Language and Literature Department
English Education
The Bethel College English Education major is designed to prepare students to teach English in secondary schools. In addition to the General Studies courses taken by all Bethel students, English Ed. majors take required courses in Adolescent Literature, World or Multicultural Literature, Literary Criticism, Shakespeare, Advanced Composition and History of the English Language. Students also select courses from options in literature, media, writing, linguistics and communication.
To complete the degree, each student takes nine Professional Education courses—including a semester of student teaching—required for secondary school teacher certification in the state of Indiana. (Indiana certification is reciprocal with many other states.) Student teachers are usually placed in local school districts.
Graduates of the Bethel College English Education major have an excellent reputation in public and private schools around the region for their teaching skills, knowledge of content and personal integrity. Many are currently teaching in local schools and throughout the world.
The six current full-time faculty in the English department include three Ph.D.s and a Writer-in-Residence, with specialties in a range of fields of literature, rhetoric and writing. For the English Education degree, they work in cooperation with the faculty of the Division of Education.
