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Department Minor: 18 units, of which 12 must be upper divi sion, including 300, 330 and 340. The student is encouraged to take theology 468 for Bible elective . Students must cons ult with department advisor. Prerequisites: For intercultural studies majors only , !CS 300 is prerequisite to all anthropology coursework. 300 GENERAL CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (3) The nature of man and his culture; worldview and perception; culture change; a study of the subsystems of cultures, including social organization, religion, language and related topics. 311 GENERAL LINGUISTICS (3) Descriptive and historical study of language; linguistic analysis, language classifications, language and its cultural and social settings. 312 PHONETICS (3) The study of the articulation , classification , reproduction and recording of speech sounds; principles of phonetic change . 314 LANGUAGE LEARNING (3) How to learn to speak another language using proven techniques and activities that can help assure success as a language learner. Focus on the language learner, techniques, eva luation and organ ization of materials. Practical experience in language learning in a foreign-speaking community . Prerequisite: 311, 312 or con sent. 320 PEOPLES OF THE WORLD (3) Specific area studies with emphasis on customs, social structures. religion, arts, history and intercultural communication. One or more sections offered every year in areas such as : Africa , Asia , Native America, Middle East, South Pacific, Europe. May be repeated with different course content. 321 PEOPLES OF ETHNIC AMERICA (3) A study of non-caucasian ethnic groups in America in the light of their historical and socio-cultural background and their interac tive relationships with mainstream America. Practical field ex perience in an ethnic community. 330 INTERPERSONAL CROSS-CULTURAL ADJUSTMENT (3) Issues relating to intercultural living with focus on personal and interpersonal adjustments with nationals and other missionaries; language, va lue confl icts, status and role, culture shock,
religious ritual and paraphernalia, sacred places and religious practitioners. 424 BIBLE TRANSLATION (3) The scient ific approach to translation; the fundamental proce dures of translating; principles for resolving the problems faced in Bible translation. Focus on developing practical skills. 430 COMPARATIVE FOLKLORE AND MYTHOLOGY (3) Major traditional and recessive elements in western civilization and culture from the time of an Indo-European unity to the present. Cross-cultural influences ; relationship of history , myth and Bible; universality of some mythological manifestations. Major schools of interpretation and tools of research. (See history 450) 440 THE ISLAMIC WORLD (3) Political , social and cultural history of the Arab, Persian, Turkish and Afro-Asian Islamic peoples from the 7th century to present. Major emphasis on post-World War II developments. (See history 440) 441 APPLIED CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (3) Application of anthropological insights to cross-cultural prob lems. Emphasis on: marriage customs, leadership patterns , political relations, indigenous movements, cu lture change, world view, etc. 442 CULTURE CHANGE (3) The study of how cultures change , the dynamics and process of change , the place of change agents and the speed and intensity of change. Implications of such processes are examined in social. political , economic and religious aspects of society. Prerequisite: 441. 443 CONTEMPORARY ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY (3) A survey of the assumptions social anthropo logists make con cerning the nature of society and cu lture and the explanations they have proposed for regularities in social behavior , values and belief systems. Approaches considered are processual analysis , transaction, ethnoscience, structure-function , structuralism and the historical method. 451 SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND CHURCH GROWTH (3) A basic understanding of church growth concepts as related both to the local congregations and to the task of worldwide evange lization. 454 INTRODUCTION TO CHURCH PLANTING (3) A study of the biblical imperative of church planting and its application to the western and non-western world. Special em phasis will be given to the role of the mother church in evangeli z ing its own "Jerusalem" through mother-daughter church plant ing. 457 URBAN EVANGELISM (3) The special problems and opportunities connected with the evangelization of the modern cities worldwide. 458 WORLD RELIGIONS (3) The distinctive features of the historical ethnic religions , with special emphasis on their compar ison and encounter with Christ ianity and their bearings upon missionary strategies.
stereotypes, cultural limitations and related topics. 340 CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIANITY (3)
A survey of the contemporary worldwide Christian movement, focusing on the obstacles and missiological issues that are chal lenges for missionaries and national church leaders. Prereq ui si tes: New testament 300 or permission. A study of the sound system of languages with emphasis on methods of reducing non-Indo-European languages to writing. Prerequisite: 312. 415, 416 GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS (3) Linguistic structure and patterning beyond the phonological level, concentration on analysis of grammatical and formal oppositions and their structural relationships. 421 DYNAMICS OF THE RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE (3) A treatment of conceptions of the supernatural , the function of religion in society, religion and social contro l, the nature of
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