lntercultural Studies
ADMSION OF THE SCHOOL OF
l3 ib le elect ive, and BBST 46.'i Integra tion Seminar is required. Certain specific general educa tion courses are also requ ired which include: Psychology 100, Phys ical Education 201 , and Mach 11 7/ 11 8. In add ition, teaching creden t ial ca ndid a te s must pas s the Multipl e S ubject Assessment fo r teachers (MSAT) and the Ca li for ni a Basic Ed ucational Sk ill s Tes t (C l3EST) prior to entering the elementary c u rric ulum course. This opt ion combines the !CS major with the Profess ional Preparation Program a nd the required competency courses and meets the requirements for a Pre liminary Multiple Su bject Teach ing Credential. The srudent must consult with the Schoo l of Inter cultural Stud ies and th e Depart ment of Education for spec ifics. All s tudents in th e major are required to cake l3ihlical Smdies 4.'i8 'T'heolob,v of Mission a~a l3ihle elec tive. l3BST 46.'i Integration Semi nar is required in the sen ior year. Notr: For !ht /n1erml111ml Stud ies majot:r only, A11/hrnpology 20() is flrt'rt'q11isit t / () all a111hrop(Jlogv COII TSt"'iJ. 1 JOTJ: . S11,rlmts who desirr a amr:c111m ti(J11/r:e1tijir:atr i11 TESOL (Tearhi11x E11glish to Speal:t:rs of Othrr l .a11- g11ages) art' adv ised to r:htd the TESOL a11d Applied Li11g11i.r1ic., sff ti(J11 of thr atttJl(Jgfor rl'q11irnnmls. Thty sho11/rl a/.w r:omplt1l1' 1111 11ppli C11lio11 fo rm a11rl pie/: 11p a hr111rlhooJ: f mm !hr TA L dt:/)11rtmet//. l3iola and t he Summer Ins ti rnte of Lingu istics (SIL) at Biola prov id e a number of lin gu ist ic courses char can comprise a con centration for lnte rculcural Stud ies majors inte rested in language anal ysis/Bible translation. See TESOL and Applied Linguist ics sect ion of the cata log for these course descriptions. Field Internship Ev ery I ncercu lcu ra l Srndies major must parti cipate in a cross c ulrnral /overseas learning pro gram. Thi s ma y be fulfill ed by taking an approved field in tern ship whi ch provides opporrnniry to ap pl y skill s st udied in the c lass room in a forei gn environ ment S uch an ex pe ri e nce may b e taken for c redit. St ud ents may also fu lfill t his requirement by parti c ipa ting in an approved Biola semester-abroad program. Those choosi ng the latter will not get add ition a l academic c red i t but wi ll cake three more units of
e lec ti ves within t h e m ajo r. Whi c h e ver option a student c hooses to fulfill chis re quire ment. mu st be pre-approved by the student 's academic advisor.
b iculrn ral education, crosscultllra l mass media communi cat ions, social work, crossculcural counsel ing. missions politi ca l liaison . urban program administration, etc. t,.,fis s ions o utreach has been the major thrust and the spi ritu al strength of our program. It is the des ire of the facu lty that each stu dent in the program wi ll find in the ir parti c ul ar career choice the means t0 effective c rosscultural personal ministry and eva nge lism. Toward that end the school wi ll provid e an information ce nt e r which will answer inquiri es con ce rning missi ons and encourage swdents and facu lty to pursu e academi c excellence and spirimal maturi ty so ch a t they can ca rr y out with competence the Lord's program of di scipling all peoples.
INTERCULTURAL STUDIES Dean: r. Douglas Pennover, Ph.D. FACULTY Professors: Cook, Dollar, Kraft Associate Professors: Alexander, Douglas, Hayward , Lingenfelter, Pennoyer, Steffen Assistant Professor: Decker Spec ial Contract Facu lty: l3arber. Sil zer, Mi lligan
MINOR
An l 11tercu/111ml St11rlies Mi11or is offered with t he comp let ion of 18 units, 12 of whi c h must be upper division, including Anthro p o logy 200. T he swde nc is e xpec ted to take Bl3ST 458 for l3ihle elect ive . Students muse consu It wit h department adv iser.
