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TOUR SPONSORSHIP

  • The Stahl Center at La Sierra University
  • Following in the footsteps of Fernando and Ana Stahl

TOUR DIRECTOR

  • Dr. Charles Teel, Jr. / Professor of Religion and Society, La Sierra University (since 1967)

TOUR FEATURES

  • Subsidized student rates
  • Financial aid for qualifying students
  • Regularly scheduled airlines
  • Daily meals as indicated
  • Tourist class hotels with private baths

TOUR EXCURSIONS

  • Cruising the Amazon
  • Sailing Lake Titicaca
  • Visiting the "floating islands"
  • Celebrating Cusco
  • Experiencing Machu Picchu
  • Viewing Lima museums
  • Visiting Colegio Fernando Stahl
  • Touring Clinica Ana Stahl
  • Flying over the Nazca Lines*
  • Cruising the Ballestas Islands*
  • Sighting tens of thousands of sea birds*
  • Sighting thousands of seals & sea lions*
  • Dining over the Pacific surf*
  • *April 1-4 tour extension: Nazca Lines, Ballestas Cruise, Las Dunas Resort

TOUR LECTURERS

  • Gustavo Gutierrez, Theology, San Marcos University
  • Douglas Havens, Development, ADRA/Peru Director
  • Jose Tamayo, History, Peru National Library Director
  • David Tejada, Public Health, Peru Minister of Health

TOUR DISCOVERIES

  • The Judeo-Christian themes for social ethics
  • The Advent movement from "closed door" to "world"
  • The unity and diversity of golbal Adventism
  • The shared worship ties that bind across cultures
  • The syncretism in Andean religious and cultural life
  • The motivation fostered by myth, ritual, and symbol
  • The interplay of sacred & secular in Inca cosmology
  • The social transformation initiated by the Stahl presence
  • The incarnation of gospel in hearts and in structures
  • The role of religion as progressive and/or repressive
  • The realities of syncretism in culture contact

TOUR GUIDEBOOKS - well researched & lavishly illustrated

  • Eyesitness Travel: Peru
  • Insight Guides: Peru
  • LSU Peru Tour Course Reader

TOUR STUDY COURSE - Students consult advisor re which Univ Studies course

  • RELE 447 Religion & Society (University Studies elective)
  • RELE 205 Biblical Ethics & Modern World (University Studies elective)
  • RLGN 304 Adventism in Global Perspective (University Studies elective)

Program Description

The Applied Behavior Analysis program allows a student to work towards becoming a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). The Master of Arts (MA) degree in Applied Behavior Analysis in the School of Education is comprised of a minimum of 45 quarter units including the following components: Core Requirements (6 units), Content Specializations (33 units), and Electives (6 units). Students also have the opportunity to pursue the ABA specialization through the Doctor of Education in Educational Psychology degree, which is comprised of a minimum of 132 quarter units post baccalaureate. 

Board Certified Behavior Analyst

The Association for Behavior Analysis International has verified the following courses toward the coursework requirements for eligibility to take the Board Certified Behavior Analyst® or Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst® examination. Applicants will need to meet additional eligibility requirements and demonstrate they reside in an authorized country before they can be deemed eligible to take the examination.

Verified Course Sequence BCBA 5th Edition

MA in Applied Behavior Analysis (45 Units)
Core Courses (6 Units)
  • EDPC 510 Religion, Spirituality, & Mental health (3 Units)
  • RSCH 504 Methods & Materials of Research (3 Units)
51350 BACB 5th Edition (33 Units)
  • EDPC 511 Basic Principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (4.5 Units)
  • EDPC 512 Ethical Considerations of ABA (4.5 Units)
  • EDPC 514 ABA Data: Measurement, Analysis, & Display (4.5 Units)
  • EDPC 515 Assessment in Behavior Analysis (4.5 Units)
  • EDPC 542 Behavior Change Procedures in Applied Settings (3 Units)
  • EDPC 613 Philosophical Underpinnings of ABA (3 Units)
  • EDPC 614 Personnel Supervision & Management (3 Units)
  • EDPC 682 Community Intervention & Support (3 Units)
  • EDPC 683 Verbal Behavior (3 Units)
Electives (6 Units)

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(800) 874-5587 x2335
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