Department of Intercultural Studies
FACULTY Professor: Cook (chairperson) Associate Professors: Corwin, Kraft, Kwast, Murphy
Objectives: The objectives of the Intercultural Studies Department are to enable every student to demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the theological , historical , sociological, anthropological , and linguistic issues of the cross-cultural communication of the Gospel; to enable every student to demonstrate a personal responsibility to the mandate given by the Lord Jesus Christ to make disciples of every nation; to enable every student to understand man and culture, to increase his or her understanding of linguistic and cultural diversity, to relate more meaningfully to peoples with a different linguistic and cultural background, and to be encouraged to analyze and understand intercultural problems and develop Christian perspectives toward these problems; to enable every student completing the major to demonstrate competency as a career missionary in the areas of theology, sociology, history, anthropology, and linguistics as they relate to missions; to make available an information center which will answer inquiries concerning missions; to demonstrate that all those in the department are obedient to the Lord, as evidenced by the fruit of the Spirit in their lives, so that they will carry out His program of discipling all peoples. Department Major: This major is an interdisciplinary major and consists of 30 units, of which 24 must be upper-division. ICS 300, 311 , 451 , 452 , and 462 are required. Theology 468 is required as a supporting course. The remaining 15 units must be upper division courses and may be selected from any major. The rationale for these 15 units must be presented in a paper, approved, and on file with the lntercultural Studies Department at the beginning of the junior year or upon declaration of the major. This rationale may be reviewed at each registration time.
oral competence equivalent to the second year of formal
300 GENERAL CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (3) Nature of culture; cultural growth and history; the range of cultural phenomena , including material culture, social organization, religion , language, and related topics.
study. Languages offered are dependent on
audiolingually-oriented course material and native-speaking
students' availability. Prerequisites: 315 and 316.
320 PEOPLES OF THE WORLD (3)
303 ETHNOLOGY (3)
Specific area studies with emphasis on customs, arts, history, religion, social structures. One or more sections offered every year in areas such as: Africa, Asia, the Americas, the South Pacific, Europe. May be repeated with different course
Principal culture types and their distribution ; discussions of ethnological problems; techniques of analyzing a culture.
Prereq1,1isite: 300.
311 GENERAL LINGUISTICS (3)
content.
Descriptive and historical study of language; linguistic analysis, language classifications, language and its cultural and social
411 PHONOLOGY (3)
Properties of phonological systems; feature and component analysis; emphasis on methods of reducing non-Indo European languages to writing. Prerequisites: 311 and 312. 415, 416 MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX (3,3) Structure of words and the combination of words into sentences; principles of identification of morphemes and
settings.
312 PHONETICS (3)
The science of the articulate sounds of human speech; the classification, reproduction , and the proper recording of
speech sounds; principles of phonetic change.
314 APPLIED LINGUISTICS (3)
syntactic devices. Prerequisite: 311.
Application of linguistics in learning to speak a second language. Focus on the language learner, techniques for language learning, evaluation of materials, organization of materials , evaluation of progress. Practical experience with a non-European language. Prerequisite: 311 or 312.
421 RELIGION IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVE (3)
Religion (emphasis on non-Western) from an anthropological
perspective. Prerequisite: 300 or 320.
422 ETHNOLINGUISTICS (3)
315, 316 ELEMENTARY SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL
Areas of common concern for anthropology and linguistics: folklore, bilingualism, translation, language and logic,
LANGUAGE (4,4)
Study of a particular non-Western language designed to give oral competence equivalent to the first year of formal study. Languages offered are dependent on audiolingually-oriented course material and native-speaking students' availability. 317, 318 INTERMEDIATE SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL , LANGUAGE (4,4) Study of a particular non-Western language designed to give
indigenous music. Prerequisites: 300 and 311.
433 CHRISTIANITY AND CULTURE (3)
Inter-relationships between supracultural Christianity and human cultures. Prerequisite: 300.
441 APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY (3)
Application of anthropological insights to cross-cultural
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