Academic Catalog 2026-2027

Academic Catalog 2026 - 2027

ENGLISH ENG 1040 From Page to Practice: Reading and Writing in College 3 credits This course is designed to strengthen students’ academic reading, writing, and communication skills essential for success in college and career. Through active reading, critical thinking, and structured writing assignments, students will learn to engage with a variety of texts, develop coherent written responses, and participate in discussions that reflect thoughtful understanding and interpretation. Emphasis is placed on building vocabulary, improving sentence and paragraph structure, and practicing the writing process from brainstorming to revision. Students will also explore strategies for effective communication in academic settings, including summarizing, paraphrasing, and responding to texts in writing and speech. ENG 1101 College Composition 3 credits This class is designed to develop skills in writing multi-paragraph essays with emphasis on exposition, including the selection, restriction, organization, and development of topics. Students examine selected writing samples as models of form and sources of ideas for their own writing. ENG 1102 Writing Across the Community 3 credits This course focuses on academic writing across the Beacon community, helping students to communicate successfully in whatever fields they pursue. Through interdisciplinary readings and practice in multiple genres of argument and research essays, students will gain strength and confidence in reading, writing, and thinking critically. Students will focus on writing as process in order to develop proficiency in college-level writing skills, such as synthesis, analysis, summary, evaluation, critique, and research integration. (Prerequisite: ENG 1101) ENG 1104 TORCH III Lab 1 credit The TORCH III Lab is intended to support students with a continued multidimensional approach to the holistic act of literacy. We will work to further develop students’ literacy skills through the synthesis, evaluation, and documentation of material from multiple sources to develop a focused research topic. Students will learn that research is a process and working as a community of learners makes the process manageable and enjoyable. ENG 2272 Rhetoric 3 credits This course develops the important skills of putting forth a logical argument and convincing others of the argument’s validity. Students will be required to prepare and deliver speeches demonstrating these abilities. ENG 3305 Creative Writing 3 credits This is a writing workshop designed to help students develop creative writing skills. Genres may include journals, character sketches, short drama, short stories, poems, articles and/or creative essays. There will also be substantial reading of literary models. (Prerequisite: ENG 1101) ENG 3318 Business Communications 3 credits The study and practice of the kinds of internal and external forms of business communications. Practice in researching, writing, and editing of letters, memos, reports, promotions, product descriptions, and/or proposals. Includes oral presentations and discussion of relevant ethical issues. (Prerequisite: ENG 1101) ENG 3323 Media Studies 3 credits This class is an introduction to journalistic writing. This course encompasses the elements of news writing including basic story forms — obituaries, disasters, crime, business and consumer news, sports — as well as writing for broadcast, public relations, and the Internet. (Prerequisite: ENG 1101) ENG 1320/2320/3320/4320 Topics in English 3 credits An examination of selected topics in specific areas of study.

HEALTH, LEISURE, AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

HLP 1000 Introduction to Yoga 1 credit An introduction to the practice and philosophy of yoga emphasizing movement, breathwork, and mindfulness. Students will learn foundational postures, basic terminology, and the relationship between physical practice and

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