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Intercultural Studies
INCS 354 - Field Internship Credits 2 Field internship provides an opportunity to develop cross-cultural confidence and competence in a field environment while exploring specific geographical, cultural and career areas of interest. Notes: Required for all concentrations. Preparation for field internship, 352 is taken in the Spring semester; the actual field experience is done in the summer between the Junior and Senior year, and 354 and the portfolio are completed in the Fall semester after the internship. Also available for CPLE. This course may not be taken in conjunction with a semester abroad study program. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: INCS 352. Credits 3 Preparation to effectively lead a short-term mission team (STM) and program, including team training and preparation, models of STM service, spiritual and cultural issues, analysis of the STM paradigm, and assessment of STM effectiveness. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. INCS 360 - Short-Term Mission Leadership Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. INCS 371 - Profiles in Missionary Lives Credits 3 This course utilizes the uniquely Evangelical genre of missionary biography to explore the lives and legacies of a number of important missionaries. The course will exegete their lives to more critically understand issues such as missionary call, mission formation and strategy, contextualization, field struggles, missionary family lives, and their lasting legacy. At its heart, the course is an exploration of the faithfulness of God in the lives of these individuals and the lasting impact Credits 3 An introductory study of the city as the center of religion, economics, politics and social life for all major cultures. Focuses on forming a professional response for ministry in the city. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. INCS 410 - Frontier Missiology Credits 3 Christ made through them. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. INCS 375 - Understanding the City An examination of the theology and missiology of the 'frontier missions' movement and the emphasis on 'unreached peoples', including its historical background, leading proponents, anthropological conceptions, and strategic implications; the dynamics of pioneer church movements; contextualization in Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and Tribal societies; insider movements; and other models of mission breakthrough. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. INCS 419 - Sufism Credits 3 A survey of Islamic mysticism, its sources in the Qur'an and the Prophet Muhammad, and its literary, cultural, and social expressions in Arab, Persian, Indic, and Turkish regions, including an examination of representative texts and Sufi poetry; sainthood, authority, and brotherhoods; and Sufism in the contemporary world. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: INCS 324. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. INCS 420 - Intercultural Communication Credits 3 Principles and processes of communicating from one culture to another. Focus on different perceptions, ways of thinking, values, non-verbal expression, language expression and subgroups within a culture as they relate to the media and the message. Notes: See also COMM 472. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level.
INCS 425 - Spiritual Conflicts in Cross-Cultural Context
Credits 3
The study of historical and contemporary worldview beliefs in the existence and activity of spiritual beings or forces. The course establishes for the cross-cultural worker biblical, theoretical, and practical guidelines in dealing with spirit beliefs and conflicts. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. INCS 427 - Spiritual Formation in Cross-cultural Context Credits 3 An examination of cross-cultural dynamics of Christian spirituality and spiritual formation, with particular attention to the impact of living and serving in distinctly non-Christian religious environments, and the rigors of living and serving internationally upon the inner-life of the believer. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. INCS 430 - Seminar: Topics in Intercultural Health Care Credits 3 Global Health Perspectives: Theories and skills related to health teaching, physical assessment, preparation and utilization of indigenous health care. Global Health: Preparation for living overseas: healthy lifestyle, prevention of disease, mental and spiritual burnout, initial treatment where there is no doctor. Global Health Priorities: Preparation for serving organizations involved in planning and implementing health care systems at the district and village level. Global Health Communication: The anthropological study of problems of illness and health with emphasis on the cultural context of health care programs. Notes: May be taken multiple times with different content. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. INCS 431 - History of the Middle East and Islam I Credits 3 Political, social and cultural history of the Middle East with an emphasis on Islamic civilization to 1453. Special emphasis on relationships of Muslims and non-Muslim peoples under Islamic rule. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. INCS 432 - History of the Middle East and Islam II Credits 3 Political, social and cultural history of the Middle East with an emphasis on Islamic civilization from 1453. Special emphasis on the development of the Middle Eastern state system following the First World War, and on
the Arab- Israeli conflict. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level.
INCS 433 - Community Development Models and Strategies Credits 3 Exposure to various models for engagement in development projects and practice, assessment of participatory learning and action approaches, examination of the role of expatriates in community development, analysis of the complexities of community participation, exploration of the role of transformational development practitioners in sustainable economic development and community organizing. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: INCS 345. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. INCS 434 - Islam in America and the West Credits 3 This course examines the historical background, dynamics and growth of Islam in America and the West, with special attention to theological, social, political, and cultural issues raised by Muslims living in Western society; immigration; conversion to Islam; African-American Islam; radical Islam; the rise of Islamic leadership and institutions (mosques, schools, and associations); roles for Muslim women; and resources and approaches to reaching Muslim neighbors. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level.
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