108 Short courses in Area & Cultural Studies

The Study Abroad programme offered at Victoria University will help you discover your new second home, making friends and memories to last a lifetime. Join us at VU for 1 or 2 semesters of study as part of your undergraduate or postgraduate degree and gain credit to your home university degree.

This English Language and Culture programme from Niagara College combines language learning with cultural exploration through interactive classes, excursions, and social activities—helping you build confidence in real-life communication.

As a students of the Te Ara Poutama course from Auckland University of Technology you’ll meet the subject requirements of your home institution, while expanding your educational, personal, and career aspirations.

The Indigenous People of Southwestern Ontario course offered by University of Windsor is an introductory course on the social, cultural, and historical resurgence of Indigenous knowledge and practices with a particular focus on the Anishinabe of southwestern Ontario. 

Adult learners represent a wide range of diverse backgrounds, ages, lifestyles, races, abilities, religions, etc. Dalhousie University's Understanding Diversity and Inclusion programme offers you the opportunity to adapt the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively facilitate inclusion in adult education settings is becoming a required skill for all adult educators.

Dalhousie University's Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication course brings together the best theories and practices of communication between people in society. 

The German Language and Culture - Semi-Intensive German Language Advanced C1 course offered at Freie Universität Berlin is designed for students who have successfully completed the intermediate level of German and who have a sound knowledge of German at the B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

The Cultures module is offered by The Open University UK.

This Intercultural Communicative Competence course at the University of Westminster examines a wide range of theorists who have written on intercultural communication. The University of Westminster and its courses are located in London.

Throughout this An Introduction to Intercultural Competence in the Workplace course from The Open University UK, you’ll look at your own experiences and case studies from employees and employers around the world to analyse the critical role language use, identity claims, and culture can play in interactions you may have with others in a range of professional settings. 

The Advanced Mandarin course at University of Johannesburg is for students who have reached a required level of competence in the language. This is the start of a more independent stage where learners will be able to construct grammatically more complex sentences.

Learn the fundamentals of the German language and explore contemporary German life and culture with this German Language, Life and Culture program at the University of Manitoba.

The Sharing of Indigenous Knowledges course offered by University of Melbourne will help you decolonise your thinking to respectfully engage with Indigenous knowledges and creative practices.

Access fascinating source materials as you evaluate Scotland’s global impact over the past millennium in this Scotland - A Millennium of History course at the University of Aberdeen.

This Jacobite Scotland - Cultures, Identities, Legacies, 1688-1830 course at the University of Aberdeen will explore one of the most romanticised and mythologised subjects in Scottish history: the Jacobite cause.

Mare’s Head, vampire-witches, scary saints, and children appearing as flickering lights – what do they all have in common? Did giants ever inhabit the Ukrainian landscape, and why do Ukrainian mermaids not have tails, but witches do? These questions point to a complex, non-linear tradition of meaning-making of the uncanny and the supernatural, reflected in beliefs and narrative genres of Ukrainian folklore.During the course, students will explore the uncanny creatures, beliefs, and rituals, the way they were believed and practised. Interactive classes will provide key analytical tools and practical materials to explore various approaches to interpreting the supernatural beliefs and encounters, as well as examining their role in contemporary culture.

The Certificate in Mohawk Language and Culture is offered by the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Queen's University in partnership with Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na (TTO) Language and Cultural Centre in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.

The German Language and Culture - Intensive German Language Beginner B2 course offered at Freie Universität Berlin is designed for students who have successfully completed the basic level and the first part of the intermediate level of German and who have a sound knowledge of German at the B1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

In this Berlin Architecture, Culture and City Marketing, 1750 – Present course at Freie Universität Berlin we examine the meaning and significance of “architecture” in one of the most historically marked cities of Europe. Berlin has been subject to many waves of renewal, some gradual, some democratic and some totalitarian. All of these have left their traces on the city’s buildings.

London School of Economics and Political Science's course offers an intensive investigation of a central set of topics over the last century of international politics. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the From Sarajevo to Baghdad - Key Decisions on War and Peace, 1914-2003 programme.