Interpersonal Dynamics
Communication · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Survey of recent scientific approaches to dyadic communication and relationships. Surveys selection of experimental, observational, and quantitative methods, and how they can be applied to key issues in dyadic communication and interpersonal relationships. Topics include recent technological techniques for measuring and influencing dyads, including role of peripheral devices such as phones or other wearable devices. Consideration of dyadic processes including influence, mimicry, leadership, active listening, and more. Consideration also of how findings apply beyond dyads to teams.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Summer 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
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