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CLS045 Global and intercultural competence lp3 and 4 VT23 (7.5 hp)

Course is offered by the Department of Communication and Learning in Science

Contact details

• Course manager and teacher: Becky Bergman becky@chalmers.se
• Course teacher: Carina Sjöberg-Hawke carsjobe@chalmers.se
• Course teacher: Amy Ou amywa@chalmers.se
• Guest lecturer: Jan Van Maele, KU Leuven

Course purpose

Since many students will work in global and interdisciplinary environments, the skills to do this are increasingly in demand. This course focuses on the key areas that a globally competent student should be aware of, in terms of knowledge, skills, and attitudes. In addition, this course trains communication skills for working in these environments.

Schedule

Check here first: Course information (also check that you receive announcements from the course on a regular basis in your notifications)

On campus meetings will take place roughly every other week. Weekly meetings are scheduled however and there are home activities planned for these weeks. The course has a teaching slot on Wednesdays 8:00-12:00. However, the majority of the sessions will start at 8:30 which you'll notice in TimeEdit and the Canvas calendar. But sessions that are focused on tutorials or presentations will start at 8:00. Check each session page to be sure.

Course literature

All links to the literature can be found in the modules. There is no course book. Please see the guide to reading for advice on working with the reading in the course. 

Course design

The course is divided into two main parts.  Part 1 (study period 3) contains more reading and planned activities. Part 2 (study period 4) is connected to your own project. Students can find information for each session under home. 

Part 1 (study period 3):

Changes made since the last occasion

-more focus on intercultural competence in business (interview assignment added)

-more guidance in proposal writing

-the diary assignment is more structured 

Learning objectives and syllabus

Learning objectives:

• Analyse definitions of culture based on theoretical frameworks
• Engage in an informed discussion of their own and others' identities, based on aspects such as nationality, ethnicity, profession, gender, age
• Analyse cultural incidents through the lenses of relevant theories and personal experience
• Reflect on affordances and challenges of intercultural groupwork
• Apply cultural knowledge to real life situations
• Demonstrate communicative competence in presenting written and oral information 
• Give and receive constructive criticism on written and oral work (peer response).

Link to the syllabus on Studieportalen.

Assessment 

Final grade: Pass/ fail

Grade is based on the written and oral assignments during the course. All assignments should be completed and be a pass. The criteria for the assignments can be found here (criteria for LP3)

The assignments are divided into the following areas: 

1) Discussion forums

2) Diary entries

3) Two interviews and reflective text

4) Final project consisting of a proposal and final interactive presentation

The assignments as a whole are designed to explore the areas of culture, both your own and others. All the assignments build on one another. For example, the reflective text might contain information from the diary. The final project might contain interviews similiar to the assignment "interview with students".