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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Defining the Concept of Culture
This course has explored the different meanings and uses of the term ‘culture’, and the effects of interaction between cultures.
2 weeks, 5 hours per week
Dr Haynes Collins
Lecturer in Intercultural Studies
University of Leeds
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Learning outcomes
- Develop an understanding of the ideas of culture and interculturality.
- Describe the different dimensions of cultures and explain the limitations of these definitions.
- Discuss how othering leads to the development of in and out groups and explore their effect on cultural interactions.
- Evaluate the range of meanings of the term culture.
- Investigate a range of intercultural interactions using their understanding of intercultural competence.
Syllabus
- The complex meanings of the term culture and exploring the difference between ‘culture’ (ideas, practices and behaviour of groups of people) and ‘Culture’ (the arts, philosophy etc).
- Interculturality - the interaction of people from different societies in a way that supports understanding and dialogue.
- The idea of dimensions of cultures, how these have been used to explain interactions between people of different cultures and their limitations.
- The way in which humans tend to ‘other’, how this leads to the development of ‘in’ and ‘out’ groups and the consequences of their formation.
- Transcultural flows and practices - the interaction between different groups and the ways in which practices and ideas can flow between them.
- Small cultures and cultural environments.
Accreditation
This course has been certified by the CPD Certification Service as conforming to continuing professional development principles. By completing the course the learner has achieved 14 hours of CPD time.
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Issued on 18th September 2022
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