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language skills. Students enjoy a close interactive atmosphere with instructors who provide an encouraging communicative
environment for optimum language acquisition. Contact the College of Arts and Sciences academic dean’s office for more
information.
Institute of Theological Seminars
The Institute of Theological Seminars (ITS), a joint ministry of Great Commission Center International (GCCI) and Christian
Renewal Ministries (CRM), is dedicated to providing graduate theological training for Chinese Christian professionals. Through
a formal articulation agreement, Columbia International University’s Seminary & School of Ministry permits students who
have completed studies at the Institute of Theological Seminars to become transfer students with advanced status in the
certificate and degree programs of CIU’s SSM. Students transferring from ITS must have completed a bachelor’s degree from a
recognized college at the time they pursue coursework at ITS.
Jerusalem University College
Since Columbia International University is a member of the Associated Schools Consortium of Jerusalem University College
(JUC), CIU students have access to an off-campus center for the study of biblical history, geography, and archaeology on Mount
Zion in Jerusalem. Students enrolled in CIU’s bachelor’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies have a year of study in Jerusalem
built into their program (provided they are accepted to attend JUC). Students in other CIU programs may supplement their
studies with courses at JUC.
JUC provides exposure to the history, culture, language, and geography of Israel from antiquity to the present. The faculty
includes Christian, Jewish, and Arab scholars from the faculties of Israel’s leading institutions, as well as JUC’s resident faculty.
Classroom instruction is complemented with field work in archaeology and historical geography. Students may study the
Hebrew language, biblical history, Middle Eastern studies, and early Christianity studies. Undergraduate students may bring
up to one year of study at JUC into their program at CIU. Graduate programs are also available through JUC’s School of
Graduate Studies. For more information, visit
www.juc.edu
or contact the Middle Eastern Studies program director.
Los Angeles Film Studies Center
The Los Angeles Film Studies Center is a one-semester program of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities designed to
provide specialized academic preparation for placement in the mainstream Hollywood film industry. College-level students
receive intense instruction and experience in a 16 credit semester format whereby the student receives credit from Columbia
International University. This program provides an excellent learning component for the Communication major. For more
information, visit
www.bestsemester.com
or contact the Communication program director.
Urbana Theological Seminary
Columbia International University’s Seminary & School of MInistry and Urbana Theological Seminary have established an
articulation agreement that permits qualified students who take courses at Urbana Theological Seminary to apply those
courses to the certificate and degree programs of the SSM. Contact the SSM dean’s office for more information.
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