Dimensions of Intercultural Communication (5cr)
Code: XICP0213-3002
General information
- Enrollment
- 02.12.2020 - 31.12.2020
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 06.04.2021 - 06.05.2021
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 4 - 5
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Teaching languages
- english
- Course
- XICP0213
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
Upon successful completion of the course the students will
1) be familiar with research of cultural values and systems of classification
2) have an understanding of culture-related aspects of conflict.
Execution methods
Lectures and group work 30 h and a written assignment.
Accomplishment methods
Active participation in lectures and a written assignment.
Content
This course focuses on two particular aspects of cultural communication: differences in, and classification of, underlying values at the heart of all cultural phenomena, and cultural conflicts. A short repetition of the most widely used models of classification for cultural differences is included at the beginning, so the course may be completed successfully without taking XICP0211 Introduction to Intercultural Communication, first.
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
5-1/fail
Qualifications
XICP0211 Introduction to Intercultural Communication is recommended. However, it is possible to participate and successfully complete this course without taking the introduction course first.