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.
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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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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.
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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May Young
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Biblical Studies
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Elissa Bennett
Biblical Studies, Christian Ministries, Intercultural Studies & Philosophy Department Program Assistant
