Department of lntercultural Studies
FACULTY Professor: Yamamori (chairman) Associate Professors: Corwin, Kraft, Kwast, Murphy
Objectives: The objectives of the lntercultural 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. JCS 300, 311, 451 , 452, 462 , and 468 are required. !CS 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 JCS 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.
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 interactive relationships with mainstream American. Includes fieldwork. 411 PHONOLOGY (3) Properties of phonological systems; feature and component analysis; emphasis on methods of reducing non-Indo European languages to writing. Prerequisites: 311 and 312. 415, 416 MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX (3,3) Structure of words and the combination of words into sentences; principles of identification of morphemes and syntactic devices. Prerequisite: 311. 421 RELIGION IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE (3) Religion (emphasis on non-Western) from an anthropological perspective. Prerequisite: 300 or 320. 424 BIBLE TRANSLATION (3) The scientific approach to translation; the fundamental procedures of translating; principles for resolving the problems faced in Bible translation . Focus on developing practical skills. Prerequisites: 300 and 311. 433 CHRISTIANITY AND CULTURE (3) Inter-relationships between supracultural Christianity and human cultures. Prerequisite: 300. 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.
300 GENERAL CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (3) Nature of culture; cultural growth and history; the range of cultural phenomena, including material culture, 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 science of the articulate sounds of human speech; the classification, reproduction and the proper recording of speech sounds; principles of phonetic change. 314 LANGUAGE LEARNING (3) 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. 317, 318 INTERMEDIATE SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL 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 students' availability. Prerequisites: 315 and 316. 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 with different course content.
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