Communication
Trust, authenticity, connection, engagement, cross-cultural perspectives – all concepts the field of communications grapples with across roles and organizations today. These are notions that you as a future professional will face in the ever-changing career that awaits you.
Place yourself in the center of the European landscape to understand how to communicate across cultures, hone your critical media literacy, or gain knowledge of new media trends and public relations in Europe.
IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU?
It’s a good fit if you study:
- Anthropology
- Communication
- Journalism
- Media Studies
- Marketing
- Political Science
- Public Relations
CORE COURSE OPTIONS
Communication and Conflict: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
Fall/Spring, 3 Credits
We live in paradoxical times: technology-driven globalization constantly reduces differences between cultures and online communication has become universal and omnipresent, but cultural and ethnic tensions appear to be on the rise. What is the role of communication in not just helping to resolve but sometimes also in acerbating such conflicts? Drawing on theory and methodology from diverse fields we examine cultural and related differences in communication, we investigate cultural misunderstandings and conflicts in two contrasting European contexts covering four distinct countries: Denmark, Sweden, the UK, and Ireland.
Week-Long Study Tour: Belfast-Dublin
Core Course Week: Southern Sweden
New Media and Changing Communities
Fall/Spring, 3 Credits
How do new media and tech facilitate or challenge democracy, collaboration and community building? The ambition of this course is to understand the historical and contemporary importance of media in creating communities. We hone your critical media literacy and examine how both new and existing communities are imagined, constructed, and represented in online media and tech. The course also focuses on the controversy of surveillance, privacy, and the dark side of the web.
Week-Long Study Tour: Brussels or Dublin
Core Course Week: Southern Sweden
Strategic Communication
Fall/Spring, 3 Credits
This course introduces you to the field of strategic communication in Denmark and the UK. Through Field Studies, case studies, guest lectures, and Study Tours, you gain first-hand knowledge of how communication professionals work. Classes are built around Danish and European case studies, giving you a framework to evaluate and create strategic communication campaigns to prepare you for strategic communication tasks in the real world.
Week-Long Study Tour: London
Core Course Week: Denmark
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