However, students in the Public Affairs Track will use policy concepts to evaluate contending approaches while students in the Marketplace Track will analyze the issues by assessing how business and commercial environments shape different perspectives. The aim of the program is to help CCCU schools prepare their students to live faithfully in contemporary society as followers of Christ. Students earn 16 semester hours of credit. For additional information, contact Dr. Dave Peters ( dave.peters@biola.edu) in the Department of History, Government & Social Science. Also visit www. bestsemester.com.
ACADEMIC COURSES
RECOMMENDED CREDITS
Culture Emphasis (required) :
3
The View from Australia: Issues in Religion, Politics, Economics & Cultural Values
48
Indigenous History, Culture & Identity
3
Discipline Emphasis Integrative Studies Course
0–2
Discipline Courses:
6–11
Theology / Ministry; Drawing Graphic Design; Music; Drama / Dance
Total
16–17 units
ACADEMIC COURSES
RECOMMENDED CREDITS
Topics in Vocational Leadership
3
China Studies Program (CSP) The China Studies Program enables students to engage China’s ancient history and intrigue from an insider’s perspective. While being immersed in Chinese culture, students participate in seminar courses on the historical, cultural, religious, geographic and economic realities of this strategic and populous nation. Students choose between completing a broad Chinese Studies concentration or a Business Concentration including an internship in an international business in China. Students will also study standard Chinese language and apply their skills by serving in an orphanage or tutoring Chinese students in English. The program introduces students to the diversity of China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Xi’an and Xiamen. This interdisciplinary, cross-cultural program enables students to communicate and understand the unique culture and people of China with an informed, Christ-centered perspective. Students earn 16 semester hours of credit. For more information and application materials, contact Dr. John Liang (john.liang@biola.edu) in the School of Intercultural Studies for the China Studies Concentration. Students interested in the Business Concentration should contact Dr. Steve Rundle (steve.rundle@biola.edu). Also visit www.bestsemester.com.
Select one of the following
3
Topics in National Affairs Topics in Leadership Management
Topics in International Affairs and Globalization
3
The Internship Course
6
The Mentorship Course (optional)
1
Total
16 units
Australia Studies Centre (ASC) Since Spring 2004, the CCCU has partnered with the Wesley Institute in Sydney, Australia to offer the Australian Studies Centre. Throughout the semester, students study theology, global justice issues affecting Australia, Indigenous cultures and the arts. Every student is required to take the courses: The View from Australia: Issues in Religion, Politics, Economics & Cultural Values and Indigenous History, Culture & Identity. Additionally, students choose from electives in theology/ministry, music, drawing / graphic design, dance and / or drama. Home stays, service learning and travel around Australia are important components of the ASC. Students observe Australia’s beautiful landscape, live in the cosmopolitan melting pot of Sydney, serve the poor of Sydney’s multi– cultural ghettos, and engage the political capital Canberra and its power players. Students also come to know the traditions of Aboriginal people during an Outback excursion and spend the last week of each semester traveling to New Zealand to meet with Maori people. ASC students receive 16 semester hours of credit. For more information, contact Loren Baker (loren.baker@ biola.edu or ext. 3607) in the Department of Art. Also visit www.bestsemester.com.
ACADEMIC COURSES
RECOMMENDED CREDITS
Core Courses (required) Chinese History
3 3 3
Intercultural Communication
Contemporary Society & Public Policy
China Studies Concentration Chinese Select one of the following: Chinese II Eastern Philosophy & Religion
3
3 3
Select one or both of the following: Chinese Art
1 1
Tai Chi
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