Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

The module comprises a relevant coursework, associated discussion sessions, and an individual exam portfolio.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

The student must attain

Knowledge and understanding of:

• significant varieties of intercultural interaction occuring in globalization processes such as communication within and between institutions and organizations, in intergovernmental cooperation, in international development, aid work and through digtal media
• relevant identity-related factors and their influence on intercultural communication, including ethnicity, language, and religion
• theories of intercultural communication
• significant methodological approaches to analyzing international and intercultural communication.

Skills

The student must attain

Skills in:

• analytical understanding of concrete examples of intercultural communication
• analyzing intercultural communication situations and their contexts in multiple forms, from the interpersonal to the institutional and organizational to the international and digital
• identifying and explaining central dimensions of intercultural conflict.

Competences

The student must attain

Competencies in:

• critically discussing types of interpersonal, intergovernmental or interaction in relation to intercultural communication
• explaining the effect of multiple approaches to the field of intercultural communication on the understanding of communication between institutions, and individuals with different national, ethnic and/or cultural backgrounds.

Type of instruction

Please see § 17 in the curriculum.

Exam

Exams