Academic Programs and Departments

Majors*

*While students cannot major in the Exploratory major, an Academic Plan is available to provide students a possible pathway to follow when mapping out their educational plans.

Minors

Certificates and Endorsements

An overview of how to use this catalog

Course Numbers, Levels, Credits, and Prerequisites

The primary purpose of Bethel’s course number system is to identify the intended participant in of 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
100s Freshman
200s Sophmore
300s Junior
400s Senior

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
ADSAddiction Studies
AHSApplied Health Sciences
ANTAnthropology
ARHArt History
ARTArt
ASLAmerican Sign Language
ASNGeneral Studies
ATHArt Therapy
AUSAu Sable
BIBBible
BIOBiology
BUSBusiness
CHEChemistry
CHLPublic and Community Health
COMCommunication Studies
COSComputer Science
DESGraphic Design
DIGDigital Humanities
ECOEconomics
EDUEducation
ENJEnglish and Journalism
ENREngineering
ENSEnvironmental Science
GEOGeography
GESGeneral Studies
GRKBiblical Greek
HCEHealthcare
HEBHebrew
HISHistory
HONHonors
LEALeadership Studies
MATMathematics
MINMissional Ministries
MUEMusic-Ensembles
MULMusic-Private Lessons
MUPMusic-Performance Groups
MUSMusic
NASNatural Sciences
NSCNeuroscience
NURNursing
PHIPhilosophy
PHYPhysics
POSPolitical Science
PSYPsychology
RELReligious Studies
SOCSociology
SOWSocial Work
SPASpanish
SPDSpecial Education
TELTeaching English as a Second Language
THATheatre
THETheology

General Education Category Designators

A Artistic Experience
D Laboratory Science
G Comparative Systems
K Science, Technology, and Society
L Contemporary Western Life and Thought
M Mathematics
P Contemporary Christian Issues
S Second Language
U World Cultures
Z Cross-cultural Experience

Prerequisites

Prerequisites are courses or other requirements (e.g., sophomore standing, consent of instructor, placement exam) that must be met before enrolling in a particular course. In this catalog, a comma between items in a list of prerequisites indicates that students may choose any of the items on the list to meet the prerequisites. A semicolon between items indicates that each item in the list is required before enrolling in the course.

General Education Prerequisites

Course or Category Category Designator Course # Prerequisite Credits Terms Offered
First Year Foundations:
Introduction to Wellbeing - GES 140 None 2 F, J, S
Introduction to the Creative Arts - GES 125 None 4 F, J, S
Christianity and Western Culture 1 - GES 130 None 4 F, J, S
Inquiry Writing Seminar - GES 160 None 4 F, J, S
Artistic Experience:
Artistic Experience A 100-300 None 0-4 F, J, S
Biblical Foundations:
Introduction to the Bible - BIB 101 None 4 F, J, S
Christian Theology - THE 201 BIB 101 and Sophomore standing 4 F, J, S
Math, Science, and Technology:
Laboratory Science D 1xx-2xx None 4 F, J, S
Mathematics M 1xx-2xx None (some by placement exam) 3-4 F, J, S
Science, Technology, and Society K 3xx D; M 4 F, J, S
Cultural Intelligence:
Second Language S 102 Placement exam or credit for 101 4 F, J, S
Cross-Cultural Experience Z 1xx-4xx None 0-4 F, J, S
Contemporary Western Life and Thought L 2xx GES 130 and GES 1602 or GES 1492 4 F, J, S
World Cultures U 2xx GES 1302 or GES 1492 4 F, J, S
Comparative Systems G 3xx (GES 130; GES 160 or GES 149); L-Course or U-course 4 F, J, S
Senior Capstone:
Contemporary Christian Issues1 P 4xx (GES 160 or GES 149); THE 201; L-course, G-course, or U-course; Senior standing 2 F, J, S
Integrated Track (Humanities):
Humanities I: Greco-Roman through Middle Ages - GES 145 None 4 F
Humanities II: Renaissance and Reformation - GES 147 GES 145 4 J
Humanities III: Enlightenment and Modernity - GES 149 GES 147 4 S
1

P course and GES 130 Christianity and Western Culture requirements cannot be fulfilled through transfer courses.

2

May be taken concurrently.

 

Letters (e.g., A, D) indicate a General Education category from which students select a course of their choice.

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