COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOC 5027 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YILDIZ AKPOLAT

Offered to

Sociology

Course Objective

Discussing concepts of culture and cultural diversifications and the role of cultural differences within the communication process, searching the solution ways for the problems to outcome during intercultural communication process.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Grasping the importance of intercultural communication in a globalising world.
2   Acquiring the knowledge about the theories of intercultural communication.
3   Acquiring the knowledge about the factors that affect intercultural communication.
4   Sampling cultural values and indicators which differenciate due to various societies.
5   Beeing able to compare different cultures in respect to their communication behaviours.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, Basic concepts and references
2 Culture and Concepts related to culture
3 Social living and Communication
4 Us and Others
5 Description and Importance of Intercultural Communication
6 Theories of Intercultural Communication: Information Systems Theory
7 Cultural Dimensions Theory: Individualism, Collectivism, Power Distance, Femininity, Uncertainty avoidance
8 Midterm
9 Diversification in verbal communication forms
10 Diversification in non-verbal communication forms
11 Multiculturalism
12 Problems in intercultural communication and solution suggestions
13 Intercultural communication fields of usage
14 Intercultural communication competency

Recomended or Required Reading

Uzunçarşılı Soydaş, Ayda (2010). Kültürlerarası Iletişim (Farklı Kültürel Ortamlarda Çalışma ve Iletişim, Istanbul: Parşömen Yayınları
Kartarı,Asker (2001). Farklılıklarla Yaşamak. Ankara: Ürün Yayınları
Kartarı,Asker(2013). Kültürlerarası Iletişim. Eskişehir: Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları
Özyurt, Cevat (2002). Küreselleşme Sürecinde Kimlik ve Farklılaşma, Istanbul Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Sosyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Yayınlanmamış Doktora Tezi, Istanbul
Bauman, Zygmunt (2010). Küreselleşme, Istanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing face to face in the classroom. Students are expected to participate actively in the lessons and discuss the topics and prepare presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 2-3 will be assessed within midterm and final exams
2. LO 4-5 will be assessed through the student presentation and report

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 10 120
Reading 8 5 40
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 198

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.144
LO.24554
LO.345
LO.444
LO.543

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