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ISU SEMINAR PROGRAM During the first two days all students take part in the course Intercultural Communication. The aim of the course is to provide students with an overview of the most important themes of intercultural communication such as cultural awareness; cultural clashes and culture shock; integration; verbal and non-verbal communication styles; attitudes to time; different value systems in interpersonal relationships. We deal with numerous case studies in order to understand how intercultural communication works in practice. By the end of the course, students will have substantially increased their cultural awareness and intercultural competence.?The remaining days of the first week are devoted to an introduction in the seminar programs. Participants of the European Studies course learn about History of European Integration, participants of the Finance program start with a lecture on Money and Macroeconomics.The rest of the program is as follows:? European Studies? Week one:Interculturual Communication, History of European Integration Week two:European Economic and Social Policy Week three:European Central Banking Week four:European Law Finance? Week one:Intercultural Communication, Money Macroeconomics Week two:Corporate Finance Week three:Fundamentals of Futures and Options Marktes Week four:Negotiations in Debt Financing The aim of the first ISU week is that all participants get to know one another and get comfortable in the courses. Therefore during the first two days all studens take part in the course Intercultural Communication. By the end of the course, students will have substantially increased their cultural awareness and intercultural competence. The group will have a good base to spend the following seminars together. WEEK 1 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION (Mark Bramwell?and?Eva Salzer)?The aim of the course Intercultural Communication is to provide students with an overview of the most important themes of Intercultural communi