Global Studies

For Entrance into MA in Global Studies program

There are no additional entrance requirements beyond the admission requirements. See Academic Calendar for details.

Program Tracks

• Missiology
  • 60 credit hours – Gain the historical knowledge and basic theoretical and practical training needed to serve cross-culturally.
• TESOL
• 60 credit hours – Develop the skills required to teach English to speakers of other languages. Receive training in linguistic theory and pedagogy, as well as gaining hands-on experience teaching English.
• TTESOL
  • 60 credit hours – Enrich your English teaching skills by taking the next step toward teaching those desiring to teach English to speakers of other languages. Gain the training necessary to teach TESOL by improving your knowledge in sociolinguistics and the development of language curriculum.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please look to the Academic Calendar for full information and course lists. If there are discrepancies between the information listed here and in the Academic Calendar, the Academic Calendar is definitive.

Missiology Major

• Worldview and Culture
• Mission Theology
• The Growth of the Church

TESOL Major

• Morphology & Phonology
• Applied Linguistics II: Syntax
• Second Language Acquisitions

TTESOL Major

• Language Teacher Education
• Language Curriculum Development
• Assessment, Placement & Evaluation in TESOL

Daryl Climenhaga, D.Miss. (Program Coordinator)
Associate Professor of Global Studies

Catherine Rust-Akinbolaji, M.A. UC Dean;
Assistant Professor of TESOL; MLI Director

Elfrieda Lepp-Kaethler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of TESOL

Graduates build careers in global missions, pastoral ministry, senior administration, TESOL placements, and cross-cultural ministry settings. Others pursue doctoral studies.