Teaching Credential Program
Credit for Prior Learning Experience
Students who wish to earn a teaching credential as part of their intercultural interdisciplinary major must complete the interdisciplinary core along with INCS 331, 332, BBST 458, and 465 Integration Seminar: Gospel & Culture or Integration Seminar: Christian Philosophy of Education. In addition, the Professional Teacher Preparation Program of 28 units must be completed. Students who wish to earn a multiple subject teaching credential (elementary) will also need to complete an additional 14 units of competency courses. Students who wish to earn a single subject teaching credential (junior high/high school) will need to complete an additional 2 unit content specific pedagogy course. Please refer to the Education section of this catalog (Professional Teacher Preparation, Preliminary Credential) for all information on exams, coursework, fieldwork, other professional evaluations, and state requirements for a California teaching credential.
Students earning a Bachelor of Arts in Intercultural Studies at Biola University may be granted academic credit through the evaluation of college level technical and professional training equivalent to an internship experience. Credit is awarded by University faculty. The application for Credit for Prior Learning Experience will include a portfolio-based assessment of advanced college- level technical and professional training that reflects theory, data collection and analysis, and application such that it advances student mastery of the principles and practices of SICS Internship and/or specified elective SICS courses. Course credit will be granted upon satisfactory evaluation of prior learning experience for INCS 350A or B or INCS 490 to a maximum of 6 units (courses are indicated with a CPLE notation). Units do not count toward the term’s academic load; they are granted toward graduation requirements only. Fee: $50.
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The Professional Teacher Preparation Program leading to a California Teaching Credential at Biola University is subject to change in response to new legislation. Please see a credential analyst in the School of Education for current information on completing the requirements for a teaching credential. Students must consult with both their major advisor and a School of Education advisor.
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Field Internship
Every Intercultural Studies major must participate in a cross-cultural / overseas learning experience. This may be fulfilled by taking an approved field internship, which provides opportunity to apply skills studied in the classroom in a foreign environment. Students are encouraged to fulfill this requirement in the summer following the junior year. Students may also fulfill this requirement by participating in a Biola approved fall or spring semester off-campus program. Those choosing the latter will not get additional academic credit but are required to complete three more units of electives within the major. Whichever option a student chooses to fulfill this requirement must be pre-approved by the student’s academic advisor.
Peoples of Ethnic America
Units: 3
INCS 331
Peoples of the World Theology of Mission Integration Seminar
Units: 3
INCS 332
Units: 3
BBST 458
Units: 3
BBST 465
Certificate in TESOL
Students who desire a concentration / certificate in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) are advised to check the Applied Linguistics & TESOL section of the catalog for requirements. They should also complete an application form and pick up a handbook from the ALT department.
Intercultural Studies Minor
An Intercultural Studies Minor is offered with the completion of the courses listed below. Students must consult with a department adviser.
General Cultural Anthropology
Units: 3
ANTH 200
Summer Institute of Linguistics
and 15 additional INCS units, 12 of which must be upper division.
Biola and the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) at Biola provide a number of linguistic courses that can comprise a concentration for Intercultural Studies majors interested in language analysis / Bible translation. See The Applied Linguistics & TESOL sections of the catalog for these course descriptions.
Bible elective The following course must be taken as a Bible elective:
Theology of Mission
Units: 3
BBST 458
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