COURSE DESCRIPTIONS Humanities Major
Intercultural Studies
History Concentration: An 18 unit concentration in history (beyond the generol educotion level) of which 12 units must be upper division. Tllll oreos of six upper division each chosen from the support oreo options listed below. Total for major, 30 units, of which 24 must be upper division. Advisement through the history deportment. Philosophy Concentration: An 18 unit concentration in philosophy, of which 12 must be upper division, including 301 and two of the following courses: 302, 303,404. Tllll support oreos of six upper division units each chosen from the options listed below. Total for major, 30 units, of which 24 must be upper division. Advisement through the philosophy deportment. Support Area Options for Humanities Major: Tllll sup port areas of six upper division units each ore necessary for the major. The following ore the oreo options: communication. English language 350, German, Greek, literature, philosophy, Spanish ond history.
Virginia Doland, Ph,D., Chair
ADivision of the School of lntercultural Studies
The deporhnents of communication, English, for eign languages, history and philosophy offer an interdeporhnental major in humanities. It consists af an 18 unit concentration in one area and Im support areas of six upper division units each. The ore □ of concentration is basically an emphasis in the desired field but offers more flexibility through advisement of the subject deportment. Objective: The objective of the humanities ma jor is to provide the student with abroader perspec- live in selected liberal arts disciplines than is possi ble with a single subject matter. Courses taken to satisfy the general education requirement cannot be credited to the major. General Information Humanities 230 INTEROISCIPLINARY STUDIES (7) The shaping of human culture ond thought to contemporory times, using oteom-tought approach integroting History 100 with porticipoting generol education offerings. l\rlue of credits released is equal to that of the courses if token seporotely. Humanities 230E: History 100, English 250 (7 units). Humanities 230P: History 100, Philosophy 202 (7 units). Humanities Major: Classical Studies Concentration: A30 unit concentration in classical studies. Amajor concentration of 18 upper division units in Greek and 6 unit minor concentrations in two of the following : history, philosophy or rhetoric. Possihilities include Ancient History 323, 324, Philosophy 301 , 302 or Rhetoric English450, Commu nication 383. English 350 - Greek/Latin Roots may serve as o support course. The minor concentrotions ond advisement will be through the Greek Deportment. Communication Concentration: An 18 unit concentration in communication, of which 12 must be upper division, including 386 and 478. Tllll oreos of six upper division units eoch chosen from the support oreo options listed below. Total for ma jor, 30 units, ofwhich 24 must be upper division.Advisement through the communicotion deportment. English Concentration: An 18 unit concentration inEnglish, of which 12 must be upper division. Tllll oreosofsix upper division units eoch chosen from the support oreo options listed below. Total for major, 30 units, of which 24 must be upper division. Advise ment through the English deportment. Literature Concentration: An 18 unit concentrotion in literoture of which 12 must be upper division (selection of the literoture concentration must be mode from the literoture lis ting, including six units of English 250, English literoture). Tllll oreos of six upper division units eoch chosen from the support oreo options listed below. Total for major, 30 units, of which 24must be upper division. Advisement through the English deportment. Foreign Language Concentration: Aconcentration is of fered in Greek and Spanish only and consists of 18 upper division units. Tllll support oreos of sixupper division units each chosen from the support areas listed below. Total for major, 30 units. Advisement through the deportment of foreign languages.
Deon: Marvin K. Mayers, Ph.D. Marguerite G. Kraft, D.Miss., Undergraduate Coordinator Faculty Professors: Cook, Hess, Kwast, S. Lingenfelter, Moyers Associate Professors: Bruce, Dollar, Kraft, Liao Assistant Professor: J. Lingenfelter Objectives: The objectives of the intercultural studies major are: (l) to enable every student to demonstrate aknowledge and understanding of the theological, historical, sociological, anthropological and linguistic issues of the cross-cultural communi cation of the gospel; (2) to enable every student to demonstrate a personal responsibility to the man date given by the Lord Jesus Christ to make disciples of every nation; to enable every student to under stand man and culture, (3) to increase his or her understanding of linguistic and cultural diversity, to relate more meaningfully to people with adifferent linguistic and cultural background and to be encour aged to analyze and understand intercultural prob lems and develop Christian perspectives toward these problems. The careers open to intercultural studies major ore diverse, and include such areas as missions outreach, cross-cultural health services, de velopment programs and agencies, social welfare, information research, bilingual and multicultural edu cation, cross-cultural communications, and public and foreign service. The major program is designed to allow students to pursue options which will best prepare them for their career objectives. The mis sions concentration is designed to allow students to plan a program that will strongly support pioneer missions, cross-cultural church 'Mlrk, urban church ministry, church planting and training leadership. The intercultural studies concentration offers great flexi bility to support careers as diverse as Bible transla tion, community development, or public and foreign service. The interdisciplinary concentration offers a unique opportunity to combine psychology, sociology, or political science to prepare students for interdisci plinary focused careers, such as bicultural education, cross-cultural mass media communications, social 'Mlrk, cross-cultural counseling, missions political li aison, urban program administration, etc. Missions outreach has been the major thrust and the spiritual strength of our program. It is the desire of the faculty that each student in the program will find in their particular career choice the means to effective cross cultural personal ministry and evangelism. Toward that end the School will provide an information center which will answer inquiries concerning mis sions and encourage students and faculty to pursue academic excellence and spiritual maturity so that
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