Graduate Program – Cook School of Intercultural Studies

Biola University is pleased to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Cook School of Intercultural Studies

Mark met his first non-English speaking friends in second grade, and immediately fell in love with language. After teaching English in South America, Mark decided to return to the U.S. and now teaches English to students from all over the world.

From her very first missions trip to Mexico, Susan knew that she wanted to learn more about other cultures and languages. Today she is able to apply what she learned at SICS to a new mission field: her own community.

Ivan works as a Director of International Student Services and has focused primarily on inner city missions across the U.S. including Milwaukee, Queens NY, Chicago and Houston.

Sharon's experience teaching English in Africa was challenging. Today, she is equipping herself at SICS and excited to return to the mission field.

Heather has travelled the world. Her experiences in Egypt, China and Vietnam fueled her passion to learn more about other cultures and her decision to come to SICS and teach English as a second language today.

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Admission Deadlines

ProgramFallSpring
MA Linguistics and Biblical LanguagesMar. 31—
Ph.D.Apr. 15Oct. 15
D.Miss.Apr. 15Oct. 15
Certificate and other MA programsJul. 1Dec. 1

News

TESOL Professor to Speak at Urbana '09

Dr. Katherine Purgason, Associate Professor of TESOL, is scheduled to present "Teaching English: A Strategic Opportunity in Missions" during the upcoming Urbana '09 Conference. Urbana '09 is the missions conference for North American students hosted by Intervarsity Christian Fellowship/USA and Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada.

Cook School Announces A New Publication: "The Great Commission Research Journal"

Published by Cook School of Intercultural Studies, the journal is an academic journal devoted to research and scholarly thinking related to effective church growth and evangelism.

Cook School of ICS Restructures

The Cook School of Intercultural Studies has reorganized itself into four distinct departments, and restructured its faculty and leadership accordingly.

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Alumni Features

Jee-Eun

Teaching ESL full-time at UC Irvine, Jee-Eun (2002 graduate) still relies on a course she took as part of her Biola M.A. TESOL studies.

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Heather Kooiman

Heather thought that she would earn her masters and continue in inner city missions for the rest of her career. What she didn’t expect is that Biola’s School of Intercultural Studies exposed her to something she was familiar with, but had never considered for herself: global missions.

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