14 courses with the subject ICL, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
A study of biblical principles and methods for personal awareness, spiritual growth, character formation, discipleship, and equipping Christian believers for leadership in global business and non-profit organizations. The goal of this course is to equip students in spiritual formation practices in the context of intercultural leadership.
This course is a study of the theology of evangelism, missions, and the eternal destiny of humankind. In addition, contemporary and global issues in the theology of missions and outreach will be considered. The theological foundation established through this study will form a basis for developing a theologically motivated philosophy of ministry that has a clear goal of impacting the unreached peoples of the world.
This course is a study of the theology of leadership, vocation, and work as they relate to providing leadership in diverse ministry contexts. Students will be prepared to reflect biblically and theologically on leadership, vocation, and work in order to make wise personal decisions and to help others understand the relationship between work, ministry, and service in the Kingdom of God.
This course will prepare students to analyze the social and cultural factors influencing people's behavior and development in an era of globalization. Students will be equipped to analyze global contexts for the purpose of connecting with local people and meeting their needs.
This course is designed for students who plan to communicate across cultural barriers, both within North America as well as those who plan a career in a global setting. Verbal and nonverbal factors facilitate or impede effective communication in every encounter between persons of different cultures. The goal of this course is to prepare students to discern these factors and to develop skills that mitigate cultural barriers in communication, as well as excellent communication skills in an intercultural or global context.
Students will understand various components of multicultural teams such as how to build trust and resolve cross-cultural conflict. Emphasis is placed on building collective unity around a common vision and the leader's development of qualities and skills necessary to navigate a multicultural team.
This course is designed to equip the leader to understand, assess, and lead in a wide variety of cultural 112
This course examines management principles and practice for nonprofit organizations. Primary focus is given to Christ-focused leadership in a nonprofit environment, the motivation of staff and volunteers, the role of the founder and the board, and types and structures of nonprofit organizations. Additional focus is placed on interpersonal skills such as managing stress, problem solving, coaching and motivation of others, organizational culture as well as conflict resolution utilizing foundational Christian principles.
This course examines the process of building community relationships and helping communities analyze their context, identify priorities, and develop a plan of action for addressing key issues. The use of participatory community surveys, focus group discussions, project proposal writing, monitoring, budgeting, and sustainability will be discussed. Learning how to apply principles of servant leadership and demonstrate a Christian witness throughout the process is emphasized in this course.
This course examines systemic issues such as poverty, racism, and justice as they apply to Gospel Ministry in urban centers around the globe. Students will learn about relational discipleship and community engagement with the goal of transformative interaction with residents, multi-ethnic ministry and urban apologetics.
Discussed in this course will be the current macro and micro theories required to understand the world economy. Special emphasis is placed on the economic, cultural, legal, and political factors which influence the welfare of nations and the strategies of international businesses. Students will also explore the rules of international law that regulate transactions between parties and nations.
This course introduces the student to global health through a sociopolitical lens. Students will study social determinants of health, such as poverty, the global burden of disease, health equity, health governance, critical institutions, and international collaboration to improve health globally. This course will also explore the theological implications of poverty and global disease and the role of global health as a mission.
This course is designed as a minimum four-week immersion venture in a foreign country which allows the student to gain first-hand knowledge and experience of that country's civilization and culture alongside exposure to foreign language acquisition, global business strategies, governmental practices, international ministry programs, or non-government organizations. This course allows students to gain valuable hands- on experience from an international organization through an internship supervised by a mentor in a leadership position.
This capstone course is an integration of previous course work and personal research.
Source: Williamson Christian College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
