The MA in Intercultural Communication (MAICC), offered by Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) is the first degree of its kind in Qatar.
Students in this program will engage in research, education, and outreach to understand the challenges of today’s changing intercultural settings in Qatar and worldwide.
The program aims to prepare graduates and researchers to explore new research in a relatively new discipline and to lead and manage transformative changes in Qatar and globally. It will operate as a research-driven interdisciplinary program with the aim of proposing sustainable solutions for effective intercultural communication in today’s and tomorrow’s Qatar. The program will offer courses on intercultural communication across settings and market sectors geared towards achieving effective intercultural communication in an inclusive and accessible society. Additionally, research in the intercultural communication field will generate sociopolitical, institutional, and technological innovation to drive societies towards greater intercultural dialogue and social justice.
- The program offers core courses, including Foundations, Critical Approaches and Future Challenges in Intercultural Communication, Managing Communication in Intercultural Settings, Discourse and Communication Analysis, Research in Intercultural Communication: Tools and Methods, Intercultural Communication in the Community: Mediation & Interpreting, and Intercultural Communication in Organizations: Consulting & Management.
- Additionally, MAICC students will be able to register for elective courses across college programs, namely the Master of Arts in Digital Humanities and Societies (MADHS), the Master of Arts in Women Society and Development (MAWSD), the Master of Arts in Audiovisual Translation (MAAT), and the Master of Arts in Translation Studies (MATS).
The MAICC consists of 39 credits (18 credits of core courses, three credits for internship or independent study, nine credits for supervised research through thesis, and nine credits for elective courses). The degree program can be undertaken as two years full- time and three years part-time study. Students must complete the MA degree requirements within four years of program commencement.
List of Courses : Total 39 Credits
| Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| ICC 600 | Foundations, Critical Approaches and Future Challenges in Intercultural Communication |
| ICC 601 | Research in Intercultural Communication: Tools and Methods |
| ICC 602 | Managing Communication in Intercultural Settings |
| ICC 603 | Intercultural Communication in the Community: Mediation & Interpreting |
| ICC 604 | Discourse and Communication Analysis |
| ICC 605 | Intercultural Communication in Organizations: Consulting & Management |
Three elective courses (3 credits each) will be selected from current (and future) CHSS programs, including the digital humanities, translation, access, women studies, literature, media, middle east studies, etc.
| Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| ICC 690 | Internship or Independent Research Project |
| Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| ICC 690 | Internship |
OR
| Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| ICC 669 | Independent Research Project |
| Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| ICC 699 | Thesis Defense |
Graduates of the program are equipped to :
- Demonstrate a broad and critical understanding of the main theoretical approaches of intercultural communication and of relevant fields in the Humanities and the Social Sciences for the creation of original research.
- Judge the relevance of research methods and tools based on their appropriateness to a given context of intercultural communication.
- Apply appropriate strategies to solve intercultural problems in communication settings.
- Integrate the tools and techniques for managing intercultural communication in organizations within the private, public, and non-governmental sectors.
- Possess and apply the communication skills required in interlinguistic and intercultural communication settings in view of adequacy, norms, and appropriate quality and ethical standards.
- Acquire the technological literacy and tools required for postgraduate research and professional intercultural communication.
Applicants seeking admission to any of the MA degree programs should have a bachelorʼs degree in a relevant field with a strong academic record (minimum 3.0 GPA out of 4) from a recognized university.
Applicants are required to submit a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 or TOEFL score of 79 to demonstrate their English proficiency. The IELTS or TOEFL score must be no more than two years old.
For applicants who are interested in programs within the Middle Eastern Studies Department, and MA in Intercultural Communication, further details about the language proficiency requirement and the process to seek exemption (where this is an option) are available at Admissions page.
For more information regarding Admission requirements visit the following link.
Fees and Financial Information
| Program | Program Tuition Fees | Program Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Master of Arts in Intercultural Communication | QAR 75,000 |
2 years |