Study Guide 2015-2016

KIE-08006 Intercultural Communication Skills, 3 cr

Additional information

Students will be enrolled on the course according to the time of sign-up, priority given to TUT students to whom the course is compulsory. Places at the course will be divided as follows: - 18 students from degree programmes in Finnish - 14 students from international master's degree programmes Exchange students can unfortunately be taken into the group only if there are places available.

Person responsible

Carlos Mendoza Santana

Lessons

Implementation 1: KIE-08006 2015-02

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer
Lectures
 4 h/week
+4 h/week

 

 

 

Lecture times and places: Monday 12 - 14 K2108 , Wednesday 12 - 14 K2108

Implementation 2: KIE-08006 2015-03

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer
Lectures

 

 
 4 h/week
+4 h/week

 

Lecture times and places: Monday 10 - 12 , Monday 10 - 12 K2108 , Wednesday 12 - 14 K2108

Requirements

The students must complete a minimum of 80% attendance in the course, complete the individual and team tasks assigned during the course. •Implementations: the group will meet 40 h. in total. We will meet face to face or/and virtually.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Learning Outcomes

After completing the course the student will be able to identify the main components affecting intercultural communication in environments as the university and workplace. Students will identify strategies that will enhance their integration living, studying, and working abroad. The students will also identify and apply strategies to set and operate in multicultural teams.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. -Strategies to set and operate in multicultural teams: third working culture, formation and team charter      
2. - Models of intercultural adaptation to new cultural environments living, studying and working in multicultural environments      
3. -Skills and knowledge of intercultural competence -Basic components of intercultural negotiations      
4. -Factors affecting in intercultural verbal and nonverbal communication      

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

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

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Correspondence of content

There is no equivalence with any other courses

Last modified 05.01.2016