Example courses

• Applied Communication Project

  Students will undertake a project to demonstrate their theoretical and applied learning in communication studies. This may either take the form of a small research project using appropriate theories and method or an applied project demonstrating digital communication practice (e.g. design of a communication campaign or website). The medium of the project may be written or audio-visual. Topics require approval from the supervisor and course coordinator. Students will be supervised throughout the process, but may also undertake the project in conjunction with an external stakeholder.

• Approaches to Intercultural Communication

  This course explores theories and practices of intercultural communication. Students will apply these theories and practices in case studies with a view to identifying effective communicative strategies in intercultural interactions. Topics covered include stereotyping and cross-cultural social media.

• Introduction to Communication Studies

  The course provides students with a foundation in the theoretical principles and practices of communication. It introduces theories of how communication shapes and responds to human relationships in different interpersonal, digital/online, organisational, bicultural and intercultural contexts. This includes critical reflection on how communication processes can reproduce or challenge power relations. The factors influencing the efficacy in communication in different situations will also be discussed and analysed. Theoretical learning is applied through oral, written and/or non-verbal/visual modes of communication.

• Topic in Intercultural Communication in Global Contexts

  This course provides students with strategies for engaging in intercultural communication in international contexts. Topics may include: global citizenship and intercultural communication; intercultural communication in situations of conflict and crisis; language, culture and mobility; digital intercultural communication and localization; indigenous perspectives on intercultural communication.