Culture encompasses our habits, our lifestyle, our language-it shapes who we are has humans. The intercultural studies minor exposes students to cultural contexts other than their own. Students learn central elements of understanding and working in diverse and different cultural environments.

Courses for the intercultural studies minor discuss many of the topics that are enveloped in culture: religion, political science, geography, sociology, theology and communication.

This minor provides supplemental knowledge and training for professional, social science and humanities majors, preparing students for careers in human services, nonprofit and business leadership, missions and Christian ministry in culturally diverse communities.

REQUIRED COURSES (6 COURSES, 20-21 UNITS)

• GEOG-320 Cultural Geography (3)
• PS-420 International Politics and Organizations (3)
• REL -418 Culture, Religion and the Church (3)
• or REL-460 Religions of the World (4)
• SOC -300 Cultural Anthropology (3)

Select one of the following:

• REL -452 Christianity in the Non-Western World (4)
• THEO -365 Current Perspectives on Mission (3)
• THEO -445 Biblical Foundations of Mission (4)
• THEO -447 Theology of the Human Person (4)

Select one of the following:

• COM-400 Intercultural Communication (3)
• SOC -310 Cultural Communities of California (3)
• SOC -410 American Ethnicity and Pluralism (3)