Cross-Cultural Studies - Nyack College

Cross-Cultural Studies from Nyack College is a Campus Bachelor International studies degree that prepares you for a Science career. The Cross-Cultural Studies major is designed with the academic and professional equipping needed for international and intercultural service. The courses in this curriculum will acquaint students with the social, economic, religious, and cultural diversities of the world?s peoples and the principles of development and change that affect world cultures. Students in the Cross-Cultural Studies major will be equipped to work in a variety of cultural contexts, to cope with cultural changes, to communicate with people of other worldviews, and to understand those whose life situations have forced them to cross cultural lines. Relief and development work in overseas situations are possible contexts for vocational pursuits. Concentrations include Global Outreach, TESOL, Urban Context, Community Development, Leadership and Administration and Global Entrepreneur. Students in the Cross-Cultural Studies major are required to take one semester of immersion language school and a twelve-week internship internationally during the semester of their junior year and are encouraged to engage in various courses offered by Nyack College and its partners during their time at Nyack. Program Goals The Cross-Cultural Studies program seeks to impart to its majors: 1. Knowledge of Cross-Cultural Studies . This will be accomplished through cross-cultural studies courses and out-of-classroom learning venues sponsored or supported by the Cross-Cultural Studies program. 2. Skill in understanding, interpreting, applying and communicating with cross-cultural competencies. This will be accomplished directly through the capstone senior seminar course and indirectly through cross-cultural elective courses. 3. Conviction about the value of cross-cultural competencies and the relevance of contextualized service in the global community, believing the gospel as a message of hope for positive change. This will be accomplished directly through each major core course, and indirectly through elective courses and through interaction and advisement from the Cross-Cultural Studies faculty. Student Learning Goals By graduation, the Cross-Cultural Studies major?s knowledge, skills and convictions will reflect Nyack?s core values in the following way: Academically Excellent: Students will know foundational and scholarly research methods through which this knowledge is generated. This knowledge will be assessed through various written exams and scholarly papers assigned throughout the program and through a standardized exam in the senior year. Globally Engaged and Intentionally Diverse. Students will know and interact with historical, anthropological, cultural and theological study in all its global diversity . Students will also know how the Christian worldview compares and contrasts with competing worldviews in the global marketplace of ideas. This knowledge will be assessed through various written exams throughout the program and through a standardized exam during the senior year. Personally Transforming. Students will be able to communicate, whether in oral or written form, the ways in which they integrate program content into their personal and professional life. This ability will be assessed through various oral and written assignments, throughout the program that require this integration and through a professional interview in the senior year. Socially Relevant: Students will apply coursework to the concerns of the modern world, to think biblically in addressing contemporary problems, and to communicate how the gospel of Jesus Christ offers hope for positive change in the global community. These skills will prepare the students for humanitarian, ministerial, educational and other service professions. View more details on Nyack College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related International studies courses.