M.A. in Intercultural Studies Program Tracks
Children and Youth at Risk
Track
Children and youth in North America and around the world are increasingly at risk with the rise in homelessness, gangs, the drug culture, child prostitution,
child soldiers and orphans. Through a combination of counseling and intercultural courses, as well as strategic internship, the student will gain a foundation for and competence in this important ministry.
The program requires at least 60 semester hours of coursework:
Spiritual formation studies: 6 hours
SFS 501 Learning to Love God and Others (2)
SFS 502 Practicing Prayer and Other Key Disciplines (2)
SFS 504 Growing into Ethical Maturity (2)
Biblical interpretation studies: 14 hours
DBS 516 Survey of Learning to Interpret Scripture (2)
BLS 501 Interpreting Genesis to Song of Solomon (4)
BLS 502 Interpreting the Prophets to Gospels (4)
BLS 503 Interpreting Acts to Revelation (4)
Theological studies: 10 hours
THS 501 Knowing the Triune God: Theology I (4)
THS 502 Glorifying the God of our Salvation: Theology II (4)
THS 503 Living as the Community of the Spirit: Theology III (2)
Intercultural foundation studies: 8 hours
DIS 501 Communicating Christ in Culture (2)
DIS 505 Biblical Theology of Mission .(2)
DIS 506 Applied Cultural Analysis .(2)
DIS 508 Applied Anthropology (2)
Specialization studies: 8 hours
DIS 524 Foundations: Children/Youth at Risk (2)
Restricted electives—Select 6 hours from among the following:
CNS 507 Human Life Span Development (3)
CNS 542 Child Assessment and Treatment (1)
CNS 546 Counseling Adolescents (1)
CNS 562J Healing Children through Non-Directive Play (2)
DIS 562G Philosophy/Models: Children/Youth at Risk American Context (2)
DIS 562J Theological Issues of Children/Youth At Risk (2)
DIS 562L Intervention Strategies for Children/Youth At Risk (2)
DIS 562N Church, Mission and Children/Youth At Risk (2)
YMS 501 Understanding Adolescent Development (1)
Restricted electives: 6 hours
Choose from DIS or TSL electives: 6 hours
Concentration internship: 8 hours
DIS 500 Discovering and Developing Ministry Potential (2)
DIS 534 Adapting Cross-Culturally (2)
DIS 531 Intercultural Ministry Internship (4)
Total: 60 hours
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