Academic Information

An overview of how to use this catalog

Course Numbers, Levels, and General Education Categories

The primary purpose of Bethel’s course number system is to identify the intended participant in each course, its level of content and material, and any necessary course background. Courses are designed primarily for students at the levels indicated below.

Subject Code Description
000-099 Online Undergraduate (Foundational - Not degree applicable)
100-199 Online Undergraduate (Lower Division - Freshman)
100s Traditional Undergraduate (Freshman)
200s Traditional Undergraduate (Sophomore)
200-299 Online Undergraduate (Lower Division - Sophomore)
300s Traditional Undergraduate (Junior)
300-399 Online Undergraduate (Upper Division - Junior)
400s Traditional Undergraduate (Senior)
400-499 Online Undergraduate (Upper Division - Senior)
500-699 Graduate - Master's level
700s Graduate - Advanced Master's and/or introductory Doctoral level
800-999 Graduate - Doctoral level

The subject code indicates the academic subject being studied. The suffix code indicates the General Education requirement(s), if any, that can be met by completing the course.

Subject Code and Description

Subject Code Description
ACCTAccounting (post-traditional undergraduate & graduate)
ADSAddiction Studies (traditional undergraduate)
ADSTAddiction Studies (post-traditional undergraduate)
AHSApplied Health Science
ANTAnthropology
ARHArt History
ARTArt
ARTCArt (post-traditional undergraduate)
ASLAmerican Sign Language
ASINAcademic Internship (post-traditional undergraduate)
ASNAcademic Internship (traditional undergraduate)
ATHArt Therapy
BIBBible (traditional undergraduate)
BIBLBiblical Studies (post-traditional undergraduate & graduate)
BIOBiological Sciences (traditional undergraduate)
BIOLBiology (graduate)
BUSBusiness (traditional undergraduate)
BUSNBusiness (post-traditional undergraduate & graduate)
BTBiblical Theology
CFChildren's, Youth, & Family Ministry
CHEChemistry and Biochemistry (traditional undergraduate)
CHEMChemistry (post-traditional undergraduate)
CHLPublic and Community Health
CHMNChristian Ministries
CMCommunity Ministry
COMCommunication Studies (traditional undergraduate)
COMMCommunication Studies (post-traditional undergraduate)
COREBethel Distinctives
COSComputer Science
COUNCounseling
CPPreaching & Communication
DCDiscipleship & Community
DESGraphic Design
DIGDigital Humanities
ECOEconomics (traditional undergraduate)
ECONEconomics (post-traditional undergraduate & graduate)
EDUEducation (traditional undergraduate)
EDUCEducation (post-traditional undergraduate & graduate)
ENGLEnglish (post-traditional undergraduate)
ENJEnglish (traditional undergraduate)
ENREngineering
ENSEnvironmental Science
FINAFinance
GCGlobal & Contextual Studies
GEOGeography
GESGeneral Studies
GRKGreek
GSInterdisciplinary Courses
HCAMHealthcare Administration
HCEHealthcare
HEBHebrew
HEPEHealth & Physical Education
HISHistory (traditional undergraduate)
HISTHistory (post-traditional undergraduate)
HONHonors
HSChurch History
LEALeadership Studies (traditional undergraduate)
LEADLeadership Foundations (post-traditional undergraduate)
MATMathematics (traditional undergraduate)
MATHMathematics (post-traditional undergraduate)
MDSCMedical Sciences
MFMarriage & Family Therapy
MINMissional Ministries
MISTManagement Information Systems
MLMinistry Leadership
MUEMusic Ensembles
MULMusic Lessons
MUPMusic Performance
MUSMusic
NASNatural Sciences (traditional undergraduate)
NASCNatural Science (post-traditional undergraduate)
NSCNeuroscience
NURNursing (traditional undergraduate)
NURSNursing (post-traditional undergraduate & graduate)
NTNew Testament
ORGLOrganizational Leadership
OTOld Testament
PCPastoral Care
PHASPhysician Assistant
PHIPhilosophy
PHYPhysics
PLTHPlay Therapy
POLSPolitical Science (post-traditional undergraduate)
POSPolitical Science (traditional undergraduate)
PSYPsychological Sciences (traditional undergraduate)
PSYCPsychology (post-traditional undergraduate & graduate)
RELReligious Studies
SLDRStrategic Leadership
SLPSpeech Language Pathology (traditional undergraduate)
SLPLSpeech Language Pathology (graduate)
SOCSociology (traditional undergraduate)
SOCSSociocultural Studies (post-traditional undergraduate)
SOWSocial Work (traditional undergraduate)
SOWKSocial Work (post-traditional undergraduate & graduate)
SPSpiritual & Personal Formation
SPASpanish
SPEDSpecial Education (post-traditional undergraduate & graduate)
SPDSpecial Education (traditional undergraduate)
TEACTeaching
THATheatre Arts
THETheology (traditional undergraduate)
THEOTheological Studies (post-traditional undergraduate & graduate)
TLSupervised Ministry
TSTransformational Leadership

General Education Category Designators

A Artistic Experience
D Laboratory Science
G Comparative Systems
H Ethics
K Science, Technology, and Society
L Contemporary Western Life and Thought (Traditional Undergraduate)
L Laboratory Experience (Graduate)
M Mathematics
P Contemporary Christian Issues
R Academic Research Writing
S Second Language
U World Cultures
Z Cross-cultural Experience

Bethel Distinctive Courses

CORE 300Community, Self and Formation4
CORE 330HExamining Crucial Questions4

Foundations of Math Readiness Course

MATH 090Foundations of Mathematics0