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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Designed to allow intensive investigation of a limited period or topic in history; subjects to be offered are reviewed annually. A minimum of three courses are offered each year, the titles to be announced each spring.
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3.00 Credits
Offered to selected majors at the invitation of the department with a view toward developing a program leading to consideration for departmental honors. Students interested in being considered for such a program should contact the department chair at any time during the junior year or at the beginning of the fall semester in the senior year.
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2.00 Credits
An introduction to the causes and consequences of global poverty, hunger, and underdevelopment in our increasingly interdependent and resource-scarce world. Examination of the historical roots of global inequities and globalization, and the multiple challenges faced by the Global South that grow out of these. Topics covered include: food production, population, education, economics, politics and culture, natural resources, conflict, and global health. An interdisciplinary perspective and biblical principles anchor this course that also approaches these issues from the perspective of the Global South. Open to all students. Diversity course. (2 credits)
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3.00 Credits
Selected topics from the following: technology and the environment, appropriate technology, and community development. Seminar format with guest lecturers and student presentations. Prerequisites depend on topic. (2-4 credits)
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3.00 Credits
A practical preparation of HNGR Program interns for participatory research and cross-cultural living and service. Emphasis in research is on design and implementation of qualitative and quantitative research methods in actual field settings, including roles, rapport, ethics, cultural adaptations, field notes, and write-up. Emphasis in orientation is on cross-cultural adjustment, including approaches, responses, psychological adaptation, relationship-building, communication, health, and Christian witness. Open to outgoing HNGR interns only. Course fee, $225.
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3.00 Credits
Supervised directed reading and reflection, done as part of the HNGR field internship that addresses selected themes in global Christian thought and practice, including poverty and powerlessness, justice and reconciliation, community and community development, and brokenness and healing. Open to HNGR interns only.
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3.00 Credits
Evaluation and integration of the student's field experience in the Global South, applying theories of socioeconomic change, intercultural communication, and Christian worldview, and an analysis of alternative models of holistic development. Open to returned HNGR interns only. Course fee, $325. (2)
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
Directed reading and research or internship projects. (2-4 credits)
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3.00 Credits
Supervised field experience through a six-month internship in the Global South, generally with a Christian organization involved in holistic development. The program of study is designed to meet the particular interests and needs of the student, host organization, and community in which the internship is conducted. (4-8)
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4.00 Credits
This capstone course provides the Interdisciplinary Studies major the opportunity for integration by means of interaction with other IDS majors. The seminar requires full participation of students through daily reading, writing, speaking, and listening-conducted according to a central theme and common texts, drawing upon the students' varied academic experiences. An integrative research project is mandatory-one that is qualitative, quantitative, or creative, depending upon the major's program of study. Required of all IDS majors, and only offered in the spring semester, it should be taken just prior to graduation. (4 credit
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