The topics emphasis enables students to investigate different cultures from various perspectives and disciplines. Through interdisciplinary courses, students develop understandings, skills of interpretation and experiences of other cultures.

Courses for this program rely on perspectives from other disciplines: theology, geography, history, business, lieterature, music, political science, religion, sociology and Spanish languages and cultures.

A bachelor's degree in intercultural studies with an emphasis in topics provides graduates with a solid foundation for a variety of careers in culturally and ethnically diverse settings--locally and abroad. 

REQUIRED COURSES (4 UNITS)

• THEO-430 Contemporary Theologies (4)
• or THEO-447 Theology of the Human Person (4)

ELECTIVES (15-18 UNITS)
Select five courses in consultation with the program director to meet individual needs and interests.

• GEOG-330 Urban Geography (3)
• HIST-410 Latin American History and Religious Thought (4)
• INTB-370 International Business (3)
• or INTB-460 International Finance and Banking (3)
• LIT-440 Spanish Literature (3)
• LIT-445 Latin American Literature (3)
• LIT-448 Multicultural Literature (3)
• MUS-352 Music History and World Music since 1900 (4)
• 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)
• REL-320 Introduction to the Mennonite Arts (4)
• SOC-310 Cultural Communities of California (3)
• SOC-410 American Ethnicity and Pluralism (3)
• SPAN-310 Literary Spanish: Prose (3)
• SPAN-315 Literary Spanish: Poetry (3)
• SPAN-330 Latin American Thought: Readings in Spanish (3)
• THEO-365 Current Perspectives on Missions (3)
• THEO-425 Theological Ethics and the Environment (4)
• THEO-447 Theology of the Human Person (4)
• THEO-465 Theological Ethics of Conflict and Peacemaking (4)