Why study Intercultural Communication?

The MA in Intercultural Communication will allow you to pursue careers in a variety of contexts, including the careers where communication is central (e.g. advertising, media, publishing, human resources & translation), and a variety of public sector contexts (education, health, policy) as well communication training in public services (the police and the legal profession, NGOs, the armed forces in peace keeping roles, immigration services and Not for Profit Organisations operating across the world) and diverse professional fields. Others may use this as a way to start their own business.

Our Professional Practice module will provide you with workplace experience to demonstrate how intercultural communication theory, knowledge and research can be applied to understanding institutional and work-related settings (e.g. business, social services, health, and law & policing) and thus enhance your CV.

Further strengths of this course lie in the diversity of professional contexts that are analysed, which will help you decide in which direction you want to take your career.

You will:

• develop a sophisticated and systematic breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding of linguistics in terms of language systems and language use and their applications to intercultural communication;
• gain a systematic and critical understanding of relevant intercultural communication knowledge and theory drawing on anthropological, sociological and psychological perspectives and relates these to the concrete world of practice;
• demonstrate ability to apply a range of relevant knowledge and theory in intercultural communication to a workplace setting in terms of professional practice.
• evaluate, apply and critique a range of appropriate and ethically-considered methodologies for intercultural communication research, evaluation and evidence-based practice, demonstrating ability to argue for alternative and creative approaches;
• carry out a sustained piece of ethical empirical research which successfully applies intercultural communication knowledge and theory, data collection and analysis, which in so doing develops you as a researcher;
• become autonomous, independent and innovative in scholarship, demonstrating ability to deploy a range of learning resources for research and self-critical writing, take responsibility for personal professional development and engage in academic and professional communication with others.