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MA Intercultural Communication (Online)

GlobalMind University

GlobalMind University

Master's

MA Intercultural Communication (Online)

GlobalMind University

GlobalMind University (online)

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Tuition

Free (online)

Degree

M.A.

Delivery

Full-time · Online

Duration

2 years (18 mo)

Language & requirements

Taught in: English

Tuition fees

  • INTERNATIONALFree (online)

About GlobalMind University

A global university without a campus gate — fully online degrees worldwide.

Overview

GlobalMind University’s MA Intercultural Communication is built for distributed work, not for airport bookshops. You will study how a 10-hour offset changes who speaks, how Spanish and Portuguese hub staff mediate without becoming unofficial examiners, and how Hindi-medium family contexts collide with English assessment. Optional Spanish assessment pathway is explicit; otherwise English remains the award language. Fully online, tuition-free aside from the exam fee. No campus. Capstones must analyse a real (anonymised) remote-team corpus, support-ticket thread, or seminar recording—not a ‘national culture’ essay that never mentions clocks.

Delivered fully online with live seminars, recorded lectures, and tutor support.

**Award:** GlobalMind University **Credits:** 36 | **Typical duration:** 2 years (18 months)

Course structure

4 terms · 16 modules · 36 credits

Module 1: Distributed intercultural theory

  • GMU5301·Offset, Turn-Taking, and Who Gets to Speak
    3 credits
  • GMU5302·English as Assessment Language versus Home Languages
    3 credits
  • GMU5303·Camera, Chat, and Status in Remote Meetings
    3 credits
  • GMU5304·Ethics of Recording Distributed Cohorts
    3 credits

Module 2: Hubs and mediation

  • GMU5305·Spanish Hub Practice and Optional EN/ES Assessment
    3 credits
  • GMU5306·Portuguese and Hindi Support without Silent Re-Marking
    3 credits
  • GMU5307·Complaint Translation and Register Shift
    3 credits
  • GMU5308·Writing Student-Facing Language Policies
    3 credits

Module 3: Methods

  • GMU5309·Digital Discourse Analysis for Tickets and Chat
    3 credits
  • GMU5310·Interviewing across Timezones
    3 credits
  • GMU5311·Corpus Ethics and Anonymisation
    3 credits
  • GMU5312·Identity-Checked Assessment for Language Work
    3 credits

Module 4: Capstone

  • GMU5313·Protocol Design for Distributed Teams
    3 credits
  • GMU5314·Briefing Notes for Hub Leads
    3 credits
  • GMU5315·Research Design Clinic
    3 credits
  • GMU5316·Capstone: Intercultural Communication in a Named Remote Setting
    3 credits

Learning outcomes

  • Apply discipline-specific theory to complex professional problems
  • Design and execute research or applied projects to postgraduate standard
  • Communicate findings clearly to academic and industry audiences
  • Demonstrate ethical, inclusive practice in global workplaces

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