Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Intercultural Contact

On this course you will examine the idea of intercultural contact and the effects of cultural interactions from historical and global perspectives. Through videos and articles, you will discover how intercultural contact is experienced in our everyday lives, and learn about the ways in which people develop intercultural competence.

As the course progresses, you’ll consider terms such as ‘globalisation’ and ‘acculturation’, explore the relationship between nationality and culture, and compare different experiences of returning ‘home’ following periods of absence.

The course is for anyone with an interest in the concepts of culture and interculturality, you don’t need any previous experience.

This course is also ideal if you are preparing to move to a different country for work or study or you work with groups of people from different cultures to yours. By completing all aspects of the course you will have achieved 14 hours of CPD time.

• Approaching intercultural contact
• Welcome
• Intercultural contact
• Intercultural competence
• Analysing intercultural contact
• Summary
• Reflecting on intercultural contact
• About Week 2
• Return journeys – coming home?
• Finding common ground
• Ethnographic study
• Summary