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STM 665 LEADERSHIP (3) Cross cultural study of leadership including diverse patterns of author ity, legitimacy, publ ic support, leadership recru itment, and training as they affect communication, church growth and deve lopment world ­ wide. STM 671 CROSS CULTURAL EDUCA­ TION (3) Pr incip les of cross cultural communication applied to education. · STM 672 BIBLE TRANSLATION (3) Principles of the semantic analysis of dis­ course structure. Prerequisite: Advanced Linguistics

STM 873 SYNCHRONIC HERMENEUT ICS (3) Principles of biblical interpretation asap­ plied in contemporary cultures. Seminars** ICS 590 SEMINAR IN PRACTICAL MIS­ SION TRAINING ( 1-9) (does not apply to a degree program) STM 760 SEMINAR IN EVANGELISM (3) JCS 791-792 FIELD PRACT ICUM (2,2) A program designed to give exper ience in various phases of intercultural min istry Field involvement I00 hours each semes­ ter, and regular meeting for reporting and discussion. Prerequisite: 48 units of class work. Prescribed for and limited to, M. D iv. students majoring in missions. ICS 793-794 INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-4, 1-4) In-depth investigation of a topic under the guidance of the missions department using standard research procedures. Topic se­ lection and course enrollment by advisor's approval. ICS 796 THESIS (0) Prescribed for Master of Arts and Master of Theology students.

STM 870 THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION BY EXTENSION (3) The concept of theological education by extens ion, includ ing its history, objectives, methodology and the wr iting of pro­ grammed instruction with particular em­ phasis on missionary application. Elective for Th.M. students, others by department perm1ss1on. STM 872 ADVANCED BIBLE TRANSLA­ TION (3) Discourse considerations in translating from Greek into indigenous languages. Prerequisite: Advanced Lingu istics, Greek. STM 880 WORLD MISSION AND THE LOCAL CHURCH (2 or 3) Designed to integrate principles of cross­ cultur·al communication and theology and strategy of missions within a total concep­ tual framework to aid the local church in mission involvement. STM 800 STRUCTURALISM OF CLAUDE LEVI-STRAUSS (3) The importance of symbolic analysis of cul­ ture in encouraging personal Christian growth, chu rch growth and sound Bible translation in culture specific settings. STM 850 CROSS CULTURAL IMPLICA­ TIONS IN THEOLOGY (3) The application of cross cultural communi ­ cation principles to the study of theology, criti que and evaluation of such theologies and the design and implementation of cul ­ ture specific t heologies for various cul­ tures. STM 863 AREA STRATEGIES IN EVAN­ GELISM (3) Intensive case study analysis, by sociogeographic areas; of evangelistic and church planting strategies. STM 872 DIACHRONIC HERMENEUTICS (3) Principles of biblical interpretation in ethnohistorical perspective.

STM 845 SEMINAR IN MISSIO N STRATE­ GY (3)

HTM 850 SEMINAR IN THEOLOGY O F MISSION (3)

HTM 855 SEMINAR IN HISTO RY OF MISSIONS (3)

STM 870 SEMINAR IN BIBLE TRANSLA­ TION (3)

ICS 875 SEMINAR IN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

ICS 879-898 RESEARCH SEMINAR ( 1-4, 1-4) Supervised research into some problem of special interest to the student approved by the professor. May be taken for one se­ mester or continued throughout the year with the same problem under consider­ at ion. Elective for Th .M. students, others by department permission.

STM 762 ADVANCED CHURCH GROWTH (3)

A theological and missiological understand­ ing of church growth principles and their application to the missionary task. STM 770 DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH (3) The study of human populations by behav­ ioral and statistical research. STM 772 HERMENEUTICS IN ETHNOHISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES (3) Pr inciples of bibl ical interpretation devel­ oped through the ethno-historical meth­ odology STM 785 MISSION GROWTH (3) An invest igation into the missionary send­ ing process . STM 860 THE CHURCH IN THIRD WORLD SOCIETIES (3) The message, method and role of the evangelical church in societies undergoing socio-technological change. Elective for Th.M. students, others by department per­ m1ss1on.

JCS 891 -892 Dissertation (6)

'*Undergraduate seniors may access course by permission of school dean. '**These seminars cons ist of supervised research, in the respective fields, into some problem of special interest. **'¥797 and 798 are prescribed for the M. Div students majoring in this department who w ill write a thesis. 797 will be taken at the completion of 64 units, and 798 at the completion of 80 units. Neither of the two is applicable toward graduation unless both have been completed .

JCS 797 THESIS FIRST DRAFT (2) First draft of thesis.*"*

JCS 798 THESIS FINAL DRAFT (2) Final draft of thesis.***

JCS 8 10 SEMINAR IN ANTHROPOLOGY (3)

JCS 820 SEMINAR IN LI NGUISTICS (3)

ICS 830 SEMINAR IN SOCIOLINGUISTICS (3)

HTM 840 SEMINAR IN ETHNOTHEOLOGY (3)

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