Personal Intercultural Awareness

Issued by Dalhousie University

Earners of the Intercultural Awareness microcredential can identify and assess their own intercultural competence and develop strategies to be more successful as an intercultural communicator in a specific higher education context.

Type Learning
Time Hours
Cost Paid

Skills

Intercultural Communication
Planning
Self Assessment

Earning Criteria

Earners developed a plan to enhance their own intercultural communication competence. They engaged with a series of intercultural scenarios set in an academic setting and identified the differences between specific cultural dimensions. They created a public portfolio that included a personal intercultural skills inventory (with examples from their work & life experiences) and a plan to improve their own competence as an intercultural communicator within their current role in higher education.