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MA in Intercultural Communication

What is Intercultural Communication?

Intercultural Communication is a very important growing discipline, and Sheffield is one of the first UK universities to offer this taught Masters course, which has been running since 2003.

Every workplace is in great need of individuals with an open-minded, mature approach to their work and the ability to communicate across a wide range of cultures, whether internationally or within multicultural communities.

British companies are also losing business because of their lack of international development strategies; people who can understand others easily and see things from different and multiple perspectives have a valuable contribution to make in improving this.

The course is relevant to practitioners as well as those wishing to pursue careers in international management and relations, business community and international development; it is also of interest to those who wish to become more effective communicators in other professions and/or cultural consultants.
This course will enable you to make the relevant links between language, culture, communication and the world of work. It relates theories of Intercultural Communication to practice and vice-versa. It offers you the opportunity to link academic study to the workplace. It will also contain a substantial reflective element, and you can also link your dissertation to a work-based placement or project.

The course is designed to give you the opportunity to understand in depth the theory and practice of Intercultural Communication; to develop your perspective on researching the subject and applying your ideas to work-based situations; and to develop you as an intercultural person.

Aims
• To develop an understanding of the main theories of intercultural communication.
• To enable you to use this knowledge and understanding for effective intercultural communication at work.
• To provide opportunities for interdisciplinary study and work-based learning.

Outcomes
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
• Analyse and critically evaluate the main theories of intercultural communication.
• Develop insights from these theories.
• Relate these theories to work-based situations and/or related fields of study.
• Argue the case for adopting particular approaches in particular situations.
• Develop independent research skills.

Course content
Core Modules: Theories of Intercultural Communication; Intercultural Communication in Practice; Ethnography; Dissertation.

Optional modules include the following areas: Languages for Intercultural Communication; Tandem Learning for Intercultural Communication; International Management; Critical Reading and Writing at MA level; Discourse and Analysis; Localisation, Approaches to Translation Genres.

Please note:
The Academic IELTS requirement is 7.0 with 6 in each component or equivalent.

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