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3.00 Credits
Practical learning experience to apply understanding and skills of reconciliation studies in a real-world setting. Prerequisites: RES201; major in reconciliation studies; junior or senior standing.
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4.00 Credits
Prepares students to use the lenses of Christ-centered biblical "reconciliation" theology, criticalthinking, multicultural perspectives, social change analysis, and conflict resolution skills for leadership in the work of reconciliation in society. Students study theoretical underpinnings of reconciliation studies and leadership models of reconciliation practice. A service-learning component is required. Prerequisite: RES201; senior standing.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of human needs with attention paid to the cultural perspectives and reality of those populations in need. Study of social, cultural, political, spiritual, environmental, and economic forces that shape human needs. Emphasis on those models with holistic ministry responses that are participatory and culturally contextualized. General models and findings are contextualized through the intensive study of a particular cultural group outside the majority culture(s) found in North America and Europe. Prerequisites: GES130 or GES145, 146.
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3.00 Credits
Experientially based introduction to the religious, ethnic, and economic diversity of urban life. Formal and informal interrelationships of people living in the urban environment and various models for approaching urban ministry. Students explore the reality of living in urban life through intensive study of and interaction with a specific cultural group that lies outside the majority culture(s) found in North America. Students are encouraged to understand their own feelings and social roles. Prerequisites: GES130 or GES145, 146.
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3.00 Credits
Sociological study of how regional and worldwide political, economic, and social structures, along with broader historical events, impact local communities in Guatemala. Exploration of holistic development in these communities, with special emphasis placed on those models that are participatory and culturally contextualized. Case studies are drawn from Guatemala. Prerequisites: Must be enrolled in Bethel's Guatemala Term program; GES130 or GES145, 146; Contemporary Western Life and Thought (L) course or GES245; World Cultures (U) course.
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4.00 Credits
Qualitative methodologies in the social sciences, with a particular focus in ethnographic field technologies. Interview and observation skills through field work in the Twin Cities area. Prerequisite: World Cultures (U) course.
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4.00 Credits
Study of quantifying social life to answer research questions. Focus on structuring of inquiry (research design, conceptualization, measurement, sampling), modes of quantitative observation (experiments, survey research, content analysis, evaluation research), analysis of data (univariate, bivariate, and multivariate statistics), and research ethics. Students participate in actual quantitative research. Prerequisite: PSY230M.
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4.00 Credits
Process of theory formation in the social sciences and concern with the relations between epistemology, analysis, and theory formation. Prerequisite: One anthropology, sociology, or sociocultural studies course.
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3.00 Credits
Comparative analysis of the social and cultural nature of the modern mission enterprise, its history and development, structure, and dynamics. Introduction to principles of missiology. Exploration and analysis of the intercultural nature of missions, with particular attention paid to the contribution of both first- and third-world participants. Prerequisites: GES130 or GES145, 146; Contemporary Western Life and Thought (L) course or GES245; World Cultures (U) course.
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4.00 Credits
An intensive experience of living and communicating in another culture for a minimum of two months in Guatemala. Student is fully immersed in the culture as much as possible and is guided by a mentor from the host culture. Graded on a S/U basis. Students may receive credit for only one of the following: SCS385, SCS387, or SCS389. Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in Bethel's Guatemala Term program.
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