Intercultural Communication and Education

Entry requirements

Applicants for the programmes must normally be graduates of this or another University or of the C.N.A.A., with an upper 2nd class honours or above (successful completion of a masters level PGCE will classify as 'above'), or have other specially approved qualifications which satisfy the Admissions Sub-Committee that they are suitably qualified to undertake the programme. Teaching experience may be considered appropriate in some cases (see pathway specific specifications). However all students must normally demonstrate a personal or professional interest in the academic study of education. English Language requirements Please check requirements for your subject and level of study.

Months of entry

October

Course content

The MA Intercultural Communication and Education develops critical understanding of education and intercultural communication in the context of global movements of people and the internationalisation of education. The programme provides students, educators, and policy makers with resources for reflecting on and responding to the growing need for intercultural education and communication in an increasingly intercultural/international world. This programme is available for part-time and full-time students through the academic year.

Core Modules

• Research Methods Education (30 credits)
• Intercultural and International Education (30 credits)
• Intercultural Communication (30 credits)
• Dissertation (60 credits).

Optional Modules

You must select 30 credits from a list of optional modules which have previously included:

• 21st Century Technology: Implications for Teaching and Learning (30 credits)
• Arts in Education (30 credits)
• Curriculum Analysis (30 credits)
• Enhancing Teaching and Learning for Productive Thought (30 credits)
• Improving Computer Education
• Intercultural and International Education (30 credits)
• Intercultural Communication (30 credits)
• Policy Studies (30 credits)
• Psychology of the Learner (30 credits)
• Special Educational Needs and Inclusion: Rhetoric or Reality? (30 credits).

The above are examples of modules that we have run in previous years. Modules are continually developed in response to student feedback and interests, as well as to reflect the changing nature of academic research within the department.

You will also do a 15,000 word dissertation within the field of intercultural education and internationalisation. This is a supervised piece of work working with specialists in the field.

Information for international students

English Language requirements Please check requirements for your subject and level of study.

Fees and funding

Scholarships and funding

https://www.dur.ac.uk/postgraduate/finance/funding/

Qualification and course duration

MA

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