Intercultural Communication (5 cr)
Code: 3011518-3017
General information
- Enrollment
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01.06.2023 - 06.11.2023
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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24.10.2023 - 16.12.2023
Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 4 cr
- Virtual portion
- 1 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- Entrepreneurship and Sales
- Campus
- Salo IoT Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- English
- Seats
- 20 - 40
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Business
- Teachers
- Nicolas Le Grand
- Pia Lindgren
- Scheduling groups
- Avoimen AMK:n kiintiöpaikat. Ilmoittaudu ilman tätä pienryhmää (Size: 5 . Open UAS : 5.)
- Small groups
- Open UAS quota. Please enroll without selecting this group
- Course
- 3011518
Evaluation scale
H-5
Content scheduling
The course starts on 31 October 2023
After completing this course the student
- is able to interact with people from different cultures
- knows the various frameworks on cultures and has a better understanding of how each culture perceives i.e. time and space, face and face-saving, verbal and nonverbal communication
- appreciates the differences in cultural beliefs and communication practices
- is able to apply his/her knowledge and skills in working and communicating with ease and confidence in intercultural situations
Contents:
- cultural frameworks
- cultural awareness and identity
- national cultures and cultural influences
- intercultural communication skills
- culture in teams, business cultures
Objective
After completing this course the student
- is able to interact with people from different cultures
- knows the various frameworks on cultures and have a better understanding of how each culture perceives i.e. time and space, face and face-saving, verbal and nonverbal communication
- appreciates the differences in cultural beliefs and communication practices
- is able to apply his/her knowledge and skills in working and communicating with ease and confidence in intercultural situations
Content
Contents:
- cultural frameworks
- cultural awareness and identity
- cultural briefing
- national cultures and cultural influences
- intercultural communication skills
- culture in teams, business cultures
Materials
Study material on itslearning ;
should be completed by all other materials according to students' own focus area
Teaching methods
The course combines many methods:
class sessions
flipped learning,
independent learning includes a small scale project with required research
Working life contacts can be tied and applied
Exam schedules
Individual assignment, a small scale culture project
International connections
Pedagogical approach is international, working life oriented, learning in teams and also co-teaching as the course has two teachers
Completion alternatives
This course can be replaced by a similar course but only after consulting the tutor teacher
Student workload
5 cr = 135 h of student work
4*4h contact sessions with teacher
1*4h contact session with the co-teacher
preparing the assignment
preparing for the contact sessions by reading the material given (flipped learning)