COURSES (INCS)
OBJECTIVES
(For additional 1v11rses to ht 11serl i11 !ht' major. Sf.I' !hr J\111hropology a11d Sor:ioloJ!J' s1:,1io11s ofthr r:atalog.) 233 Foundations for Global Studies (3) Exp lorat ion of t he foundational issues re lated to inrernationa I and interculrn ra l ministry. inc luding foundational models of g lo ba l C hristian witn ess, spirirual g ift edness. c hara c ter deve lopme nt and sp iriwal formation . partner i n.~ wit h national leade rs hip rea m s a nd p ar tn e rships a nd ca ree r cracks in g lobal servi ce. 310 General Linguistics (3) Introduccion m the basic concepts in the scientific srndv of language. major areas of linguistic analvs is, and several subareas of the field, in c lu d ing la nguage in soc iety. Mater ial from E nglish and a va ri ety of other languages is used to
T he obj ectives of the unde r graduate department of lnte rcul wral Studies is fi ve-fold: ( I) to enable students to demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the rh eo logical. hi sto ri cal. soc io log ica l. anthropological and lin guisti c issu es of the crosscultu ral communication of the gospel: (2) to enable students to demonstrate a persona l responsibility to the mandate given by the Lord Jesus C hrist co make disciples of every nation based on an understanding of both human be ings and culture: 0) to eq uip C hristian profession a ls to serve in a broad range of vocat ion s; (4 ) to faci litat e the growt h of C hrist-lik e c hara c t e r and ass ist srnde nts in their spiri tual format ion; (5) to increase st11- dent understanding of lingui sti c and culrn ra l di versity, so that they will rel ate more meaningfull y co peopl e with a different linguistic and culrn ra l background and he e nco uraged to ana lyze and deve lop Ch ri st ian perspectives coward crosscult11ral probl ems. The careers open to Intercul t11ral Srndies majors are di verse, and inc lud e su c h areas as mis sions outrea c h, c rosscultural hea lth ser v ic es , develo pment progr ams an d age nc ies , soci a l welfare. translation work , infor ma tion re searc h, b ilin g ua l a nd multi culrnral ed ucat ion, crosscul rnral communication s, and public and foreign se rvice. The lnte rc u l rnra l S rndi es major is des igned to allow stll dents co pursue options wh ich wi ll best prepare them for their career objectives. The interdisciplinary con ce ntr a tion offers a uniqu e opport11nity to combi ne lntercul cural S tudies with ocher disc i plines in the l lniversiry to prepare the srndent for ca reers such as
DEGREE PROGRAM
A /Jarhtlo r of Arts dt'Jtrct i11 !11terr11l111ml S111rlies is offered upon comp let ion of the univer s it y ba cca la ur ea te and ma jor requireme nts. lntercultural Studies (36 units) T h e incerc ulrnra l studies major requires the comp letion of 36 unit s of which 24 must be upper division. The 18-unit core inc ludes : 233, 310 or 3 13. 322 , 3.'i0. 457 o r 4.'i8 and Anthropology 200. with th e remaining 18 units c hosen to s up port th e parti cu lar career interest of th e srndent. Interdisciplinary (36 units) A perso nali zed inte rdisc ipli nary prog ram ma y he d es igned by the stude nt and th e student 's advisor . The 18-unit co re includes: 2.13 or 342. 310 or 313, 322, 3.'i0. 420 and Anthropology 200. For the interdisc iplin a ry program. six units of inte rculrnral srud ies electives and 12 uppe r di vision units a re to be c hosen from outside of the major in a discipline chat supports the stu
provide a broad pe rspective. 313 Language & Culture Learning (3)
Techniques and act ivit ies co he lp a person be a more su ccessful independent le,uner of a spoken language and th e culrnre withi n which it is used. Practi ca l ex per i ence in la ng uag e and c u l cure learn in g in a foreign-speakin g community. Fee: $100. Othtr li11g11is1ir.s r:o 11rses whir:h 1.·1111 compri.ff II rtJIIO' fllra1io11 for !t,1erml111ml S11,r!ies majon i11d 11de: General Artirulatory Phonetics (3) Intro to Phonology (3) Intro to Syntax (3) Intro to Socio-Linguistics (3) Field Methods in Linguistics (3) (Ser 1hr TESOL & Applit:rl Li11g11is- 1ic., s1:r1io11 of 1/11, a//alox for rlrscrip tio11 r!f tht ahov,, r:o11n es. )
dent's ca ree r obj ectives. Elementary Teaching Credential Program
T h e inter c ulrnral studies/ reaching emp hasis majors muse complete th e inte rdis c iplin ary core a long with INCS 33 1 and 332. th e profess ional pre paration program of 24 units w hi c h include 12 units ofswdent teach ing and 14 units of compet e ncy co urses : AHTS 306. ENGL 380, MATH 11 7 and 11 8, MUSC 3 10. fl BST 468 must he tak e n as a
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