Hartwick college

The information science major is geared toward students who want to use computers effectively in the modern business world. It is designed to produce skilled and creativeindividuals to manage the information, computer systems and people needed by businesses in the 21st century. Graduates have gone to work for various companiesincluding Symantec, Directive, and Teach for America. As with our Computer Science graduates, many Information Science alumni have also gone on to small companies.

Information Science graduates become database managers, .NET programmers, Systems Analysts and Project Managers. Some decide to continue their education in graduate school.

Core Courses

In your first two years, you take a minimum of four core courses.  Be sure to check these out.  You can even start your Information Science major with a course in Game Programming!

Advanced Courses

In your junior and senior years, you take the four advanced Information Science courses.

Elective Courses

You are required to take a minimum of two Information Science elective courses.  Most students cannot resist taking more.

Supporting Courses

All Information Science majors take three supporting courses to broaden their background.

Senior Thesis

Every student does a senior thesis during his or her senior year.  The students do incredible things.  We are very proud of them.  Check out what our students did in the spring of 2011.   Senior Thesis Projects

Enrichment Courses

Hartwick has an incredibly rich array of courses you can use to enrich your computer major.  Enrichment Courses