not have to cake required electives are encouraged to choose a com bination of electives most suitable for their career goals. Students ma y a lso choose co focus electives in areas of special izacion such as anthropol ogy, missiology, crosscul cural education, Bible and theolo1,,•y, Bible translation, linguistics, TESOL, church planting, crosscultural health ca re , urban min istries. ecc. Students desir ing a cert ificate in TESOL in conjun c ti o n with their interculmral studies degree must also ap pl y co the Department ofTAL. Students who have not previousl y taken a course in culcural ant hropology will he required to take SCL 507 as a required elect ive. Swdents who are not
a te coursework but no mas ter's degree, or has a master 's degree which does no t contain the back ground necessary for the D.Miss. program, the total program will he longer than 3.'i units, and chis will be dete rmined with the director of the program. A faculty advisor will guide each student in plan ning a program of courses tO serve his or her ministry needs. Each student will select a mentor from the grad uate faculty to guide his or her di ssertation research. Admission into the graduate program of the School of Intercul tural Studies does not guara ntee completion of the doctoral degree. The core requirements are as follows: 18 units o f mi ss iology a nd incercultura l studies: SCL 601: 72 1 or 744: 727 or 7.'\5; 742. 765 and three units of SCL elective. :, uni ts: Bibkal/theological st11d ie.s. consisting ofSCL 722 or 724. 8 units : SCL 880 Dissertation 6 units: Research and writing, consisting of: SCL 803 and 879. (2) Time Limit for Degree Completion All course and academic requirements for the D.Miss. degree must be completed within 10 years, beginning on the date of the student 's first regis tration . Petitions for extension beyond 10 yea rs will be consid ered on a case by case basis for srndencs who may need exten sive field experience or field research requirements. (3) Withdrawal and Readmission Procedures A swdent who must drop o ut of school or is planning co return to field service must go throu gh the formal withdrawal process. To re turn co active scaws th e stu dent should con tact the program director and file a readmission form with the admissions offi ce . (4) Oral Interview and Admission to Doctoral Study All swdents will have an inter view with a fac ulty committee to evaluate their progress and poten tial for successfu I compl etion of the doctoral program. The inter view is scheduled after one semes ter in residence and the comple tion of at leas t one si g nificant piece of written work demonstrat ing the student's skill in research writing. T he results of this inter view are repo rted co the faculty, which votes either en admit. admit
with conditi ons, or not co admit the srndent co doctoral swdy. (5) Comprehensive Examinations All s tudents must pass com pre hensi ve exams cove rin g the following areas: a. lnterculcural studies b. History and cheolo1,,,yofmission c. Society, technology and mis sions d. The student's specialization. These exams are given once a year in April and serve as a major means of evaluating a srndent ' s suitability to co ntinu e stu dies coward the doctorate. (6) Field Ministry and Language Requirement All students must compl ete a minimum of three co ntinuou s years of practical missionary expe rience in a crossculcural (or cross subculwral ) setting. It is assumed that the student will acquire flu ency in a second language learned during chis missionary service and chat this language will be the lan guage of field research. (7) Admission to Candidacy Official cand idacy for the doc torate signifies an advanced stage in the student 's progress and is charac terized by self-directed resea rc h and preparation of a dissertation under th e direction of a faculty advisor. In order to be admitted to c·andidacy the swdent must have: a. S uccessfu ll y compl e ted the Preliminary Faculty Interview b. Passed th e comprehensive examina t ion c. Compl e ted the fi e ld ministry req uireme nt d. Received approval of the dis sertation proposal by the Doctoral Committee Upon re ac hin g ca ndidacy a student mus t register for a total of 8 disse rtation units prior to g radu ation . Uni ts are ordinaril y taken at the rate of 3-4 per semester dur ing the dissertation stage and chis co nstitutes full-time enrollment. During th e diss ertation phase, students are cons idered full time for a max imum of one year. If the doctoral candidate has not defended the dissertation by th e time the 8 dissertation units are completed , th e candidate must enroll continuousl y, in SCL 882 D.Miss. Continuous E nroll ment Research. This enrollment carri es no academi c creel it but maintains the student 's continu ous registrat ion .
(8) Dissertation
T he doctoral dissercacion will be based upon research conducted in the field of ministry, usuall y over a period of six months co one year. The dissertation must demonstrate high attainment in sc hol a rship related to professional missiology. The dissertation copic and proposal mu st be approved by the candi date 's advisory committee prior tO beginning of the srndent 's field research. Three weeks prior to expected graduation the candidate must submit to the School of lnter culwral Studies the original and two copies of his dissertation signed by
the dissertation committee. (9) Final Oral Examination
The final examination 1s an ora l defe ns e of th e dissertation before the doc tora l committee and ocher in vited professionals. (10) Graduation Requirements All srndencs must present an accepcah le d issertat ion , ha ve sat isfacto ril y passed th e ir compre hensive examinations and have compl e ted a ll required co urse work with a minimum 3.30 G PA to qualify fo r g raduat ion. Doctor of Philosophy (1) Residence and Course Work The program requires a mini mum of 60 units pas t the appropri ate maste r's degree or its equiva le nt . with 48 semest er hours of course work and 12 semester hours of dissertation research . The 48-unit compon e nt of the program co ntains a 12-unit education core requirement. a 12- uni t sequence of ed ucation resea rch requirements and 9 units of theological reflect ion and inte g rati on. This allows the smdent to select an e mphasi s from the remaining IS required units from a wide variety of courses offered across the Uni versity curri culum . If a student has completed grad uate cours ewo rk but has no master's degree, or has a master's degree which does not contain the background necessary for the Ph.D. program, the meal program will be longer than 60 units, ,1s determined by the program director. A faculty advisor will guide each student in planning a prog ram of scudy co serve his or her career needs. Ed11w 1io11 (;ore ( 17 U11i1s) CL 71.'i Ed ucat ional Philosophies in the Great Religious Tra ditions (3) DE 803 1-1uman Development and Learning (3)
proficient in a second lan guage will also he required t0 take ISALS20 or 65 .'i as a req uired elective. (Profi ciency standards for a sec o nd la ng uage will be determined by the MA adviso r in co nsultati o n with interc ultural swdies faculty. See student hand book for standards.) 2. S uccessfu ll y pass a compre hensive exa mination over coursework. 3. Maintain a 3.0 g rad e point average on a 4.0 scale. Summer Institute of Linguistics In e<x>peration with the Sum mer Institute of Linguistics Biola offers a number of lingui s ti cs courses whi ch can provide a con centration for swdents planning for missi o n work in language analy sis/Bible transl ation. This 21-unit program combines five linguisti cs courses (SAL 520 or 646, 521. S23 or 622, 525 or 624, 654) and two anthropology co urs es (SCL S20, 640) ( f-or full details on these courses see the course descriptions in the I ncerc ulcural Scudies and TESOL & Applied Linguistics sections of chis catalog.) Doctor of Missiology (1) Residence and Course Work The program requires a mini mum of 3S units pas t the appro pri ate master's degree, with 27 semester hours of coursework and 8 semester hours of dissertation research. If a student has gradu-
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