Università Roma Tre

Using the daily life experiences of class members in combination with texts, theory and discussion, students will develop the knowledge, skills and atudes necessary for successful intercultural encounters in the Italian, European and Mediterranean context. The course begins with an exploraon of the students’ own past and present exposure to a variety of cultures, followed by an new examinaon of students’ own cultures that such experiences uniquely permit. Cultural patterns will be introduced to allow students to beer interpret culturally diverse behaviors and communicaon styles and learn to make well-grounded generalizations when comparing cultures. Finally, the course will offer theorecal tools to interpret current cultural issues in the Italian, European and Mediterranean region such as migration and refugees, religion and the resurgence of exclusive and xenophobic concepons of culture. At the end of the course, students will evaluate their growth and areas of challenge through an assessment of intercultural competence.

This course is taught in English.

Required Texts:

Marn, J.N. & Nakayama, T.K. (2010). Intercultural Communication in Contexts (5th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill Humanies/Social Sciences/Languages. ISBN-13: 978-0073385129; Cost: To Be Determined.
Samovar, L.A., Porter, R.E., McDaniel, E.R. & Roy, C.S. (2012). Chapter 6: Cultural Values: Guidelines for Behavior. In Communication Between Cultures (8th ed.) (172-212). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing. ISBN-13: 978-1111349103; Cost: To
Be Determined.

Additional Readings and Resources:

Arcles and powerpoint lecture slides are available from the instructor on the course "Canvas site through Arcadia University".