1. Bern University of Applied Sciences
  2. Studies
  3. BFH diagonal + additional certificates
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  5. Cross-Cultural Communication and Diversity
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Cross-Cultural Communication and Diversity (BID0372)

We meet! We observe! We engage and reflect!
Cultural diversity is part of our daily environment – especially in an urban context such as Bern. This Summer School invites students to explore cross-cultural communication as a lived, relational and dynamic practice.
The course aims to raise awareness of cultural differences, communication styles and unspoken assumptions that shape social interaction. Theoretical frameworks and models from social and cultural anthropology, cross-cultural communication and diversity studies are combined with experiential learning.
Through interactive formats, field visits and encounters with people from diverse cultural backgrounds in Bern, students explore real-life cross-cultural situations and reflect on their own positioning.

  • Develop awareness of creative potentials in cultural diversity.

  • Apply theoretical frameworks and models to analyse cross-cultural encounters.

  • Increase self-awareness of one’s own cultural values and implicit assumptions.

  • Strengthen intercultural communication skills.

  • Adapt communication styles in a culturally sensitive and reflective way.

BID0372 - Cross-Cultural Communication and Diversity

Factsheet

  • Degree/Certificate Passed/failed
  • Duration Summer School Week 36
  • Schedule Week 36 (31st August–4th September 2026): Monday to Friday, 08:40 a.m.–05:00 p.m.
  • Application deadline Week 26–30 – online in IS-Academia
    Number of places 25
    Incoming students and BFH students are advised to pre-register additionally via clara.bombach@bfh.ch.
  • ECTS credits 2 ECTS credits
    The module counts towards the BFH Certificate of Global Competence in accordance with the departmental requirements.
  • Costs No additional costs
  • Teaching language Teaching: English, German
    Competency assessment: English
  • Location Bern
  • School Bern University of Applied Sciences
    School of Social Work
    School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL
  • Next session Autumn semester

Module responsibility

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