Overview
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Learning outcomes
Have been exposed to, and have a competent understanding of contemporary scholarship on the relationships between communications and culture;
Have acquired an informed understanding of how different worldviews impact on communications;
Have come to understand the processes of immigrants' economic and cultural adaptations as part of their development of effective intercultural communications;
Have obtained in-depth understanding of nonverbal communications;
Have developed greater capacities to deal with inter-ethnic tension for effective communications;
Have come to understand a range of theories on intercultural communications, e.g., cultural convergence theory, identity management theory, identity negotiation theory, communication accommodation theory, and cultural schema theory;
Have acquired an informed understanding of how ethnic identities and immigrant life are represented through a range of media.
Assessment summary
Within semester assessment: 100%
Assessment
Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities
Workload requirements
Availability in areas of study
Media
Monash Intercultural lab
Public relations