Teaching Credential Program Students who wish to earn a teaching credential as part of their intercultural interdisciplinary major must: • complete the interdisciplinary core along with • INCS 331 - Peoples of Ethnic America Unit(s): 3. • INCS 332 - Peoples of the World Unit(s): 3. • BBST 458 - Theology of Mission Unit(s): 3. • BBST 465 - Integration Seminar Unit(s): 3. 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. Note: 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. Credit for Prior Learning Experience 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 CSICS Internship and / or specified elective CSICS courses. Course credit will be granted upon satisfactory evaluation of prior learning experience for INCS 352 or 354 or INCS 490 to a maximum of 6 units (courses are indicated with a CPLE notation). Units do not count toward the term ʼ s academic load; they are granted toward graduation requirements only. Fee: $50. 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 ʼ s academic advisor.
Religious Studies Courses include: •
ANTH 330 - California Native Americans Unit(s): 3. • INCS 425 - Spiritual Conflicts in Cross-cultural Context Unit(s): 3. • INCS 445 - New Religious Movements Unit(s): 3. • INCS 453 - Christianity & Culture Unit(s): 3. • INCS 456 - World Religions Unit(s): 3. • SOCI 402 - Religion & Society Unit(s): 3. TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Courses include: • INCS 310 - General Linguistics Unit(s): 3. • INTE 309 - Grammar for English Teachers Unit(s): 3. • INTE 421 - Introduction to TESOL: Adult Unit(s): 3. • INTE 427 - Materials Evaluation & Preparation Unit(s): 3. • INTE 441 - Intercultural Communication for Teachers Unit(s): 3. • INTE 460 - Communicating Values Through TESOL Unit(s): 1. • INTE 492 - Practicum in TESOL I Unit(s): 3. ANTH 420 - Topics in Urban Anthropology Unit(s): 3. • INCS 331 - Peoples of Ethnic America Unit(s): 3. • INCS 338 - Urban Church Planting Models: L.A. Excursion Unit(s): 3. • INCS 375 - Understanding the City Unit(s): 3. • INCS 455 - Poverty & the City Unit(s): 3. • INCS 457 - Urban Research Unit(s): 3. • INCS 459 - Urban Transformation Unit(s): 3. • INCS 460 - Urban Practicum Unit(s): 3. • SOCI 330 - Juvenile Delinquency Unit(s): 3. • SOCI 346 - Urban Sociology Unit(s): 3. Interdisciplinary (36 units) Urban Ministry Courses include: • A personalized interdisciplinary program may be designed by the student and the student ʼ s advisor. Popular emphases include: International Business, Teaching (elementary or secondary education), Cross-cultural Family Studies, Intercultural Journalism, and Psychology, among others. The 18-unit core includes: • ANTH 200 - General Cultural Anthropology Unit(s): 3. • INCS 233 - Foundations for Global Studies Unit(s): 3. • INCS 310 - General Linguistics Unit(s): 3. • or INCS 313 - Language & Culture Learning Unit(s): 3. • INCS 322 - Interpersonal & Intercultural Adjustment Unit(s): 3. • INCS 352 - Field Internship Unit(s): 1. • INCS 354 - Field Internship Unit(s): 2. And one of the following • INCS 420 - Intercultural Communication Unit(s): 3. • INCS 457 - Urban Research Unit(s): 3. • INCS 458 - Village & Tribal Cultures Unit(s): 3. For the interdisciplinary program, six units of intercultural studies electives and 12 upper-division units are to be chosen from outside of the major in a discipline that supports the student ʼ s career objectives.
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