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Student and Campus Life Frequently Asked Questions

1.  Will I be able to get to know the faculty?

One of the benefits of a School of Intercultural Studies degree is that we offer highly personalized interaction with faculty and administration.  School of Intercultural Studies faculty offer student office hours when they are on campus.  Many even extend opportunities for students to dine as a class with them in their homes.  Our Cohort program allows students to meet weekly for one year with a faculty member and our Dean quarterly.   There are also practicum opportunities to engage in crosscultural ministry with faculty and research (writing project) opportunities for Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies students to study with faculty.

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2.  What is Fuller community life like?

Fuller offers a close community life that is diverse ethnically, culturally, denominationally, and is intergenerational.  We have a department called Residential Community that is dedicated to cultivating community for Fuller residential residents.  For our commuting students, Fuller offers a number of activities on campus that extend opportunities for students to feel connected.  Additionally, School of Intercultural Studies classes usually include a component of group work, reflective of team work involved in crosscultural work, in each class which further cultivates community building opportunities among students.

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3.  Are there opportunities for mentoring?

School of Intercultural Studies’s Cohort program is an excellent example of student mentoring.  Our Cohort program allows students to meet weekly for one year with a faculty member and our Dean quarterly.  Our elective courses are designed to include people of all ages and ranges of crosscultural experiences together in class, offering a great chance to build relationships that can be extremely useful for future ministry.

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4.  What resources will I have access to?

School of Intercultural Studies students have access to a number of great resources including: energetic faculty engaged in transformational work globally; Dean, administration, staff, and fellow students with a broad range of ministry experience crossculturally; access to great missiological thinkers and minds; theological and limited psychological education; mentoring; spiritual formation; great library and library resources; alumni(ae) involved in ministry worldwide; vocational preparation through practicum and career services workshops and resources; access to crosscultural ministry organizations through annual missions fair.

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5.  What opportunities are available for spiritual formation?

Our Cohort program is designed to cultivate spiritual formation as well as vocational preparation and mentoring.  Cohort students meet weekly for one year with a faculty member and our Dean quarterly.  Additionally, Fuller offers weekly chapel services during the quarter when classes are offered and the School of Intercultural Studies has a Chaplain available to work with students as needed.  In each of the School of Intercultural Studies’ Master of Arts in Crosscultural Studies and Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies degree programs there is a core class designed to cultivate spiritual formation: Spirituality and Mission (MACCS) and Lifelong Development (MAICS).  Furthermore, every class includes a theological dimension, and faculty are very concerned that the training they provide involves an integration of spirit and truth.

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