Biola Sundance (SD) www.mcom.biola.edu/events/sundance
Spiritual Formation Summer Program (SF) The Spiritual Formation Summer Program (SFSP) takes place at Hilltop Renewal Center during the first few weeks of summer. Hilltop is a Christian retreat center located on 15 acres of forest land in Idyllwild, CA. SFSP is a very unique program in that faculty, their families, graduate interns, and a small number of undergraduate students live together at the retreat center studying the topic of spiritual formation and practicing spiritual disciplines in community. SFSP is made up of two 3 unit upper division biblical studies courses (BBST 450 and BBST 465). For further information and application materials contact Dr. Steve Porter at steve. porter@biola.edu. Talbot Bible Lands (TI) Talbot Bible Lands is a 4 unit interterm course that gives students a unique perspective on the Biblical lands, integrating archaeology, geography, and history on–site. The Bible has been read and studied by innumerable people worldwide. Yet no matter how familiar we may be with the words in the Bible, being able to connect them with real places brings a new dimension to our understanding. Dr. Richard Rigsby directs the program and teaches the preparation class in the Fall. Refer to the Talbot section of the catalog for further information or visit www.talbot.edu/ academics/biblelands. Torrey Off–Campus Programs (TH) There are additional opportunities for Torrey Honors students to participate in Interterm and Summer off–campus programs. Refer to the Torrey section of the catalog for further information, visit www.biola.edu/academics/torrey, or email the Torrey Honors Institute at torrey.honors@biola.edu. Summer Session A continuing summer session program provides students with the opportunity for a greater degree of flexibility in planning their total program. Students may enrich their course of study and reduce the overall time spent in school or decrease their regular course load by careful selection of summer session courses. Visiting students find it refreshing to study in a different atmosphere and perhaps a different locale, and entering students find it helpful in gaining advanced standing. Work taken may be applied to both the degree and the teaching credential programs. Instruction is offered in standard courses by the Biola faculty and capable visiting professors. Certain courses or workshops may be offered in the summer that are not listed in this catalog. These may be innovative or the course may be in response to specialized needs or current topics.
The leading venue for independent film, the Sundance Film Festival, is an immersive plunge into the art and commerce of the entertainment industry. During interterm, 20 Biola students and faculty will travel to the festival’s site in Park City, Utah, attend screenings, sit in on filmmaker interviews, course lectures, and participate in dialogues on film, faith and social responsibility as part of a three–unit intensive course highlighting independent filmmaking and its distribution process. Biola students will join others who are part of the Windrider Forum, sponsored by Priddy Brothers Productions. Windrider is a loose partnership of several faith–based institutions, including the Colorado extension of Fuller Seminary, undergraduate film students from Biola University and Taylor University, award–winning student filmmakers from Angelus Film Festival, and members of the Park City church community. Participants screen ten films during their time at Sundance.
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For more information, contact the Cinema and Media Arts Department at extension 4052.
Japan Film Program (JFP) Every two years, the Cinema & Media Arts department sends a class of Biola students to Tokyo to produce a short film in conjunction with Christians in the Arts Network (CAN). The project is a three unit interterm class that takes place during the month of January. Students spend a total of 12 days in Japan, half of which are committed to shooting a high quality project in HD. The other six days are for exploring Tokyo and tasting the Japanese culture. Students are then involved with post–production at Biola over the course of the spring semester. The prerequisite to participating in this program is the Advanced Production class that takes place during the preceding fall semester. During this pre–production class, CMA students will learn conversational Japanese, write the script and plan for an overseas shoot. Previous participants have not only grown as filmmakers, but have been touched by the people of Japan.
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