College of Arts & Sciences
Quick Facts
Bethel University
College of Arts & Sciences
3900 Bethel Drive
St. Paul, Minnesota 55112-6999651.638.6242 or 800.255.8706
fax: 651.635.1490
Bethel University, established 1871, is sponsored by the churches of the Baptist General Conference.
President
Jay Barnes
Director of Admissions
Jay Fedje
Student Profile
Out-of-state students: 25 percent
Denominations represented: 50+
Enrollment (Fall 2004)
New Students
Freshmen: 685
Transfers: 130
Readmits: 38
Total New Students: 853Continuing Students: 1,907
Total Students: 2,760
Faculty Profile (2004-05)
Full time: 173
Part time: 119
Earned doctorates: 71 percent
Terminal degrees (including doctorates): 77 percent
Accreditation
Bethel is accredited by:
- The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
- The Teacher Education Accreditation Council
- The Council on Social Work Education at the undergraduate level
- The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
- The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
Bethel is approved by:
- The Minnesota Board of Teaching for teacher preparation programs leading to licensure for prekindergarten, kindergarten, elementary, and secondary teaching as well as graduate programs leading to licensure in special education and middle school teaching
- The Minnesota Board of Nursing for nursing preparation
Student Services
- Academic Enrichment and Support Center
- Career Services
- Counseling Services
- Disability Services
- Faculty Advisors
- Health Science Advisor
- Health Services
- Writing Center
Campus Technology
Bethel is committed to providing relevant, state-of-the-art technology for our community. Examples of this commitment include:
- Life-long e-mail accounts
- High-speed Internet access on campus and in residential housing
- Wireless networking accessible in several public areas including the library
- Central computer data storage with redundant back-up systems
- Storage space for a personal homepage at bethel.edu
- Access to high-quality black and white as well as color laser printers
- 500 pages of printing per year without charge
- Access to more than 200 lab computers connected to the campus network, including both PCs and Macintoshes with CD-RW and DVD capabilities
- Access to a comprehensive Web-course management tool used by many professors to facilitate teaching and learning
- Access to the latest Microsoft operating system and Office productivity suite from most public systems
- Access to other specialized resources located in art, biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, education, modern world languages, music, nursing, physics, and psychology departmental labs
- Access to a help desk, staffed during regular lab hours, that provides assistance with computing problems