This degree centers on intercultural communication within applied linguistics. Canterbury believes in the importance of having an understanding of how language and other modes of communication are used in human interaction. It is this understanding combined with an understanding of the operation of culture, identity, and power that provides the tools for understanding intercultural communication. The degree is designed to draw upon and share the experiences of both part-time and full-time course participants from a variety of backgrounds who can bring to the course their own unique cultural understandings and experiences.

Applicants will:

• develop the tools to understand themself and others in terms of their cultures, identities, and communication practices;
• develop a sophisticated and systematic breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding of linguistics in terms of language systems and language use and its applications intercultural communication;
• gain a systematic and critical understanding of relevant intercultural communication knowledge and theory drawing on anthropological, sociological, and psychological perspectives and relates these to the concrete world of practice;
• apply a range of relevant knowledge and theory in intercultural communication to a workplace setting in terms of professional practice;
• evaluate, apply and critique a range of appropriate and ethically-considered methodologies for intercultural communication research, evaluation, and evidence-based practice, demonstrating the ability to argue for alternative and creative approaches;
• carry out a sustained piece of ethical empirical research which successfully intercultural communication knowledge and theory, data collection and analysis, which in so doing develops them as a researcher;
• become autonomous, independent, and innovative in scholarship, demonstrating the ability to deploy a range of learning resources for research and self-critical writing, take responsibility for personal professional development, and engage in academic and professional communication with others.