This course is primarily aimed at students who have an interest in didactic methods and how to apply them in potential future careers as HR professionals or business trainers with a focus on intercultural aspects.

The aim is to raise awareness of the factors that influence interaction in intercultural settings, to introduce approaches to intercultural communication and intercultural management, and, specifically in this course, plan and carry out educational interventions, all the while engaging with tools that enable students to work and communicate effectively across cultures.

The course is taught in ENGLISH.

After completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Define "culture" as a complex concept and anticipate the effects of cultural differences on different areas of life.
• Demonstrate awareness of their cultural background and reflect on their preferences and experiences in different contexts.
• Reflect critically on stereotypes and prejudices and question entrenched images of other cultures.
• Analyze critical incidents and communication processes according to multiple influencing factors and develop solution-oriented strategies for different contexts.
• Develop a higher degree of empathy and reflective ability, tolerance of ambiguity, and the ability to deal with diversity through experiential activities like role plays, simulations, and group work and to apply it in intercultural contexts.
• Demonstrate awareness of and reflect on cultural adaptation processes and develop coping strategies.
• Build on the understanding of didactic concepts to independently plan and carry out interactive and experiential educational interventions to develop participants’ intercultural competence.

Attendance is mandatory in at least 80% of in-class sessions. Absence is to be agreed upon in advance and has to be compensated for with an academic paper or equivalent task.​

You will receive further details from your course instructors at the start of the course.

The course will involve interactive teaching methods, including cultural simulations, group discussions and presentations.

The assessment of the course will include the following components:

• Class participation (20%)
• Group assignment, incl. practical implementation and written report about an educational intervention (40%)
• Individual written assignment (40%)

Grading key (points/percent)

• 90 - 100   Sehr gut (1 - Excellent)
• 80 - 89     Gut (2 - Good)
• 70 - 79     Befriedigend (3 - Satisfactory)
• 60 - 69     Genügend (4 - Sufficient)
• < 60         Nicht genügend (5 - Fail)

You will be informed about the assessment details and criteria during the course.

This course open to students who would like to acquire Global Mindset credits.

PLEASE NOTE: Waiting list registration applies to this course.

This means you first sign up for the waiting list within the specified time frame. The number of places in the course is set to "0" during this time - this does not mean that the course is booked out at that moment. Places will be assigned on a first come, first served basis.

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