Department of Intercultural Studies
FACULTY Professor: Yamamori (chairman) Associate Professors: Corwin, Kraft, Murphy Assistant Professor: Liao
Objectives: The objectives of the Intercultural Studies Department are to enable every student to demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the theological, historical, sociological , anthropological and linguistic issues of the cross-cultural communication of the gospel; to enable every student to demonstrate a personal responsibility to the mandate given by the Lord Jesus Christ to make disciples of every nation; to enable every student to understand man and culture, to increase his or her understanding of linguistic and cultural diversity, to relate more meaningfully to peoples with a different linguistic and cultural background, and to be encouraged to analyze and understand intercultural problems and develop Christian perspectives toward these problems; to enable every student completing the major to demonstrate competency as a career missionary in the areas of theology, sociology, history, anthropology and linguistics as they relate to missions; to make available an information center which will answer inquiries concerning missions; to demonstrate that all those in the department are obedient to the Lord, as evidenced by the fruit of the Spirit in their lives, so that they will carry out His program of discipling all peoples. Department Major: This major is an interdisciplinary one and consists of 30 units , of which 24 must be upper-division. ICS 300, 311, 451 , 452, 462, and 468 are required. ICS 468 may be taken as Theology 468 . The remaining units of the major are electives and may be selected from any of the intercultural studies courses or a wide choice of courses from other departments. The rationale for these ICS elective units must be presented in writing, approved and on file with the Intercultural Studies Department at the beginning of the junior year or upon declaration of the major. This rationale may be reviewed at each registration time . 300 GENERAL CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (3) 321 PEOPLES OF ETHNIC AMERICA (3) Nature of culture; cultural growth and history; the range A study of non-caucasian ethnic groups in America in the of cultural phenomena, including material culture, social light of their historical and socio-cultural background and organization, religion, language, and related topics . their interactive relationships with mainstream American. Includes fieldwork. 311 GENERAL LINGUISTICS (3) Descriptive and historical study of language; linguistic 411 PHONOLOGY (3) analysis, language classifications, language and its Properties of phonological systems; feature and cultural and social settings.
component analysis; emphasis on methods of reducing non-Indo-European languages to writing. Prerequisites:
312 PHONETICS (3)
311 and 312.
The science of the articulate sounds of human speech; the classification, reproduction and the proper recording of speech sounds; principles of phonetic change.
415, 416 MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX (3,3) Structure of words and the combination of words into sentences; principles of identification of morphemes and
314 LANGUAGE LEARNING (3)
syntactic devices. Prerequisite: 311 .
Application of linguistics in learning to speak a second language . Focus on the language learner, techniques for language learning, evaluation of materials, organization of materials, evaluation of progress. Practical experience with a non-European language. Prerequisite: 311 or 312.
421 RELIGION IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVE (3)
Religion (emphasis on non-Western) from an anthropological perspective. Prerequisite: 300 or 320.
424 BIBLE TRANSLATION (3)
317, 318 INTERMEDIATE SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL
The scientific approach to translation; the fundamental procedures of translating; principles for resolving the problems faced in Bible translation. Focus on developing
LANGUAGE (4, 4)
Study of a particular non-Western language designed to give oral competence equivalent to the second year of formal study. Languages offered are dependent on audiolingual-oriented course material and native-speaking
practical skills. Prerequisites: 300 and 311.
433 CHRISTIANITY AND CULTURE (3)
students' availability. Prerequisites: 315 and 316.
Inter-relationships between supracultural Christianity and
huma_n cultures. Prerequisite: 300.
320 PEOPLES OF THE WORLD (3)
Specific area studies with emphasis on customs, arts, history, religion, social structures. One or more sections offered every year in areas such as: Africa , Asia, the Americas, the South Pacific, Europe. May be repeated
441 APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY (3)
Application of anthropological insights to cross-cultural problems. Emphasis on: marriage customs, leadership patterns, political relations, indigenous movements, culture change, world view, etc. Prerequisite: 300.
with different course content.
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