UNIVERSITY
OF SEVILLE (SPAIN)
MASTER IN INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS
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MASTER'S OBJETIVES AND TARGET AUDIENCE
Directed to students holding a Bachelor
Degree,
specially in Social and Human Sciences, as preparation for
professional activity at public or private entities with an
international outlook, chambers of commerce, ONGs, offices
of foreign trade, political bureaus, media centers, public
relations, embassies and consulates, centers directed to
the education and integration of immigrants, social
workers, county and regional Cultural offices, town-hall
Cultural offices, etc.
Objectives:
(a) Furnishing a thorough knowledge of the different
cultures, their interaction, and their incidence on
supranational regulations and global interchange. (b)
Delivering a basic knowledge of what is emerging as a
global law, a global market, an intercultural rationality
and an intercultural humanism. (c) Preparing professionals
to address and solve the problems and difficulties
regarding the relationships among groups from different
cultures, especially among the Islamic-Hebrew cultures,
Oriental cultures (Japanese, Chinese and Indian) and
Western cultures.
INFORMATION ON ACADEMIC CHARACTERISTICS
Degree:
Master
from the University of Seville. Degree awarded by the
University of Seville.
Academic
Organization:
University
of Seville, Vicerrectorate of Postgraduate Studies. With
the collaboration of Faculty experts from Soka University
of America.
Academic
Characteristics:
64
credits ECTS = 640 contact hours, plus 960 hours of
research and individual work.
1 credit ECTS = 10
contact hours, plus 15 hours of research and individual
work.
16 subject matters. 4 credits per subject
matter (40 contact hours per subject
matter).
Maximum
number of students in the Program: 50.
Place:
Facultad
de Filosofía. Departamento de Filosofia y Lógica y
Filosofia de la Ciencia. c./ Camilo José Cela s/n E-
41018 Seville, Spain. Tel. (34) 95 455 77
55.
Director:
Jacinto
Choza, University of Seville, Department of Philosophy and
Logic and Philosophy of Science.
Academic
Committee
: Jacinto
Choza (Universidad de Sevilla), Jesús de Garay (Universidad
de Sevilla), Mary C. Iribarren (Soka University of
America).
Administration:
Thémata
Consulting (www.themata.net).
Program
Manager and Webmaster:
Thémata Consulting (www.themata.net).
Faculty:
Universities
of Seville, Huelva, Málaga, Complutense of Madrid,
Salamanca, Valladolid, Public of Navarre, Jaume I of
Castellón, Soka University of
America.
Languages:
56 credits will be taught in Spanish and 8 credits in
English.
CURRICULUM
DESCRIPTION AND INFORMATION
Module
I. Globalization. Politics and Law.
From
October 1 to November 23, 2007. 4 credit courses (40
contact hours per class) = 16 credits.
1.
History of Globalization, Juan Mª Sanchez Prieto
(Universidad Pública de Navarra), Jay Heffron (Soka
University of America)
2. Global Politics, Michael
Weiner (Soka University of America) and Emilio Mikunda
(Universidad de Sevilla)
3. Global Markets,
Javier Hernández-Pacheco (Universidad de Sevilla)
4.
Global Law, Javier Barnés (Universidad de Huelva)
Module II. The Indian, Chinese and Japanese Cultures.
From
November 26 to January 19, 2008. 4 credit courses (40
contact hours per class) = 12 credits.
1.
Indian Culture, Rosa Fernández Gómez (Universidad de
Málaga), Enrique Gavilán (Universidad de
Valladolid)
2. Chinese Culture, Xiaoxing Liu (Soka
University of America)
3. Japanese Culture, Vicente
Haya, F. Rodríguez Izquierdo (Universidad de Sevilla)
Module III. The Hebrew, Hispanic and European
Cultures.
From
January 21 to February 29, 2008. 4 credit courses (40
contact hours per class) = 12 credits.
1.
Hebrew Culture, Luis Girón (Universidad Complutense
de Madrid)
2.
Hispanic and European Cultures, Mary C. Iribarren (Soka
University of America), Jacinto Choza (Universidad de
Sevilla)
3. Islamic Culture, Emilio González Ferrin
(Universidad de Sevilla)
Module IV. Intercultural Relations. Social Sciences.
From
March 3 to May 9, 2008. 4 credit courses (40 contact hours
per class) = 16 credits.
1.
Models of Intercultural Integration, Carmen Innerarity
(Universidad Pública de Navarra).
2. Inmigration and
Intercultural Pedagogy, Mary C. Iribarren (Soka University
of America)
3. Intercultural Conflicts in the Legal
System, Ignacio Aymerich (Universidad Jaume I de
Castellón)
4. Intercultural Comunication, Fernando
Contreras (Universidad de Sevilla)
Module V. Intercultural Relations. Human Sciences.
From
May 12 to June 20, 2008. 4 credit courses (40 contact hours
per class) = 8 credits.
1.
Intercultural Humanism, Jacinto Choza (Universidad de
Sevilla), Alain Vizier (Soka University of
America)
2. Intercultural Rationality, Jesús de Garay
(Universidad de Sevilla)
Class Schedule
Classes begin:
October
1, 2007.
Classes
end: June
20, 2008.
All subject matters will be taught in two consecutive week
periods, following the sequence established for each Module
of the Curriculum.
Master Thesis submission deadline:
September
15, 2008.
Evaluation and Graduation Requirements
In
order to obtain the Master's Degree all students need to
pass satifactorily all oral or written tests on each
subject matter, as specified by the course professor(s). In
addition, all candidates to Graduation will prepare a
Master's Thesis/Project (50 to 100 pages) on a topic
related to any of the subject matters studied. The Thesis'
topic needs to be approved by the Academic Committee, and
will be directed and supervised by one of the Master´s
Coordinators. The deadline for final submission of the
Thesis is September 15, 2008.