Master of Arts in Intercultural Relations: Low-Residency Learning Model (36 credits)
The low-residency program has three principal components: core courses, five additional courses that allow students to investigate specific areas of interest, and a supervised advanced practicum, plus the non-credit language requirement. The six core courses introduce the knowledge, learning experiences, and technical skills that form the foundation of study. Field-based work is an integral part of the curriculum. Key topics of study include: leading and managing diverse organizations; anticipating and responding to cultural conflict; communicating effectively across cultures and through modern technologies.The Low-Residency Model is ideal for adults:
- With several years of professional experience in related fields who wish to increase their intercultural effectiveness
- Living in locations across the globe and the United States; not looking to relocate
- Currently working in organizations and/or communities with diverse populations
- Poised to increase intercultural skills and effectiveness in their professional settings
- Who learn well in a focused community plus interactive and independent online environments
Low-Residency Program Sequence:
Program of Study
Master's Degree Program, Low-Residency Learning Model
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| CREDITS | ||
| First Semester: | ||
| GINTC 6100 | Identity, Culture, and the Politics of Difference | 3 |
| GINTC 6103 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
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GINTC 6105 |
Conceptualizing Intercultural Relations
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3 |
| Second Semester: | ||
| GINTC 6101 | Global Interdependence | 3 |
| GINTC 7105 | Dimensions and Methods of Cultural Exploration I | 3 |
| GINTC 6016 |
Media Images, Ethics, and Advocacy*
|
3 |
| Third Semester: | ||
| GINTC 7106 | Dimensions and Methods of Cultural Exploration II | 3 |
| GINTC 6004 | Culture, Negotiation, and Responding to Conflict* | 3 |
| GINTC 6006 |
Leading and Managing in Diverse Organizations*
|
3 |
| Fourth Semester: | ||
| GINTC 7704 | Advanced Practicum | 3 |
| GINTC 5017 | Race and Ethnicity: Realities and Dilemmas of Multicultural Societies* | 3 |
| GINTC 7999 |
Independent Study or Elective (on-campus or local)*
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3 |
| Note: the Language Requirement must be met before graduation. | ||
| *A comparable on-campus or off-campus graduate level course, with advisor's prior approval, may be substituted for up to two of these courses | ||
| TOTAL CREDITS | 36 | |
Program courses:
GINTC 6100 Identity, Culture and the Politics of Difference. Cultural awareness, identity, value systems, world views, and prejudices are explored, along with their impact on interactions across cultures. 3 credits.
GINTC 6103 Intercultural Communication. Intercultural communication behaviors and the theories available to help us understand the dynamics that emerge in comples intercultural interactions are explored, including the many factors that interact to influence communication patterns within and across cultures. 3 credits.
GINTC 6105 Conceptualizing Intercultural Relations. Assessment of portrayals of culture and cultural differences, the models and practices prominent in the Intercultural Relations field, and conceptua frameworks that help us understand cultural interactions. 3 credits.
GINTC 6101 Global Interdependence. Explores contemporary patterns of political and economic interdependence between states and ethnic groups, including trends in cooperation and conflict. 3 credits.
GINTC 7105 Dimensions and Methods of Cultural Exploration I. Overview of qualititative research methodology. Application of field research skills including participant observation, ethnographic interviewing, and analysis of field notes and narrative accounts. 3 credits.
GINTC 6016 Media Images, Ethics, and Advocacy. Students will develop a critical perspective of understanding visual documents through examining selected representational forms of art (primarily film) to explore such issues pertaining to identity as transnationalism, gender, reflexivity, and cultural mediation. 3 credits.
GINTC 7106 Dimensions and Methods of Cultural Exploration II. Application of qualititative research and intercultural skllls in an individual research study. Students examine particular cultures as describes by contemporary people living them, as well as anthropologists and other observers in intercultural contexts. 3 credits.
GINTC 6004 Culture, Negotiation, and Responding to Conflict. Explores the concepts and develops the skills of negotiation and mediation central to the effective resolution of situation-specific intercultural conflict. 3 credits.
GINTC 6006 Leading and Managing in Diverse Organizations. Develops the insights and skills central to the effective management of human resources in culturally diverse organizations and global agencies, institutions, and businesses. 3 credits.
GINTC 7704 Required Advanced Practicum. Supervised field experience in intercultural or multicultural setting related to student's career choice. Minimum of 190 hours on site. 3 credits.
GINTC 5017 Race and Ethnicity: Realities and Dilemmas of Multicultural Societies. Examines the roots of racism as a way to understand current issues facing our nation. Examination of the politics of exclusion. 3 credits.
GINTC 7999 Independent Study. Faculty-guided research or project in an area of the student's interest.
Language Requirement: All students in the Intercultural Relations Program must demonstrate competency in verbal and written communication skills in at least one language in addition to English. This requirement, which is in addition to the required 36 credits, is normally fulfilled by a certificate issued by a qualified language training and evaluation center. A Language Requirement Manual giving further information about language level and language competency certification procedures is available from the Intercultural Relations Program Office.
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