Week - 1 |
Course Introduction, Major Concepts |
Week - 2 |
Theoretical Approaches and Debates on Cultural Issues |
Week - 3 |
Cultural Values (Individualism-Collectivism, Masculinity-Feminity, Power Distance, Uncertanity Avoidance) |
Week - 4 |
Intercultural Contact Between Cultures (Colonialism, Cultural Imperialism, Cultural Icons, Cultural Hegemony) |
Week - 5 |
Religious Diversity in Multicultural Society |
Week - 6 |
Cultures in Cultures (Cultural Shock, Migration, Acculturation, Adaptation, Orientation) |
Week - 7 |
Midterm Exam |
Week - 8 |
Cultures in Cultures (Ethinicity, Marginalization, Segregation, Indigenous Cultures, Assimilation) |
Week - 9 |
Human Rights, Racism and Nationalism in Multicultural Society |
Week - 10 |
Identity in Multicultural Societies (Transnational, Transcultural Identities) |
Week - 11 |
Identity, Subgroups, Othering (Migrants as Subgroups, Miniorities, Xenophobia, Homophobia, Labeling). |
Week - 12 |
Evolution of the field of Intercultural Communication, Intercultural Communication Competence |
Week - 13 |
Barriers of Intercultural Communication (Anxiety, Ethnocentrism, Prejudice, Stereotype, Non-Verbal Communication, Language as a Barrier of Intercultural Communication |
Week - 14 |
Final Exam |