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Top News |
First Intercollegiate Athlete Signs to Play for CIU Rams SoccerClick here to read the full story. |
History In The Making
We are embarking on one of the most exciting chapters in the history of CIU. For the first time in 89 years, CIU will field our first intercollegiate athletic teams in fall 2012. Why athletics at CIU? It fits with our purpose of educating people from a biblical worldview to impact the nations with the message of Christ. Imagine the outreach that student-athletes and coaches can have both at home and abroad using the platform of athletics to share the good news of Jesus Christ
Our Sports
Fall 2012 marks the beginning of an aggressive five-year plan introducing intercollegiate athletics at CIU.
Our League
CIU will compete in the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA), whose mission is to use athletic competition as an integral component of education, evangelism, and encouragement.
Our Mascot
The ram was chosen as the CIU mascot for its strength and its biblical significance. Not only are rams known as ferocious defenders of their territory and their flock, the ram is a symbol of God's provision - a foreshadowing of Christ's sacrifice on the cross.
CIU Rams Club
Click here for more information on becoming a founding member of the CIU Rams Club!
Moore Fitness Center
Cheryl Guinther is the communications coordinator for the Alumni Ministries Office of Columbia International University. She serves alumni with genuine personal care and a professional approach developed over years as an executive administrative assistant and missionary. Cheryl worked over six years for a Christian financial management company providing client-care to seniors. As a missionary with Brethren in Christ World Missions in Zambia, Africa, Cheryl managed a mission guesthouse, served with a church team taking the “Jesus Film” to outlying villages, and started a “Reading Room” ministry to help street children return to school. For the last five years, she has been a mentor in the Missions Development Program for Brethren in Christ World Missions. Cheryl and her husband, Peter, moved to Columbia from Mechanicsburg, Penn. in August of 2010 so that Peter could complete his Master of Divinity degree at CIU. She enjoys reading, gardening, volunteering at a women’s shelter, and the close fellowship with her neighbors in the CIU Village.
Cheryl’s favorite Scripture verse is Romans 13:8.
Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Master of Arts (Intercultural Studies)
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The MA (Intercultural Studies) provides you with a focused knowledge of the tools and techniques needed to study cultures other than your own. It prepares you to engage in research and analysis which is informed by those disciplines and contributes to the ministry of those engaged in work among new ethnic and cultural groups.
Available through AccessCIU!
The courses below are available in intensive and/or online format. Click on a course number for all available formats. Course materials are available at the CIU Bookstore.
Programs for Students with or without Previous Bible Training
Each degree program is offered in two formats:
- Program 1 for college or university graduates with no previous studies in Bible or theology, and
- Program 2 for Bible college graduates or college graduates who have at least 30 semester hours of Bible, theology or church history.
| Program One (60 semester hours) | Program Two (30 semester hours) |
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Bible and Theology (24 semester hours)
Worldview and Spiritual Formation (9 semester hours)
Concentration (21 semester hours)
Free Electives (6 semester hours)
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Worldview and Spiritual Formation (6 semester hours)
Concentration (18 semester hours)
Free Electives (6 semester hours)
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Opportunities:
You will be able to:
- Articulate biblical principles and models for participating in the global mission of God;
- Evaluate historical examples for participating in the global mission of God;
- Evaluate current strategies regarding the global mission of God;
- Develop strategies and models for participating in the global mission of God;
- Demonstrate effectiveness in cross-cultural analysis, research, and writing about the global mission of God.
Potential employment and service opportunities for graduates include:
- Governmental service: various diplomatic positions in various US embassies overseas.
- Military service: chaplaincy in the various branches.
- Church service: mission pastors; ethnic outreach coordinators.
- Mission service: short-term to long-term missionaries in any cross-cultural service anywhere in the world; mission agency office support person; mission mobilizer.
- Business service: entry level positions in non-governmental organizations or transnational corporations; tentmakers/business as mission or any other creative access type of platform overseas; marketing specialists to specific groups.
- Educational service: international TEFL teacher; K-12 TEFL teacher (with ACSI certification); cross-cultural sensitivity consultant in educational environments.