Location
Curriculum
30 credit hours
Program Length
as few as 10 months
Accreditation
Regionally Accredited by SACSCOC
Become Equipped to Serve People on the Move — Earn your MA in Global Migration in 10 months
全球移民研究的文学硕士使你具备牧师的能力, serve and work in a world where millions of people are on the move and cultures and cultural identities are rapidly changing.
People migrate from their countries of origin for business, to study or to find work. 许多人因为战争、压迫或饥荒而逃离家园. 目前，地球上每78人中就有1人在国内或国外流离失所. 这一现实改变了我们对全球使命的看法.
Are you serving in ministry among refugees, international students or immigrants? 我们将以最先进的交互式在线形式为您带来这个课程. Each online course is 8 weeks in length and is designed to work around your schedule. You’ll study in a cohort with other students and be taught by a recognized expert in the field.
你将学习理解文化的课程, worldviews, world religions, mission and migration, the history and politics of migration, as well as practical courses in ministering to refugees and international students.
The 全球移民研究文学硕士 provides students with an understanding of global migration and the cultural, 经济和精神上对流动人口的影响. 这个项目进一步培养学生为难民服务的能力, asylum seekers, 国际学生和其他移民.
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为什么选择澳门新葡京网站攻读全球移民硕士学位?
At CIU, you’ll study with professors who are scholars of global migration and serve among refugees, 国际学生和其他移民. Our faculty have served all over the world (Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe, North America). You’ll study with faculty who have lived and continue to live what they are teaching.
硕士学位在全球移民研究中的总体效益
The MA in Global Migration Studies provides training for those working and serving among refugees, international students, and other immigrants. Graduates from this program are equipped to work and serve in various spheres including:
- Mission Service: Missionaries in cross-cultural service across the world; mission agency office support personnel; mission mobilizer.
- International Student Ministry: Serve among international students on university campuses in North America or around the world.
- Corporate Chaplaincy: 服务于全球市场的国际商务人士.
- Refugee Resettlement: 为难民安置办公室或事工服务.
- Urban Ministry: Church planting, youth ministry and other ministries in urban centers in North America and around the world.
- Church Ministry: Mission pastors; immigrant outreach coordinators.
- Non-Profit Sector: 在多元文化背景下的信仰和其他非营利实体中服务.
- Academic Careers: Ph.D. work leading to careers in college, seminary and university-level teaching, both in the United States and abroad.
Featured Faculty
What Will I Study?
- ICS 5830 Biblical Theology of Mission
You will engage in a comprehensive study of the biblical foundation for missions as it relates to the church's missionary obligation before God to the world in both word and deed. Special attention will be given to exposing you to important issues within evangelical missiology today.
3.00 credit hours
- ICS 6024 Understanding Cultures & Worldviews
This course will enable you to understand the worldview assumptions that are foundational to a person's belief systems and behavior patterns. You will analyze the culture and worldview of an ethno-linguistic or socio-economic grouping of people from a biblical worldview perspective. 你也会考虑圣经情境化的元素.
3.00 credit hours
- ICS 5100任务与迁移简介 3.00 credit hours
- ICS 5200移民历史和政治
In this course, you will grasp the history of migration and the various reasons for it. Further, you will explore how governments and the United Nations have responded to and developed laws and resolutions regarding people on the move. (3)
3.00 credit hours
- ICS 5440 Transnational Identities
在本课程中，你将探索移民人类学. Specifically, how does one's cultural identity develop and change because of migration. (3)
3.00 credit hours
- ICS 5441移民、难民和寻求庇护者的使命
In this course, you will understand the differences between immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. You will explore best practices in mission to these various groups of people on the move. (3)
3.00 credit hours
- chp6112危机反应和创伤护理
In this course, you will engage in a comprehensive overview of the field of psychological trauma and the way in which trauma affects individuals and systems, grief reactions, and traumatic stress. 你将探索创伤后成长等话题, moral injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, vicarious traumatization, and complicated grief. You will learn essential crisis response and trauma care skills and how to employ them in your own ministry setting.
3.00 credit hours
- RES 7962 Integrative Research Seminar 3.00 credit hours
- INT 6920 Global Internship
As a capstone experience in your degree, you will spend a minimum of 250 hours in a context of intercultural or Muslim ministry under the supervision of a qualified mentor in the field. Your location, plan for ministry, 现场导师必须在注册前得到指导老师的批准.
3.00 credit hours
- RES 7972 Thesis
Building on an approved thesis proposal, you will research and write on a topic in your field under the guidance of one faculty member who will critique your work as you proceed.
3.00 credit hours
Admission Requirements
• Online application
•最高获得学位和任何硕士学位工作的官方成绩单
• Church leader reference
• Application Essay (800 words, typed)
• Minimum cumulative 2.5 GPA
Accreditation and Accolades
Career Path Opportunities
- Cross-cultural Mission
- International Student Ministry
- Corporate Chaplaincy
- Urban Church Planting
- Local Church Ministry
- Non-Profit Work
- Refugee Resettlement
- Academic Careers
Top FAQs
- How much does the program cost?
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这个30学时的课程的学杂费约为17,000美元. 请查看学费和费用的最新信息页面. 军人身份有一定的折扣和福利, 以及我们合作伙伴组织的员工和家庭成员. Our financial aid counselors will help you determine the best way to finance this important investment in your future career earnings. For more detailed information, 查看我们的经济援助页面，并选择在线学生的选项.
- How long does the program take?
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If you are taking two online classes per 8-week term, then you will finish within 10 months. 如果你每8周上一节课，那么你将在18个月内完成. If you are on campus, 然后每学期(秋季和春季)选修5门课程。, allowing you to finish in 10 months.
- When can I start?
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一年中有六个8周的学期(第1学期), Fall 2, Spring 1, Spring 2, Summer 1, 所以你可以在8月份的任何一个开学日期开始工作, October, January, March, May or July.
- How do online classes work?
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When you open the Canvas site, you will see that a week begins on Monday morning and ends on Saturday night at 11:59 p.m. Each week when you open the course, you will have readings, pre-recorded lectures and assignments. 大部分作业在每周三或周六晚上交. You will discuss the readings and lectures each week in online forums with your classmates and instructor. Though there are no required class meetings since students are often spread across the world in different time zones, 你的教授可能会邀请你参加一个自愿参加的Zoom会议. 你也可以通过Zoom和你的教授安排一次咨询.
- How much time does a single class take?
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你应该计划每周上15个小时的在线课程.
- Do I need to come to campus?
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For online students, there is no requirement to come to campus but we are always happy to see you for a visit or when you come for graduation.
- What can I do with this program?
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有许多职业道路，包括跨文化使命, international student ministry, corporate chaplaincy, urban church planting, local church ministry, non-profit work, 难民安置和学术生涯.