Global Cultural Enterprise MSc
Intercultural Communication MODLANG5040
- Academic Session: 2026-27
- School: School of Modern Languages and Cultures
- Credits: 20
- Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
- Typically Offered: Semester 2
- Available to Visiting Students: No
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
- Curriculum For Life: No
Short Description
In an increasingly globalised world, people are often involved in intercultural activities, which may include travelling or migration, or studying alongside international students or managing international staff without travelling. Beyond these more obvious examples of interculturality, cultural items (from film and TV to museum objects and literature) travel and can open up access to different cultures, both nearby and faraway. Students taking this course will critically reflect on how their own experience is affected by intercultural movement, applying relevant theories from intercultural communication and cultural studies to texts and experiences.
Timetable
10 x 2 hour seminars as scheduled on MyCampus.
Excluded Courses
None.
Co-requisites
None.
Assessment
The standard assessments for this course are:
■ Individual Presentation - 10 minutes - 20%
■ Video - 20 minutes - 40%
■ Reflective Essay - 2000 words - 40%
If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available:
■ Recorded presentation as alternative to presentation.
■ Written script including storyboard of equivalent word count incl. links to media clips, images as alternative to the video.
■ There is no alternative to the essay, but extensions to the deadlines can be offered as reasonable adjustment (students should follow the usual process for extensions).
Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor. 
Course Aims
This course aims to:
■ give students a grounding in relevant theories of interculturality
■ critically examine intercultural texts and experiences in light of relevant theories
■ explore how culture affects experiences of schooling, work, travel and consumption
■ enable students to use different media for presenting findings and critical discussion
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to:
■ Critically reflect on their own experience and represented experience from texts using relevant theories.
■ Examine how cultural positioning affects their own experiences and the experiences of others.
■ Present ideas and analysis of intercultural communication orally and using video.
■ Critically reflect on their presentation of ideas and analysis of intercultural communication and how they worked within a group in this course.