World Missions Department

Cross-Cultural Adult Education is an interdisciplinary degree that combines missiological principles with pedagogy to adults (adragogy) to prepare students to teach and lead adult education programs. This major enables the student to enter creative access countries with marketable skill in the planning and implementation of adult education programs.

Students learn to research, design, plan, and implement adult education programs on a wide continuum based on cross-cultural knowledge and detailed ethnographic study. These programs can be in such areas as business training classes, health education, literacy programs, AIDS prevention training, English as a foreign language programs, computer literacy, and physical exercise classes. Students also prepare to assist mission agencies in the planning of leadership development programs, Theological Education by Extension programs, and the development of Bible Institutes.

This major prepares the student for immediate deployment as a cross-cultural adult educator. Students who minor in TESOL would find immediate opportunities available through ELIC and other English language organizations. This major also provides a training track for students preparing to enter ethnic ministries within the United States. Such cross-cultural ministry training prepares students to design and provide viable community service within the ethnic community such as ESL or GED completion.

** Please note: This program description is for students entering Toccoa Falls College in the 2012-2013 catalog year.

GENERAL EDUCATION – 69 hours

BIBLE & THEOLOGY – 30 hours

BIB 213	Hermeneutics
BMI 213	Theology of Missions
BMI 473	Power Encounter
BSF 103	Foundations for Spiritual Formation
NTE 103	Introduction to the New Testament
NTE ___	New Testament Elective
OTE 103	Introduction to the Old Testament
OTE ___	Old Testament Elective
SYT 303	Introduction to Theology
3 hours of Theology Elective from SYT or THE

HUMANITIES – 18 hours

COM 113	Introduction to Communication
ENG 113	Freshman Composition I
ENG 123	Freshman Composition II
HUM 103	Western Thought & Culture
PHY 113	Introduction to Philosophy or  Language*
3 hours 200- or 300-level Literature Elective from AML or ENG except ENG 201, 243, 393

*World Missions Department highly recommends its students take at least one semester of a language; however, students with TESOL Minor must elect SPN 113 or FRN 113.

SOCIAL SCIENCES – 12 hours

ANT 203	Cultural Anthropology
ICS 323	World Religions
PSY 113	General Psychology
3 hours History Elective

COMPUTER, SCIENCE, & MATHEMATICS – 9 hours

SCI 113	Scientific Literacy or other science elective
3 hours Mathematics Elective
3 hours Elective from BIO, CHM, CSC, PHS, MAT or SCI

MAJOR – 43 hours

WMD Core  (14 hours)

ANT 323	Applied Ethnography
ANT 363	Religious Belief Systems
ANT 372	Sociolinguistics
ANT 483	Anthropology Research Project
ICS 113	Gifts, Guidance, & Goals

Adult Education Core (29 hours)

CAE 213	Introduction to Adult Education
CAE 313	Planning & Administration of Adult Education
CAE 323	Adult Teaching Practice
CAE 352	Adult Education Internship
CAE 493	Adult Education Strategy Project
EDU 323	Educational Psychology
ICS 333	Small Group Ministries
ICS 433	CE in Other Cultures
ICS 443	Cross-Cultural Storytelling
LIM 423	Change, Conflict, and Organizational Culture

MINOR or OPEN ELECTIVES – 15 hours

TOTAL = 127 hours

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