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Certificate in Crosscultural Healthcare                                                       24 units

The Certificate in Crosscultural Healthcare is designed for healthcare practitioners and those interested using healthcare for ministry in a crosscultural context. 

The Certificate in Crosscultural Healthcare requires the successful completion of 24-quarter units and an integrative essay. Since certificate courses may be applied to master's level degree programs, students can utilize their time as certificate students to explore the possibility of a School of Intercultural Studies master’s degree.

Curriculum

The Certificate in Crosscultural Healthcare requires the completion of six master’s-level courses (24 units) and an integrative essay written at the conclusion of the coursework. Of the 24 units, 16 must consist of the below Crosscultural Healthcare focus courses: 

Crosscultural Healthcare Focus (16 units)

Choose any 4 classes or equivalent of 12 units from the below (12 units):
  • MB500 Culture and Transformation (4 units)
  • MD540 Gospel and Holistic Ministry (4 units)
  • MD546 Humanitarian Aid (4 units)
  • MM568 Self-Care in Mission (4 units)
  • MR520 Popular Religious Beliefs and Practices: Views toward Healing (4 units)
  • MI530 Healthcare Practicum (4-8 units)
  • MD538 Medical Missions & Community Health Evangelism (4 units)
  • Any School of Intercultural Studies MD course

Electives (8 units)

The electives can consist of School of Intercultural Studies, School of Theology, or School of Psychology courses.

Integrative Essay

The integrative essay consists of a one-paragraph summary for each of the courses the student completed during the certificate program and a 1,500 word essay reflecting on the program and its value/relevance to the student’s life and/or ministry.

Learning Outcomes

  • Graduates will participate in the mission of God and the ministries of the global Church from an evangelical missiological perspective.
     
  • Graduates will demonstrate critical thinking and integration skills in order to foster individual and social transformation.
     
  • Graduates will demonstrate sensitivity to cultural and ethnic diversity for building relationships and for communicating the Gospel in context.
     
  • Graduates will have skills and knowledge and networks of relationships to pursue vocations that engage the mission of God globally.
     
  • Graduates will value the importance of spiritual formation in both its personal and communal dimensions.

Recipients of Fuller’s Certificate in Crosscultural Healthcare are equipped for enhanced ministries as missionaries, church leaders, incarnational disciples in their communities and abroad, and professionals in the marketplace. They are also well-prepared to support others in ministry, both theologically and practically.

Admissions Information
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  • Official transcript showing a bachelor's degree earned from an accredited institution of higher learning, with a cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 2.7 or above
  • Evidence of personal maturity as communicated through a pastoral reference and the applicant's religious autobiography
  • Fuller's application form, with application fee attached

Note: Applicants whose native language is not English or whose medium of instruction for all secondary and post-secondary education is not English must either submit a test score of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) taken within the past two years or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), Academic Format, taken within the past two years. Please click here for minimum required scores.

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