Course Catalog 2013-2014
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Course Catalog 2013-2014

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: - 16 students from degree programmes in Finnish - 12 students from international master's degree programmes - 4 exchange students

Person responsible

Galyna Dubova, Elina Nurminen

Lessons

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

 

 

 
KIE-08006 2013-01 Monday 14 - 15, $lesson.place
Wednesday 14 - 16, K2108
Monday 14 - 16, K2108
Lectures

 

 
 4 h/week
+4 h/week

 
KIE-08006 2013-02 Monday 12 - 14, K2108
Wednesday 12 - 14, K2108

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      

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

To pass the course students must participate on the lessons and finish all the assignments.

Assessment scale:

Evaluation scale passed/failed 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       Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 0 %  
KIE-08006 2013-02 Group 2        

Last modified02.04.2014