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BIOLA ABROAD B iola Abroad is an in-residence program offering an academic semester in Europe. Students are given the opportunity to broaden their perspectives and integrate learning with experience. To bring culture to life, classwork is richly supplemented by field trips. Classes are conducted in English and courses of instruction and credits are the same as those on the La Mirada campus. Because of economic and political instability, programs □ brood are under constant review. A strong effort 1s made to offer a quality program at a reasonable price. Academic semesters are planned with aGerman orientation each fall beginning 1988. Course offerings are primarily in the area of general education requirements on the sophomore level, but some upperclassmen with an interest in the humanities toward the B.A., B.M., or B.S. may apply. All participants must be full-time students and choose one from each of the five following blocks of classes for 12-15 units of credit: Applications for the fall must be completed in January. For further information please contact Or. R. Buss, Director of Biol □ Abroad, 13800 Biola Avenue, La Mirada, California 90639-000 l.
Students spend the initial six-weeks in saturated language study. This is followed with two three-week seminars on problems on Central America and social and economic development issues. The final month is spent in travel through Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, safety permitting. For additional information and application see Or. Allen Carden, Associate Provost or make inquiry in the Department of History. SUMMER SESSION Agrowing and continuing summer session program provides students with the opportunity for o greater degree of flexibility in planning their total program. Students may enrich their course of study and reduce the overall time spent in school or decrease their regular course load by careful selection of summer session courses. Visiting students find it refreshing to study in adifferent atmosphere and perhaps adifferent locale and entering students find it helpful in gaining advanced standing Work taken may be applied to both the degree and the teaching credential programs. Instruction is offered in standard courses by the Biola faculty and capable v1sit1ng professors. Courses offered cover the areas of art, Bible, theology, Greek, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, biological science, sociology and other sub jects, including education courses for teaching credential candidates. Graduate courses in theology and psychology enable graduate students to continue tneir programs during summer sessions. Credit is also available in connection with excellentfore1gn tours conducted during the summer. Tuition, room and board are lower than regular charges at private colleges; total costs are competitive with state summer session charges. See section on financial information for summer session tuition. Certain courses or workshops may be offered in the summer that are not listed in this bulletin Courses may be innovative or the content may be in response to specialized needs or current topics. Such courses will be described in the separate summer session bulletin. Requests for the summer session bulletin, which is available about February 15, and application forms for admission should be addressed to the office of adm1ss1ons and records. Admission to the summer program does not presuppose or grant acceptance to the university !Of the regul01 school year. INTERTERM To facilitate the completion of graduation and also to allow exposure to creative learning and to enrich students' academic programs, the university provides an interterm program in January. Resident hall rooms are provided at no extra charge only for on-campus fall students who occupy aroom during the spring semester. All other students attending lnterterm are charged a prorated weekly rote. Tuition charges ore about one half of the regular school year charge. Separate prices will be available for meals during interterm. (Graduate psychology courses excepted.) Abalanced program of general education, Bible, elective and graduate courses is offered on campus. Opportunities also will be given to participate in travel and other non-traditional courses. Class schedules for interterm will be available May 1. For further information, please write to the director of lnterterm. ARMY ROTC The Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Program is available to qualified students through the UCLA Extension program. Successful completron of the four- or two-year program leads to acommission as aSecond Lieutenant in one of the seventeen specialties in the Army Reserve, National Guard or Regular Army; student's choice. Participants in ROTC must be physically qualified, full-time students (12 credit units, per term, including ROTC) at the undergraduate or graduate level. Courses consist of two academic classroom hours and two hours of leadership laboratory weekly (normally Thursday afternoon or evening). Students enrolled in the final two yea~ of the program receive Sl 000 annual stipend. Students may participate as a member of a local Reserve unit and ROTC under the Simultaneous Membership Program and increase stipends ta S4000 annually, depending on the frequency of Reserve unit meetings □-nd activities. Courses include: Freshmen, U.S. Defense Establishment I & II, Principles of Navigation Applicable to Maneuver; Sophomores, U.S. Military History I & II, Modern Guerrilla Wa~are; Juniors, Psychology of Leadership I & 11, Theory of Learning Applied to leaching; Seniors, Ethics and
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Prerequisites
Bible Christian Education BIB 220 Inductive Bible Study CEO 220 Inductive Bible Study
3 3
None None
Foreign Language GER l 06 Conversational Germon GER 20 l Intermediate Germon GER 320 Studies in Language and Literature Language
GER l 05 GER 102 GER 201
2 4 3
History/Culture HIS l 00 The West and the World HIS 330 German Civilization and Culture GER 330 German Civilization and Culture ICS 320 Peoples of the World Germanic
4 3 3 3
None HIS 100 HIS 100 HIS 100
Literature ENG 250 Introductory Studies in Literature: Germanic GER 320 Studies 1n Language and Literature: Literature
3 3
ENG 11 OA/B ENG 250
Physical Education PED 110 Skills and Techniques: Volleyball PED 150 Advanced Skills and Techniques: Volleyball
None PED 110
There are other opportunities for travel each summer and occasionally at other times during the year. Tours are directed by those with experience in travel and ore offered at anominal price. Although these tours ore not limited to Biola University students, it is expected that those joining atour will be in basic agreement with the Christian viewpoint and the standards of conduct held by Biol □ University In addition, it is expected that the individual's health will be strong enough to stand the demanding rigors of travel. For information write to the-office of admissions and records. AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM The American Studies Program is sponsored by the Christian College Coalition of which Biola University is a member. This semester-long program is based in Washington O.C. and provides study/internship opportunities for junior or senior level students 1n most of the majors. For additional information see the Department of Political Science and Public Administration section. LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM The Latin American Studies Program 1s sponsored by the Christian College Coalition of which Biol □ University is amember. This program provides students the opportunity to live, study and work for four months in Central America, most of which is spent in Costa Rico.
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