MA in Intercultural Communication
Manchester, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 up to 2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
GBP 23,500 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Staged admissions deadlines apply
** UK students: £11,000 per annum | international students: £23,500 per annum
Key Summary
Introduction
Benefit from cutting-edge approaches to the study of intercultural awareness and communication skills.
Course overview
- Study in a vibrant multicultural and multilingual city, where you can put what you learn into practice.
- Learn about cutting-edge critical approaches in intercultural communication research.
- Develop knowledge of intercultural communication training.
- Take course units in foreign languages.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Each year the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures offer a number of School awards and Subject-specific bursaries (the values of which are usually set at the Home/EU fees level), open to both Home/EU and international students. The deadline for these is early February each year.
For University of Manchester graduates, the Manchester Alumni Bursary offers a £3,000 reduction in tuition fees to University of Manchester alumni who achieved a First within the last three years and are progressing to a postgraduate taught master's course.
The Manchester Master's Bursary is a University-wide scheme that offers 100 bursaries worth £3,000 in funding for students from underrepresented groups.
Postgraduate 1+3 funding is available from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) for students to pursue postgraduate study through a master's (one year) leading into a PhD (3 years). It requires a project proposal as part of the application.
Curriculum
The global era has stimulated transnational cultural flows of people, practices and products, and local cultural complexities that were inconceivable even a generation ago.
Nowadays, it is necessary to function effectively in culturally diverse contexts ranging from organisations and workplaces to neighbourhoods and cities, and to societies and regions.
Consequently, intercultural awareness and communication skills are an advantage in many areas of employment.
Our MA Intercultural Communication master's course brings together a wide range of expertise to explore the cultural complexities and diversity of our current times from a variety of conceptual, disciplinary and professional perspectives.
The degree is designed for students who are interested in intercultural matters. Some knowledge of a foreign language is preferable, although not a prerequisite.
You can choose from a range of course units covering subjects such as:
- migration
- memory
- media
- translation
- language contact
- English as a global language
- communicative interaction
- intercultural relations
- intercultural competence.
It is also possible to study a foreign language.
Course unit details
This course consists of core and optional course units and a dissertation.
Core units
- Introduction to Intercultural Communication
- Developing Researcher Competence in Intercultural Communication
Optional units
You will take five options, at least three of which must be taken from the electives the course offers, while two may be taken from certain other courses offered by the University.
Dissertation
You will undertake a 15,000-word dissertation during the summer, with individual supervision by staff members.
Your choice of course units and dissertation topic will enable you to specialise in areas such as intercultural relations, intercultural training, translation, language studies and migration, depending on your preferred career paths and/or research interests.