KIE-08006 Intercultural Communication Skills, 3 cr

Implementation KIE-08006 2017-05

Description

This course develops students intercultural communication skills through short lectures and practical exercises. The multicultural groups consists of both local and international students, which allows the students to learn and practice intercultural communication with eachother in each class and teamwork.

Students will be able to:

- Apply major intercultural theories and frameworks to understand differences between cultures and their communication patterns.
- Recognize features of their own cultural values, assumptions and culturally specific behavior.
- Identify the essential elements of intercultural competence in cross-cultural collaboration.
- Independently explore and analyze critical incidents in the social, professional or academic settings.

Lessons

Assessment scale

Numerical evaluation scale (0-5)

Requirements

The students must complete a minimum of 80% attendance in the course and complete the individual and team tasks assigned during the course.

Additional information of course implementation

For more information and questions, please contact Carlos Mendoza (carlos.mendozasantana@tut.fi).