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In Southern Africa, communication regularly takes place across the boundaries drawn by the region's rich cultural and linguistic diversity. Such communication is found, for instance, where people with different languages communicate using another, shared language; or where people with the same first language, but different cultures, communicate with one another. These and other forms of intercultural communication - which are not limited to Southern Africa, but are increasingly found on a global level - occur in a wide range of domains (e.g. health, education, business, public affairs, law, religion and private life) and often result in misunderstandings across cultures caused by different conceptions of politeness, conversational interaction, etc. It stands to reason that success in the various domains presupposes an understanding of the central features of intercultural communication.

Clearly, then, there is a great need for postgraduate linguistics programmes in which the phenomenon of intercultural communication is studied from a range of disciplinary perspectives. The Department offers two such programmes, the only ones of their kind in South Africa: (i) a Postgraduate diploma (PGDip) in Intercultural Communication, and (ii) an MA in Intercultural Communication. The focus of these two programmes is linguistic in a dual sense -

The programmes have been designed for (i) professionals who routinely communicate across cultural and linguistic boundaries or who are responsible for training, educating and managing others who have to engage in such communication, as well as for (ii) people who have an academic interest in the phenomenon of intercultural communication. By providing students with the knowledge and skills needed to gain an understanding of this phenomenon and to manage the relevant differences and resulting misunderstandings in intercultural communication contexts, these programmes enable graduates to practise their (intended) professions with greater expertise and satisfaction. At the same time, given their specific content, both programmes are intended to contribute to the strategic priority of understanding, managing and furthering the rich cultural diversity of Southern Africa. For more information about these programmes, see the link to the prospectus below.?