Students use Chicago as a lab for the study of inner-city life. Experiences include shelters for the homeless, urban churches, urban ministry centers, as well as the cultural life of this major metropolitan center. 4 credits Qualitative methodologies in the social sciences, with a particular focus in ethnographic field technologies. Interview and observation skills through field work in the Twin Cities area. 4 credits Study of quantifying social life to answer research questions.
Students participate in actual quantitative research.
MAT131M Statistical Analysis recommended. 4 credits Process of theory formation in the social sciences, and concern with the relations between epistemology, analysis, and theory formation. 3 credits Comparative analysis of the social and cultural nature of the modern mission enterprise, its history and development, structure, and dynamics. Introduction to principles of missiology. Student is fully immersed in the culture as much as possible and guided by a mentor from the host culture.