Effects of multicultural education courses and biblical education courses in changing attitudes and prejudice

This study showed selected effects on students from a Southern Regional Christian University taking multicultural education courses and Biblical education courses. Besides quantitative data, qualitative data were used. Qualitative data were gathered from student interviews from multicultural and Biblical education courses. The students completed a questionnaire of demographic information and four racially and socially focused surveys. The dependent variables were prejudices and attitudes and the independent variables were the multicultural education courses and Biblical education courses. A pre-post test was administered to all three groups. ANCOVA and paired sample t-tests were conducted. Significant difference in attitudes and prejudice were found in multicultural and Biblical students when compared to the control group. The four scales were significant p < .05.