What is ISP?
Hartwick College offers two ways to earn a baccalaureate degree: The departmental major and the Individual Student Program (ISP), a self-designed major. Students whose needs and interests are not met by standard Hartwick majors are encouraged to develop an Individual Student Program, a self-designed area of concentration.
An ISP should be comparable in strength, breadth, and depth to programs at colleges and universities that offer majors in the area of study, and to other majors at Hartwick. It should differ substantially from established Hartwick majors and not be a standard major modified by a few additions or deletions. The program may be carried out entirely on the Hartwick campus, or it may use the resources of other academic institutions in the United States or abroad. It is important to note, however, that a minimum of 60 of a student's 120 hours required for graduation must be earned at Hartwick in order to comply with Hartwick's general academic regulations.
Current and recent Individual Student Programs include:
Art and Art Therapy
Biomedical Science
Classics
Criminal Justice
Forensic Sciences
Horticulture
International Economics
Management and Production for the Performing Arts
Marketing Communications
Medical Illustration
Medieval Studies
Music Academy Management
Music and the Music Industry
Physical Therapy
Public Relations and Image Management
Women's Studies
Writing for the Page, Stage, and Screen
For more information about Hartwick's ISP contact:
Dr. Lisle Dalton, ISP Coordinator
Hartwick College
Arnold Hall Room 117
Phone: 607- 431-4936
E-mail: daltonl@hartwick.edu
