Bethany College 2021-2022 Catalog

English English Major (B.A.) Mission Statement: Our mission is to help students attain literacy and aesthetic appreciation of literature in critical reading, critical thinking, research, writing, and revising. Students study literary texts and learn to apply critical frames to their reading; they master the strategies of rhetoric, voice, and style. English education majors are well equipped for middle and secondary school teaching; English majors achieve literacy skills for graduate study or professional life.

Student Learning Outcomes: 1. The student understands the research process and demonstrates the ability to use evidence from a variety of sources to communicate and/or persuade.

2. The student demonstrates growth in logical thinking, rhetorical strategies, and literary analysis.

3. The student demonstrates the ability to communicate in writing for a variety of purposes and audiences.

4. The student demonstrates mastery of grammar, usage, and conventions (both in writing and in speaking, as demonstrated in the portfolio texts and the oral defense).

5. The student demonstrates an understanding of how readers create and discover meaning in a text (both the written literary criticism and in answers to questions posed in the oral defense).

English Minor Mission Statement: Our mission is to help students attain literacy and aesthetic appreciation of literature in critical reading, critical thinking, research, writing, and revising. Students study literary texts and learn to apply critical frames to their reading; they master the strategies of rhetoric, voice, and style. English education majors are well equipped for middle and secondary school teaching; English majors achieve literacy skills for graduate study or professional life.

Student Learning Outcomes: 1. The student understands the research process and demonstrates the ability to use evidence from a variety of sources to communicate and/or persuade.

2. The student demonstrates growth in logical thinking, rhetorical strategies, and literary analysis.

3. The student demonstrates the ability to communicate in writing for a variety of purposes and audiences.

4. The student demonstrates mastery of grammar, usage, and conventions (both in writing and in speaking, as demonstrated in the portfolio texts and the oral defense).

5. The student demonstrates an understanding of how readers create and discover meaning in a text (both in the written literary criticism and in answers to questions posed in the oral defense).

Communication and Theatre Major – Communication or Theatre Concentration (B.A.) Mission Statement: Our mission is to empower students to create, deliver, and critically evaluate communication across multiple media and communicative modes. Courses equip students to create and deliver clear communication using sound writing, valid evidence, audience awareness, artistic performance, and the most effective medium for the message. Students also learn to critically evaluate messages they receive, while welcoming the power of diverse voices and perspectives. These tightrope skills of respect, understanding, and discernment are the foundations of interpersonal, intercultural, and mediated communication so vital for effective leaders and engaged citizens.

Student Learning Outcomes: 1. Students will use verbal communication both clearly and artistically.

2. Students communicate the spoken word clearly, with an awareness of audience, rhetorical purpose and the communicative nature of any discourse.

3. Students communicate the spoken word artistically in a way that can fulfill all three goals of classical rhetoric—to teach, to delight, to move.

4. Students will use written communication both clearly and artistically 189