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Intercultural Communication

Instructor: James McDonald

Credits: 8

• Academic goals: obtain relevant theories, link the theories to Eastern Europe

• Behavioral goals: apply the contents in student‘s daily life, increase tolerance against uncertainty, promote mindfulness

• definitions of culture and their power to shape social reality
• national and gender identities as examples for social offers to define the Self
• the multivocal and dialogical structure of the Self
• fuzziness and dynamics of cultural borders
• prejudices, stereotypes and prototypes as a support for orientation

• Practical: international assignments, working in international teams, intercultural trainings

Students must complete and pass a specified number of module tasks, participate in online discussions and hand in a final paper (essay of 3,000 words).