Intercultural Communication and International Development MA
MBA
In Sheffield
Description
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Type
MBA
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Location
Sheffield
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Duration
1 Year
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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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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
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
Lectures, seminars, small-group work and workshops.
AssessmentYou’re assessed on coursework and a dissertation. The dissertation involves a work placement (often undertaken in the global south) with a development organisation.
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Intercultural Communication and International Development MA