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HSEM 202
Honors students take their place as campus academic leaders by completing an integrative/reflective experience that builds on their fall seminar knowledge. The professional development component will focus on: resume writing, grant writing, internshipsHSEM 301
Through challenging readings, writing, demonstrations, exercises, presentations, and other activities, students approach a topic of their choosing. The topic frames a study of the contemporary world by exploring the interrelationships of several countries or by comparing two or more countries outside of the United States. An inter-divisional team of faculty will provide instruction. The course satisfies requirements for WI and GAI.HSEM 302
Honors students begin to move beyond their campus experiences by integrating and reflecting on their fall experiences. The personal development component focuses on networking—planning for time beyond Bethany—graduate school, job applications, resume building. An optional spring break trip abroad is offered.HSEM 489
Working with both their major thesis advisor and an honors thesis advisor, students will complete a two-credit course where they review the honors modalities and components of an honors intensive senior project articulated by the National Collegiate Honors Council and design their senior projectHSEM 490
Students complete the honors senior project and present it to a professional audience. Notes: The intent is for students to take HSEM 489 and HSEM 490 at the same time they are taking 489 and 490 in their major department. Students may in some cases take 489 and/or 490 as juniors or take the two courses simultaneously. Students can graduate early if they have fulfilled all the honors program requirements. Honors students can take up to 19 hours a semester without having to pay extra fees.ENGL 156
This course is dedicated to studying poetry, fiction, and drama by international authors from diverse cultures. Primary emphasis is on the process of applying students’ knowledge of genre and relevant terminology to the close reading of literary texts. Students are introduced to various critical approaches to reading, researching, and writing about literature including Feminist Theory, Marxist Theory, Reader Response Criticism, and New Historicism.ENGL 160
This course is an introduction to the study of film as a cultural and technical artifact and as a form of art. Students learn basic principles of film aesthetics and production to provide the skills necessary to “read” the film as art. The course also places a strong emphasis on the social context of film and the place movies hold in our culture, and introduces the general areas of study within film scholarship. (This course may be taken for credit as COMM 160.)ENGL 200
This course is an introduction to the study of poetry, drama, and fiction and an exploration of the diversity of literary expression. Students study the elements of each of the primary genres and examine their interrelationships and functioning in particular works. In the course a wide range of writings are studied, including those by women and men, those representative of diverse literary traditions (including British, American, European, and non-Western), and those reflecting a variety of American ethnic and racial backgrounds.