Overview

In addition to meeting the Bible/Theology major outcomes, the student will be equipped in:

1. Cross-cultural Adjustment
   Students will demonstrate the ability to adjust successfully to a foreign culture by: overcoming culture shock, making measurable progress in language-learning, bonding with foreign nationals, and adjusting to life and ministry abroad.
2. Cross-cultural Communication
   Students will demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate the Gospel cross-culturally by: understanding cultural and religious contexts, performing ethnographic cultural research, synthesizing ethnographic research into a worldview, evangelizing and discipling cross-culturally, and producing a contextualized Gospel message.
3. Cross-cultural Leadership
   Students will demonstrate the ability to lead cross-culturally by: applying New Testament Church principles to Christian communities, evaluating controversial missiological issues and formulating their personal stance, demonstrating servant leadership and solving problems inherent in cross-cultural situations.

1. Complete the freshman year at Emmaus with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0.
2. Declare intent to pursue a major in Intercultural Studies.
3. At the beginning of the sophomore year, apply for entrance into the Intercultural Studies program.
4. During the spring semester of the sophomore year, make application for the Intercultural Studies internship program.
5. Pay all applicable fees for this major as determined by the Business office and published in the annual statement of fees.

1. Complete a minimum of 120.5 semester credit hours.
2. A 2.0 cumulative grade point average and a passing grade in all required courses.
3. At least 60 semester credit hours must be earned at Emmaus.
4. Complete the general graduation requirements listed in the Academic Life section of the catalog.
5. Meet course requirements in the following areas: