Intercultural Communication and International Development MA

MBA

In Sheffield

£ 9,100 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    MBA

  • Location

    Sheffield

  • Duration

    1 Year

  • Start date

    Different dates available

A module on international project management integrates the two subjects and there are communication seminars designed for developers. Fieldwork is important. The course includes a compulsory field class in the global south. Recent field classes were in the Galapagos, Nepal and Tanzania.
In a global society based on fairness, everyone’s voice should be heard. The world needs developers who can communicate across cultural boundaries and bring people together. As a graduate of this course, you’ll be well placed to make a difference.

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Location

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Sheffield (South Yorkshire)
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Western Bank, S10 2TN

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

This course is designed to produce international developers with advanced intercultural communication skills – it’s taught by the School of Languages and Cultures and the Department of Geography.

A 2:1 in an arts or social sciences subject and an advanced working knowledge of two languages (CEFR B1/B2).

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Subjects

  • IT Project Management
  • Project Management
  • Communication Training
  • Global
  • Intercultural communication
  • HIV
  • AIDS
  • Languages Project
  • Linguists
  • Communication in Practice

Course programme

Modules

Core modules
  • Concepts and Approaches in Intercultural Communication
  • Ethnography: reflective practice
  • Ideas and Practice in International Development
  • Spatial Planning and Development in the Global South
  • Placement Dissertation

You’ll also take a ten-day field class overseas. The cost of the field trip class is included in the fees. There will be an extra cost for the dissertation placement in the global south but it’s great experience and value for money.

Optional modules
  • International Management
  • Language in Context
  • Key Issues in Environment and Development
  • Understanding Environmental Change
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Living with Climate Change
  • International Project Management
  • Approaches to Translation Genres
  • Enhanced Languages Project 1
  • Enhanced Languages Project 2
  • Tandem Learning for Intercultural Communication
  • Localisation for Linguists
  • Critical Reading and Writing at MA Level
  • Cities of Diversity
  • Cities of the South: Planning for Informality
  • Intercultural Communication in Practice
  • Professional Problem-based Learning
Teaching

Lectures, seminars, small-group work and workshops.

Assessment

You’re assessed on coursework and a dissertation. The dissertation involves a work placement (often undertaken in the global south) with a development organisation.

Additional information

Overseas Fee (2018 annual fee) : £21,450

Intercultural Communication and International Development MA

£ 9,100 VAT inc.