Intercultural Studies (Major/Minor)

Engage with God’s redemptive mission in the world and reflect critically and productively on the Church’s kingdom activity.

Explore other cultures with a curious and humble posture that seeks to understand and serve. The courses balance theory and practice, teaching both collaborative and critical thinking to help you identify and use your diverse spiritual gifts, passions, talents, and skills to impact the world.

Core courses draw from missiology, Christian ministry, anthropology, biblical studies, and communication. You can choose electives to shape the major towards your own interests and goals.

Intercultural Studies Degrees

  • BA in Intercultural Studies
  • Minor in Intercultural Studies
  • Degree
  • Minor

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Build Skills In: 

  • Mission theology and strategy 
  • Cultural anthropology 
  • Poverty alleviation 
  • Intercultural communication 
  • Leadership development 
  • Unreached peoples 
  • Global theology 
  • World religions 

Career Opportunities: 

  • Missions, evangelism and discipleship 
  • Community development 
  • Counter-human trafficking 
  • Teaching English (TESOL) 
  • Orphans/vulnerable children ministry 
  • Refugee services 
  • Youth ministry/Christian camps 
  • Education, dorm parent, school counselor 
  • Sports outreach, coach, chaplain 
  • Social entrepreneurship 
  • Film and media production 
  • Bible translation, literacy training 
  • Ethnomusicology 
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Cross-Cultural Requirement

Taylor offers many cross-cultural study and service experiences that will give you valuable real-world experience. You may also seek out cross-cultural service opportunities closer to home, through local ministries that reach out to different communities.

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Lighthouse Service Trips
Academic J-term Trips
Semester Study Abroad

Ready for a Career or Graduate School

Intercultural Studies students pursue a variety of careers in intercultural or international contexts. If you are planning to continue your studies in graduate school, the Intercultural Studies program will prepare you through exposure to key missiological scholarship, primary sources, intercultural competencies, and a capstone service-learning ethnographic research course. 

Intercultural Studies Curriculum Guides & Degree Options

Students interested in course descriptions and academic policies can check out our Undergraduate Catalog.

A Taylor liberal arts education will prepare you to live and work in a fast-changing world. It also goes a step further: laying a strong spiritual foundation that cultivates wisdom. You’ll become a well-versed individual, equipped with critical thinking skills, a lifelong love of learning, and an appreciation for God’s creation.

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Double Major Opportunity

Majors that complement Intercultural Studies include Christian Ministries, Youth Ministry, Biblical Literature, Orphans and Vulnerable Children, Sustainable Development, TESOL, Public Health, Nursing, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Computer Science, Film and Media Arts, or Global Studies. Ask your academic advisor to help guide you in these choices. 

Minor in Intercultural Studies

With an Intercultural Studies minor, you’ll study mission theology and strategy, cultural anthropology, missions history, unreached peoples and world religions. The minor pairs well with all majors listed above. 

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Related Majors

Intercultural Studies is part of the Biblical Studies, Christian Ministries, Intercultural Studies & Philosophy Department

Contact
Jennifer Collins
Associate Professor of Intercultural Studies

765-998-4542
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Contact
Elissa Bennett
Biblical Studies, Christian Ministries, Intercultural Studies & Philosophy Program Assistant

765-998-5148
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