37101 - Intercultural Competence Modulübersicht

Module Number: 37101
Module Title:Intercultural Competence
  Interkulturelle Kompetenz
Department: Faculty 5 - Business, Law and Social Sciences
Responsible Staff Member:
  • Dr. phil. habil. Havlin, Tetiana
Language of Teaching / Examination:English
Duration:1 semester
Frequency of Offer: Every summer semester
Credits: 6
Learning Outcome:Approaching ‘the social‘ as an outcome of interdependencies of classifications, narratives and discourses on the one hand and social practices and institutional contexts on the other, essentialist and holistic views on ‘culture‘ are to be critically reviewed.
 
Within a transcultural lens, culture is the product of hybridization, entanglements and exchanges. Thus, cultures can no longer be understood as homogeneous or separated, but are complex and inner differentiated. Cultures go beyond national borders, their central meaning is permanently fought out by different actors within unequal and transnationally linked power structures.
 
Students will acquire competencies in:
  • Understanding and applying theories and methods of cultural sociology and interdisciplinary theories of culture and society
  • Understanding dynamics between culture, belonging and power with respect to social phenomena
  • Analyzing and comparing texts and approaches, applying approaches to the scientific study of social phenomana
Contents:The module will focus on (and differentiate between) various concepts of subject, culture and power. It aims at critically reflecting different fields of application of theories of culture and society. What is more, it deals with different methodologies for analyzing and understanding cultural entanglements from a critical/constructivist perspective and apply them exemplarily.
Recommended Prerequisites:None
Mandatory Prerequisites:None
Forms of Teaching and Proportion:
  • Seminar / 4 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Self organised studies / 120 Hours
Teaching Materials and Literature:to be announced in class
Module Examination:Continuous Assessment (MCA)
Assessment Mode for Module Examination:
  • Active participation / performance I as group + ~500 words of documentation (25%)
  • Active participation / performance II as group + ~500 words of documentation (25%)
  • learning journal based on the readings ~ 2500 words (50%)

detailed explanation in class
Evaluation of Module Examination:Performance Verification – graded
Limited Number of Participants:None
Part of the Study Programme:
  • Abschluss im Ausland / Architektur / keine PO
  • Abschluss im Ausland / Betriebswirtschaftslehre / keine PO
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Digitale Gesellschaft / PO 2022
  • Abschluss im Ausland / Elektrotechnik / keine PO
  • Abschluss im Ausland / Environmental and Resource Management / keine PO
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Environmental and Resource Management / PO 2015 - 3. SÄ 2017
  • Abschluss im Ausland / Maschinenbau / keine PO
  • Abschluss im Ausland / Power Engineering / keine PO
  • Abschluss im Ausland / Stadt- und Regionalplanung / keine PO
  • Master (research-oriented) / Transformation Studies / PO 2024
  • Abschluss im Ausland / Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen / keine PO
  • Abschluss im Ausland / World Heritage Studies / keine PO
  • Master (research-oriented) / World Heritage Studies / PO 2008 - NF 2021
  • Master (research-oriented) - Double Degree / World Heritage Studies / PO 2008 - 4. SÄ 2017
  • Master (research-oriented) - Double Degree / World Heritage Studies / PO 2021
 This module has been approved for the general studies.
Remarks:
Module Components:
  • Seminar Introduction to Critical Intercultural Communication Studies
Components to be offered in the Current Semester:
  • no assignment