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International Relations and Intercultural Communication
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:26:19
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KSK_070 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Communication Sciences | Target Audience: | Communication Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ilva Skulte | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Social theories. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide an overview of problems in international relations, their historical development and prospects in the geopolitical context of the 21st century; to provide an overview on different social, religious and ethnic identities, which create cultural diversity within a modern globalised society; to provide an overview of the problem of intercultural communication. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to the phenomenon of international relations: subject, chronology, latest development and problems. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | National state and regional cultural problems. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Formation of a cultural conflict: technologies to create “us and them” communities. Otherness in culture. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | International conflict: types of origin and reasons, ideological presentation. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Alternative cultures in Latvian society: majority and minority communication technologies | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Cultural diversity discourses I: theories of multiculturalism and spectrum of experience in world regions (melting pot, cohesion, multiculturalism). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Cultural diversity discourses II: racism, xenophobia, discrimination. Radical movements in the global cultural space – skinheads, etc. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Development of Latvian and European Union policies in the field of intercultural communication. National action plans and EU directives. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Role of political elite in the development of multiculturalism in Latvia, Baltic countries and on EU scale. Comparative analysis (students choose). | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Development of intercultural communication in Latvia. Transfer of US and EU Council experience. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Studying literature and preparation of a report. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attendance of lectures and seminars, quality of answers, report, examination. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After mastering the course students know problems of international relations in the modern world and theories to explain them. | ||||||||
| Skills: | After mastering the course master students are able to skilfully establish communication with representatives of other nations and cultures knowing the importance of cultural differences and methods to overcome problems. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | After mastering the course students communicate (incl. in professional work, organisations) in the intercultural environment, taking into account cultural differences, different political contexts and tolerance principles. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Golding P. Beyond Cultural Imperialism. Globalization, communication and the new international order. (1999) Sage Publications. | ||||||||
| 2 | Davidov, E., Schmidt, P., Billiet, J., & Meuleman, B. (2018). Cross-cultural analysis: Methods and applications. Routledge. | ||||||||
| 3 | Gudykunst, W.B., & Mody, B. (2002). Handbook of International and Intercultural Communication. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. | ||||||||
| 4 | Hall, E.T. (1969). The Hidden Dimension. New York: Anchor Books. | ||||||||
| 5 | Hall, E.T. (1989). Beyond Culture. New York: Random House. | ||||||||
| 6 | Hostede, G. (1984). Cultures Consequences. Newbury Park: Sage Publications. | ||||||||
| 7 | Lewis R. (1999). When Cultures Collide. Managing successfully across Cultures. Brealey Publishing House | ||||||||
| 8 | Renshon, S.A., & Duckitt, J. ed. (2000). Political Psychology: Cultural and Crosscultural Foundations. Houndmills: Macmillan Press. | ||||||||
| 9 | Samovar, L.A., & Porter, R.E. (1991). Intercultural Communication: A Reader. Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Company. | ||||||||
| 10 | Samovar, L. A., McDaniel, E. R., Porter, R. E., & Roy, C. S. (2015). Communication between cultures. Nelson Education. | ||||||||
| 11 | Ting-Toomey, S. (2018). Communicating Across Cultures. New York: Guilford Press. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Böhme H. Orientierung Kulturwissenschaft. Was sie kann, was sie will. (2000). Rowohlts | ||||||||
| 2 | Brislin, R.W. ed. (1990). Applied Cross-Cultural Psychology. Newbury Park: Sage Publications. | ||||||||
| 3 | Gellner E. Pflug, Schwert und Buch.(1993). Klett – Cotta. | ||||||||
