Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Crossing Borders

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Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Crossing Borders
  1. What is the course about?
  2. Prerequisites & Facts
  3. Cost, Certificate & Degree
  4. Reviews & Experiences

What is the course about?

Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Crossing Borders
The course Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Crossing Borders is an online class provided by University of Leeds through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Take a closer look at geographical and cultural borders and understand their effects on people who occupy them or cross them.

Course description
  • Learn what borders are and what motivates people to cross them
  • 2 weeks
  • When thinking of borders, images of division often come to mind. This introductory course will help you learn how borders can both divide and connect territories or people.
  • You’ll encounter and discuss a range of different borders and employ theories to analyse and explain the functions and effects of different borders on space, and individuals who occupy them and cross them. You’ll explore different circumstances of crossing borders focusing on motivations such as travel or immigration and understand the effects of the invisible borders we all cross everyday.
  • An examination of the concepts of borders.
  • How different cultures create and demonstrate borders.
  • How borders bring cultures into contact with each other.
  • The reasons why people choose to cross national borders voluntarily.
  • ‘Forced’ migration, considering the reasons people flee their homes.
  • Less formal borders and markers of transition into different cultural environments.
  • Compare and contrast national and cultural borders.
  • Explore the extent to which borders differ and are the same.
  • Investigate the reasons for crossing borders and contrast experiences.
  • Describe how a range of cues enable us to recognise that we have crossed less formal borders.
  • Evaluate how borders both include and exclude people but can also serve as ways of bringing cultures together.
  • Compare the experiences of people crossing borders.
  • The course is for anyone with an interest in the way in which borders shape and influence how we view each other, you don’t need any previous experience.
  • This course is also ideal if you are preparing to move to a different country for work or study or you work with groups of people from different cultures to yours. By completing all aspects of the course you will have achieved 14 hours of CPD time.
  • University of Leeds
  • As one of the UK’s largest research-based universities, the University of Leeds is a member of the prestigious Russell Group and a centre of excellence for teaching.
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Prerequisites & Facts

Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Crossing Borders

Course Topic

Goal Setting, Happiness, Personal Development

University, College, Institution

University of Leeds

Course Skill Level

see course summary

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Degree & Cost

Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Crossing Borders

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / University of Leeds you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.
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