Intercultural-Interfaith Leadership Minor

Intercultural-Interfaith Leadership Minor

BECOME A CROSS-CULTURAL, CROSS-RELIGION BRIDGE BUILDER WITH THE INTERCULTURAL-INTERFAITH LEADERSHIP MINOR

Today professionals in various sectors–healthcare, law, business, education, NGO's, government service, public policy, and beyond –are beginning to recognize the need to address the religious/spiritual dimensions of their work. As an Interfaith Leadership Minor, you’ll learn how to serve more compassionately and effectively, contributing to the evolution of a more inclusive and just society.

Our interdisciplinary program will provide you with a set of competencies and perspectives to begin understanding the stakes of our religiously diverse world. In small, discussion-based classes, guided by our world-renowned faculty, you learn how to be a force for cooperation in our polarized world. 

You will graduate well-equipped to make an impact in whatever career you pursue.

 

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Intercultural-Interfaith Leadership, Minor

Requirements

Required Core Course

The following course and Engaged Learning component is required

  • Intercult-Interfaith Ldshp (3 units)
  • Interfaith Leadership EL (1 units)

Breadth Requirement

Take one of the following courses. ANTH 373 requires permission of the instructor if the student does not have the usual prerequisites.

  • Intro to Social & Cultrl Anth (4 units)
  • Anthropology of Religion (4 units)
  • Introduction to Ethnic Studies (4 units)

Communication Requirement

Take one of the following courses.

  • Intercultural Communication (4 units)
  • Interpersonal Communication (3 units)
  • International Communication (4 units)

Leadership Requirement

Take one of the following courses

  • Advanced Leadership Theory (3 units)
  • Managing & Leading Organizatns (4 units)
  • Groups/Organizations/Societies (4 units)

Elective

Take electives from the following list to reach at least 18 total units for the minor.

  • Revolutionary Mvmt Mod China (3 units)
  • Ethnic Ident & Cnflct in China (4 units)
  • Theories of Justice (4 units)

Elective by permission of program

The following courses may be allowed as an elective only with permission of the Intercultural-Interfaith Leadership Minor program director to ensure that they do not overlap with the Theological Understanding Core Curriculum requirement.

  • Judaism (3 units)
  • Islam: Beliefs and Practices (3 units)
  • Asian Religions (3 units)
  • Hinduism (3 units)
  • Buddhism (3 units)

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Interfaith Opportunities

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