President Clyde Cook
Under whose leadership the School of Intercultural Studies was formed

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The Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies is designed for those anticipating crosscultural careers and who desire training skills associated with intercultural communication and service.

Admission Requirements

• All students must possess a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with a 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
  
  
• Graduates from approved unaccredited colleges may be required to take certain additional liberal arts course work (not applicable toward the graduate degree), if their undergraduate program did not include these courses.
  
  
• Those without intercultural/missions or Bible/theology background may have additional coursework added to their program.
  
  
• All applicants must submit a written statement outlining their vocational objectives and how the degree will relate to those objectives. Applicants should attach a one-page, typewritten letter to the application.
  
  
• All applicants are required to submit three letters of reference on forms supplied by the school.
  
  
• All applicants are required to submit official transcripts of all previous schools attended.
  
  

The application deadline for the fall semester is August 1 and for the spring semester January 1. Applications may be submitted after this deadline (late application fee is $55) but will be considered and processed only if space is available and time allows.

Program Requirements

• 18 units of required courses consisting of: ISCL 546; 751; 503 or 560 or 702; 520 or 622; 501 or 725; 721 or 727 or 744 or 765
  
  
• 6 units of Bible/theology.
  
  
• 18 units of advisor-approved electives. Students are encouraged to choose a combination of electives most suitable for their career goals. Students may choose to focus electives in areas of specialization such as anthropology, missiology, crosscultural education, Bible and theology, Bible translation, linguistics, TESOL, church planting, crosscultural healthcare, urban ministries, etc.
  
  
• Students who have not previously taken a course in cultural anthropology will be required to take ISCL 640 as a required elective.
  
  
• Students who are not proficient in a second language will also be required to take ISAL 520 or 655 as a required elective. (Proficiency standards for a second language will be determined by the MA advisor in consultation with intercultural studies faculty.
  
  
• Successfully pass a comprehensive examination at the culmination of all coursework.
  
  
• Maintain a 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
  
  

To request more information about this and other programs, use our Information Request Form.

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