From: Laurie Lewis <laurie.lewis@utsa.edu>
Date: Monday, October 21, 2024 at 3:42 PM
To: Paula A Perilla-Duque <Paula.PerillaDuque@utsa.edu>, Derek Kubacki <derek.kubacki@utsa.edu>, Chad McFadon <Chad.McFadon@utsa.edu>, Christopher Salazar <Christopher.Salazar3@utsa.edu>, Cristian Nuno <cristian.nuno@utsa.edu>, Karl Fisher <karl.fisher@utsa.edu>, Sarai Zamora <Sarai.Zamora@utsa.edu>, Miranda Swain <Miranda.Swain@utsa.edu>, Estefania Casper <estefania.casper@utsa.edu>
Subject: New course in Communication: Deliberation and Decision Making

All—

A companion course to my course in Listening (being taught this semester and for the past three semesters) is a new course Deliberation and Decision Making (4413).  I have attached a flyer.  This hybrid course is ideally suited for anyone with interests in a corporate, community, or other decision-making context of groups /teams.  We will discuss how decisions do get made in teams and groups and better practices for deliberating, collaborating and deciding. 

This course has an online component of resource, reading, and review of materials and an in-class component devoted to hands-on practice of tools and skills related to group deliberation.  This course is currently coded as a Com Major course, but I’m working to open it to non-majors.

Please keep it in mind as you advise undergraduate students. Although it is a 4000 level course it is appropriate for any UTSA student (whether they are first-year or beyond).  I will not presume familiarity with communication foundational course work.  Key assignments will be projects related to deliberation and collaboration; short reflection papers; short open-book quizzes; and engagement in in-class activities.

Laurie

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Laurie Lewis, Ph.D.

Professor, Communication

Director, Center for Dialogue & Deliberation

Special Assistant for College Initiatives, COLFA

The University of Texas at San Antonio

Chair, Mentoring & Leadership Council, National Communication Association

Books by Laurie

Healthy Conversations about Difficult Topics