Intercultural Studies - Mission/Service Emphasis

Parent Program: 
Intercultural Studies
Overview & Highlights: 

The missions/service emphasis builds on core concepts of the intercultural studies major and prepares students for work and service throughout the world.

Highlights:

  • Courses build theological and economic frameworks for working across cultures
  • Elective courses allow students to focus on mission, urban issues, international business and community facilitation in other cultures or multicultural environments
What can I do with this degree? (Our Graduates): 

This emphasis prepares students for a variety of career and service opportunities in cultural contexts other than their own, including cross-cultural missions, social action, international relations and internal policy-making as it relates to cultural/ethnic issues.

Further Information: 

INTERCULTURAL EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT
Students have an opportunity to experience a culture other than that with which they are already familiar. This requirement may be satisfied by participating in one of the study abroad programs offered by the university, by completing an Intercultural focus s eries or through an equivalent experience approved by the program director.

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT
Students are required to complete two semesters of language, or equivalent, in addition to general education requirements.

Degree Course Listings: 

REQUIRED COURSES (14 UNITS)

  • INTB-370 International Business (3)
  • or PS-425 Global Economics and Sustainable Development (3)
  • THEO -365 Current Perspectives on Mission (3)
  • THEO -430 Contemporary Theologies (4)
  • or THEO-447 Theology of the Human Person (4)
  • THEO -445 Biblical Foundations of Mission (4)

ELECTIVES (9-12 UNITS)
Select three courses in consultation with the program director to meet individual needs and interests. COM-420 and REL-452 are recommended.

  • BLIT-310-349 Choose in consultation with the program director (3)
  • BIOL-310L Ecology (4)
  • BUS-365 Business Ethics (3)
  • COM-420 Conflict Management and Resolution (3)
  • GEOG-330 Urban Geography (3)
  • HIST -410 Latin American History and Religious Thought (4)
  • MIN-357 Christian Leadership and Administration (4)
  • MIN-360 The Church in an Urban World (3)
  • MIN-375 Discipleship and Evangelism (2)
  • MIN-379 Spiritual Formation (2)
  • PS-412 Modern Africa: History, Politics and Culture (3)
  • PS-414 Modern Asia: History, Politics and Culture (3)
  • PS-416 Modern Middle East: History, Politics and Culture (3)
  • PS-430 America in a Global Community (4)
  • REL -452 Christianity in the Non-Western World (4)
  • SW-410 Working with Groups (3)
  • SW-420 Becoming a Change Agent (3)
  • THEO -370 Expansion of the Christian Faith (3)
  • THEO -425 Theological Ethics and the Environment (4)
  • THEO -430 Contemporary Theologies (4)
  • THEO -465 Theological Ethics of Conflict and Peacemaking (4)

 

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