Information Package / Course Catalogue
Intercultural Communication
Course Code: HİRY506
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to provide students with information about theories of intercultural communication, sensitivity to cultural differences and to give an intercultural perspective that they will take into consideration in their daily lives, and to show how to analyze intercultural communication situations.

Course Content

The seminar focuses on the main variables of communication in the intercultural context and discusses the problems of communication among people from different cultures in daily life, work environment and international relations.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1. Intercultural Communication is the basic concepts and theoretical framework of the study field, acquainted with the basic resources and case studies
2.Learns that interculturalism should not be considered only within the framework of the nation-state paradigm and explains its transformation in different social formations throughout history
3.Explains the experiences of interculturalism both in media and daily life and conceptually discusses different cases in this context.
4. Recognize and analyze the intercultural, multicultural, hybrid forms of new citizenship with globalization in media contents and texts of different artistic genres.
5.Gains an approach and theoretical knowledge about the analysis of intercultural communication situations in popular culture. 6-Knows the contemporary problems of communication with the other and develops solutions to these problems.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Baumann, Gerd (2006). Çokkültürlülük Bilmecesi. Ankara: Dost Kitabevi. Fanon, Frantz (2011). Siyah Deri Beyaz Maske. İstanbul: Versus Kitap. Spivak, Gayatri (2009). “Madun Konuşabilir mi?” İçinde: Methodos: Kuram ve Yöntem Kenarından. İstanbul: Anahtar Kitap Yay. Tutal, Nilgün (2006). Küreselleşme İletişim ve Kültürlerarasılık. İstanbul: Kırmızı. Nalçaoğlu, Halil (2004). Kültürel Farkın Yapısökümü. Ankara: Phonix. Walzer, Michael (1998). Hoşgörü Üzerine. Çev. Abdullah Yılmaz. İstanbul: Ayrıntı Swartz, David (2011). Kültür ve İktidar. Çev. Elçin Gen. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
culture and communication concepts and their relationship, acculturation, enculturation, subculture and so on. definitions of concepts.
Week 2 - Theoretical
General map of cultural theory from classical social theory to postmodern approaches
Week 3 - Theoretical
History of Intercultural Communication Studies
Week 4 - Theoretical
Intercultural Communication Theories I: Information Systems Theory
Week 5 - Theoretical
Intercultural Communication Theories II: Culturality of Time and Space Intercultural Communication Theories III: Cultural Dimension Theory
Week 6 - Theoretical
Theories of Intercultural Communication IV: Theories of Cultural Relativity versus Communicative Action Theory
Week 7 - Intermediate Exam
mid term exam
Week 8 - Theoretical
Identity and Conflict in the Context of Cultural Difference
Week 9 - Theoretical
Intercultural Communication Competence
Week 10 - Theoretical
Ethics in Intercultural Communication
Week 11 - Theoretical
Intercultural communication in popular culture: non-fiction media content
Week 12 - Theoretical
Intercultural communication in popular culture: Fictional media content
Week 13 - Theoretical
Intercultural communication in popular culture: literary and visual art texts
Week 14 - Final Exam
final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory132365
Midterm Examination129130
Final Examination129130
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
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5
5
5
5
5
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5
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4
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4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026