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Course Catalog 2013-2014

KIE-08006 Intercultural Communication Skills, 3 cr

Person responsible

Irja Pietilä, Lauri Tolkki

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
 4 h/week
+4 h/week

 

 

 
KIE-08006 2013-01  
Lectures

 

 
 4 h/week
+4 h/week

 
KIE-08006 2013-02  

Learning outcomes

After completing the course the student will be able to identify the main components affecting intercultural communication. Students will be able to apply theories of intercultural communication in various situations. The students can take cultural sensitivity into account when communicating with people from other cultures and understand how to operate in multicultural groups.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Basic components of intercultural learning      
2. Models of intercultural awareness and sensitivity      
3. Factors affecting in intercultural verbal and nonverbal communication      
4. Models of intercultural adaptation      

Evaluation criteria for the course

The course grade will be based on an exam, written assignments, participation and a group presentation.

Assessment scale:

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

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)

Correspondence of content

There is no equivalence with any other courses

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
KIE-08006 2013-01 Group1        
KIE-08006 2013-02 Group 2        

Last modified28.02.2013