• Level 6
  • 20 Credits
  • 0.1667 EFTS
  • Course duration: 16 weeks
  • Workload - Approximately 13 hours per week
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An understanding of cultural difference has become essential for effective intercultural communication in an increasingly global economy. When you finish this online course you will have a critical understanding of the relationship between culture and communication and how culture affects social and business relations in local and global contexts.

When you finish this online course you will be able to:

  • analyse and explain approaches to the study of culture and the impact of globalisation
  • apply theories of intercultural communication to real world examples
  • critically evaluate and interpret social and business interactions to identify intercultural communication issues.

Entry requirements

To enter this course you need to have previously studied at Level 5. 

Assessment

This course is 100% internally assessed.

Textbooks

No textbooks are needed for this course.

How to enrol

Before enrolling in this course you need to:

  • choose the qualification you will study the course under
  • check the order that courses in the qualification should be studied in the Qualification Structure table. This is in the Choose courses and apply tab on the qualification page.