G-63 SCHOOL OF INTERCULTURAL STUDIES
School ofIntercultural Studies
Master ofArts Degree M.A IN lNTERCULTIJRAL STIJDIES. The Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies is designed for those anticipating crosscultural involve ment, and who desire training skills of inter cultural communication and service. It is a 42-unit program. M.A IN MISSIONS. The Master of Arts in Missions is designed for those who wish to integrate biblical and intercultural studies for crosscultural ministry. It is a 62-unit program which may be reduced, based upon previous study. Doctor ofMissiology The Doctor of Missiology degree is de signed to prepare professionals for the high est level of service in the area of missions. More specifically, it seeks: (1) to develop re search professionals in linguistics, Bible trans lation, anthropology, church growth, etc., to aid in and support the missionary enterprise; (2) to help prepare nationals of every nation for formal education service in their own cul ture; and to prepare educators and scholars from every nation at the very highest levels of education to teach in schools of higher learn ing; and (3) to train teachers and consultants for national and international educational and developmental institutions and agencies and consultants for both completing and checking Bible translations. Doctor ofEducation The Doctor of Education degree is of fered in cooperation with the Department of Christian Education at Talbot School of Theology. The Ed.D. with a crosscultural emphasis is specifically for training profes sionals working in crosscultural educational programs that may or may not be localized in churches. The program is designed to train highly competent professionals to con duct research and teaching in areas of adult literacy, TESOL, Theological Education by Extension (TEE), Bible school and semi nary programs and other formal or non-for mal educational programs that are part of crosscultural ministry. The program places a very strong emphasis on crosscultural ed ucational research. The faculties of the School of Intercultural Studies and Talbot School of Theology support the preparation of the student and the direction of disserta tion research.
Dean: Marvin K Mayers, Ph.D.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS All students must meet the following re quirements: 1. Possess a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with a 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) grade point average. Graduates from approved unaccredited colleges, if ac cepted, will be granted provisional accep tance, if G.PA is 3.4 or higher. Graduates from approved unaccredited colleges may be required to take certain additional liberal arts course work (not applicable toward the grad uate degree), if their undergraduate program did not include these courses. 2. Those without intercultural/missions or Bible/theology may have additional coursework added to their program. 3. All applicants must submit a written statement outlining their vocational objec tives and how the degree will relate to those objectives. Applicants should attach a one page, typewritten letter to the application. 4. Submit three letters of references on forms supplied by the school. 5. All applicants are required to submit offi cial transcripts of all previous schools attended. Doctor ofMissiology Either a master's degree in a related field at an accredited institution, and 3.3 grade point average is required for admis sion; or the student must sustain a 3.3 aver age over one year in the Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies at Biola. Students may receive a 30 unit program reduction for the M.A. concentration. Doctor ofEducation An MA or its equivalent appropriate to the Ed.D. is required for admission. The student must have a GPA of 3.3 in their pre vious graduate study. Students may receive a 30-unit program reduction, with specific courses waived, according to M.A concen tration. Three years of ministry experience, or its equivalent, are required for entrance to the program. Admission ofInternational Students and Resident Aliens See Admission, Registration and Requirements section.
FACULTY Professors: Cook, Kwast, S. Lingenfelter, Mayers Associate Professors: Dollar, Kraft, Liao, J. Lingenfelter OBJECTIVES Biola as an institution has had a "heart" for Christian missions since its inception. The burden for the billions of non Christians (3 billion plus today; 5 billion projected by the year 2,000) has been great. There has been an academic program at Biola stressing mission interests for decades and this was brought to a high level of refinement under the leadership of Dr. Clyde Cook. Biola combines spiritual ministry with a high academic conceptualization that is real ized through a strong faculty, a growing li brary facility, and emphasis on sound research to underlie the teaching program. Students can enrich their training in Bible, theology and psychology at the School of Intercultural Studies by taking coursework at Talbot School ofTheology and Rosemead School of Psychology. They can also complete a special ization in intercultural studies and missions within the Talbot degree programs and a spe cialization in intercultural studies within the Rosemead degree program. The School of lntercultural Studies, in addition to its undergraduate work, offers graduate work leading to the Master of Arts degree, the Doctor of Missiology degree, and the Doctor of Education degree in Crosscultural Education. DEGREES OFFERED The School of Intercultural Studies was established: (1) to prepare missionary re cruits from every nation with cross-cultural communication skills for international ser vice; (2) to provide missions the opportuni ty to encourage the personal and academic development of their overseas staff; and (3) to prepare ministers and Christian educa tion professionals for the types of cross-cul tural (and cross-subcultural) ministries they will face in today's multi-ethnic and multi-na tional world, especially as these impact the local church (e.g., sponsoring refugees, multi-ethnic churches, city-bred ministers called to rural churches and vice-versa).
CURRICULUM Doctor ofMissiology (1) RESIDENCE AND COURSE WORK
A minimum of one year (two semesters and summer) of residence is required for the doctorate. While the doctorate is not
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