Biola University 2013–14 Catalog
For contact information, please visit the following website: biola.edu/academics/offcampusprograms/ contact. Heidelberg Semester Program (HSP) academics.biola.edu/music/heidelberg Students will live and study in historic old town Heidelberg, and in addition to studies and involvement in area ensembles will enjoy extended trips to Austria, visiting Salzburg and Vienna, and northern Germany, visiting Leipzig and Eisenach. Activities will include concerts, museum visits, and a wide variety of historic sightseeing. “The Heidelberg program provides an opportunity for students to steep themselves in the historically and culturally rich environment that can only be found in Europe, the birthplace of the Western art music tradition,” stated Biola Conservatory of Music director, Dr. George Boespflug. For contact information, please visit the following website: biola.edu/academics/offcampusprograms/ contact.
contact the Center for Cross Cultural Engagement. Interested students can visit Biola’s Off Campus Programs website: biola.edu/offcampusprograms and the CCCU website: bestsemester.com. American Studies Program (ASP) bestsemester.com/asp Since 1976, the American Studies Program has served as an experiential learning laboratory for students committed to connecting their faith to public affairs. More than 2,500 students have come to Washington and nearly 500 alumni currently work in the DC metro area in a variety of professional fields—private and public, for-profit and non-profit. Each student enrolls in the program’s two practicum courses: Internship and Topics in Leadership and Vocation. Students have the option of enrolling in a one-credit Professional Mentorship course. In addition, students apply to either the Public Policy Initiatives Track or the Global Development Enterprise Track. The Public Policy Initiatives Track equips and supports students in their analysis of a pressing public policy issue. Each student produces original research by engaging area experts and practitioners off-site and in the classroom as they investigate the local, national, and global factors that influence policy-making in Washington, DC. The Global Development Enterprise Track focuses on partnership initiatives taken by leaders in commercial, governmental and non-governmental organizations as they explore the impact they can achieve by collaborating to address issues of sustainable development worldwide. ASP students earn 15–16 semester hours of credit. For contact information please visit the following website: biola.edu/academics/offcampusprograms/ contact.
Heidelberg Semester Program Recommended Courses
Credits
Music History
2-3
Conducting German 1
2 4 3
World Civilization Concert Music
0-1
Ensemble
1
Applied Music
2-3
Total
14-17
International Student Exchange Program (ISE) biola.edu/academics/cook/ise/isep The International Student Exchange Program provides unique opportunities for Biola students to study at Christian universities in Korea and Japan. Students can study as exchange students at Handong University, Hannam University, Seoul Women’s University, and Yonsei University in Korea, or at Tokyo Christian University in Japan. Biola students with a GPA of 3.0 or higher may apply for up to two semesters of exchange study. For contact information please visit the following website: biola.edu/academics/offcampusprograms/ contact. BestSemester (CCCU) Programs The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU), an association of 115 members and 69 affiliate institutions in 25 countries, offers the following semester and summer programs to students of its member institutions. The programs offer a unique opportunity for students to make the world their classroom. These interdisciplinary learning opportunities are available to juniors and seniors, while some programs also accept second-semester sophomores. For further information regarding academic requirements, course equivalencies, application deadlines, registration and program costs
American Studies Program Recommended Courses
Credits
Practicum Courses Internship
6 3 1
Topics in Leadership and Vocation Professional Mentorship (optional)
Project Track Courses Public Policy Initiatives Track Applied Politics and Public Policy Seminar
3 3
Public Policy Research Project
Global Development Enterprise Track Entrepreneurship and Global Development Research Seminar Global Development Partnership Project
3 3
Total
15 or 16
Australia Studies Centre (ASC) bestsemester.com/asc
Since Spring 2004, the CCCU has partnered with the Wesley Institute in Sydney, Australia, to offer the Australia Studies Centre. Throughout the semester, students study theology, global justice issues affecting Australia, indigenous cultures and the arts. Every student
60
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