Three-Year Degree Program Outlines

In addition to the courses listed below for each major, students must satisfy all Liberal Arts in Practice curriculum requirements.

Current students interested in pursuing a three-year degree program must be in good academic standing and have completed at least 40 academic credits by the end of their first year. Current students wishing to enroll in a three-year program must fill out and submit a declaration form to the Office of the Registrar.

Accounting (General)*

Year 1

ACCO 101 Financial Accounting

BUSA 101 Introduction to Business

ACCO 102 Managerial Accounting

ECON 101

ECON 102

Year 2

BUSA 280 Finance

ACCO 321 Intermediate Accounting I

ACCO 322 Intermediate Accounting II

Accounting Elective

Year 3

ACCO 342 Taxation I

Accounting Elective

Accounting Elective

ACCO 491 Contemporary Issues in Accounting

 

*Note that Intermediate Accounting I and II & Taxation and the Auditing elective are taught in alternating years. Thus, those
courses may be taken in either the second or third years, depending upon availability. This does not impact time to graduation.

Contact Carli Ficano, ficanoc@hartwick.edu, for more information about this program.


Anthropology

Year 1

Fall
ANTH 105 Introduction to Anthropology

ANTH 223 or ANTH 225 or a 100-200 level topics course

Spring
ANTH 235 Biological Anthropology

ANTH 239 or ANTH 241 or a 200-level Peoples & Culture

Year 2

Fall
Course in Archaeology, Biological or Cultural Anthropology (depends on courses taken during first year)

First of four electives (two must be above 300-level)

Spring
ANTH 388 Classics of Anthropological Thought

Second of four electives

Year 3

Fall
Two additional electives

Spring
ANTH 405 Capstone in Anthropological Issues

Contact Jason Antrosio, antrosioj@hartwick.edu, for more information about this program.


Art History

Year 1

Fall
ART 102 World Art History I – Ancient Art

ART 103 World Art History II – Middle Periods

Two 2-credit Studio Art Courses

Foreign Language

Spring
ART 104 World Art History III – Art of the Modern World

One 4-credit Studio Art Course

Foreign Language

Year 2

Fall
Art History (Early)

One Art History elective

Spring
Art History (Late)

One Art History elective

ARTH 487 Art History Research & Methods

Year 3

Fall
Art History (Late)

ARTH 490 Art History Senior Thesis

Spring
Art History (Early)

Contact Doug Zullo, zullod@hartwick.edu, for more information about this program.


 

Biology

New Outline Coming Soon!

Contact Peter Fauth, fauthp@hartwick.edu, for more information about this program.


 

Business Administration*

Year 1

ACCO 101 Financial Accounting

BUSA 101 Introduction to Business

BUSA 280 Finance

One Economics Course

Year 2

BUSA 230 Organizational Behavior

BUSA 240 Marketing

BUSA 300/400 level elective

BUSA 300/400 level elective

Year 3

BUSA 300/400 level elective

BUSA 300/400 level elective

BUSA 480 Business Policy and Strategy

Integrative Business**

ACCO 101 Financial Accounting

BUSA 101 Introduction to Business

ACCO 102 Managerial Accounting

ECON 101

ECON 102

Critical Communications Course

BUSA 230 Organizational Behavior

BUSA 240 Marketing

BUSA 270 Business Information Systems

BUSA 280 Finance

Law and Ethics Course

Minor Courses

Business Elective

Business Elective

Business Elective

BUSA 480 Business Policy and Strategy

Minor Courses

Quantitative Business**

ACCO 101 Financial Accounting

BUSA 101 Introduction to Business

ACCO 102 Managerial Accounting

ECON 101

ECON 102

Critical Communications Course

BUSA 230 Organizational Behavior

BUSA 240 Marketing

BUSA 260 Quantitative Business

BUSA 270 Business Information Systems

BUSA 280 Finance

Law and Ethics Course

Business Elective

Business Elective

Business Elective

BUSA 490 Senior Project

*For students enrolled prior to Fall 2018.
** For students enrolled after Fall 2018.

Contact Carli Ficano, ficanoc@hartwick.edu, for more information about this program.


 

Chemistry

Bachelor of Arts Program

Students must test at Level 5 in Mathematics and take MATH 121 Single Variable Calculus their first semester.

All Chemistry courses include a lab, with the exception of BIOC 405.

Year 1

Fall
CHEM 107 General Chemistry I

MATH 121 Single Variable Calculus

PHYS 140 Principles of Physics I

Spring
CHEM 108 General Chemistry II

MATH 233 Multivariable Calculus

PHYS 141 Principles of Physics II

BIOL 202 Concepts in Biology: Energy or 203 Concepts in Biology: Information

Year 2

Fall
CHEM 201 Organic Chemistry I

CHEM 210 Inorganic Chemistry I

Spring
CHEM 202 Organic Chemistry II

CHEM 203 Analytical Chemistry

Year 3

Fall
BIOC 405 Biochemistry I

CHEM 490 Senior Thesis (1 credit)

January
CHEM 490 Senior Thesis (4 credits)

Spring
CHEM 303 Physical Chemistry I

CHEM 490 Senior Thesis (1 credit)

Contact Dr. Andrew Piefer, piefera@hartwick.edu, for more information about these programs.


 

Computer Science

Year 1

Fall
CISC 120 Cracking the Code
or- CISC 118 Game Programming

Spring
CISC 225 Advanced Programming Techniques

CISC 160 Database Concepts

Year 2

Fall
CISC 240 Building Tomorrow’s Software

CISC 315 Big Data/Informatics

Spring
CISC Elective

CISC 320 Computing in the Cloud

Year 3

Fall
CISC 260 Designing Information Systems

CISC 330 Computer Networks

Spring
CISC 345 Computer Security

CISC 460 Project Management

CISC 490 Senior Thesis

Contact Howard Lichtman, lichtmanh@hartwick.edu, for more information about this program.


Creative Writing

Year 1

ENGL 190 Introduction to Literature and Criticism

ENGL 329 British Literature: Beginnings through Milton

or

ENGL 370 American Literature: Beginnings through Civil War

ENGL 213 Introduction to Creative Writing

Year 2

ENGL 329 and 370 completed

One of two required elective literature courses completed

One of two required 300-level literature courses completed

Two of three 300/400-level creative writing workshops completed

Year 3

Completion of remaining requirements, including

Fall
ENGL 489 Senior Project Methods

January
ENGL 490 Senior Project

Contact Susan Navarette, navarettes@hartwick.edu, for more information about this program.


Criminal Justice

Year 1

Fall
SOCI 105 Introduction to Sociology

CRMJ 110 Introduction to Criminal Justice

Spring 
CRMJ 310 Criminology

CRMJ 330 Policing in a Democratic Society

One Criminal Justice Elective

Year 2

Fall
CRMJ 340 Punishment and Corrections

CRMJ 245 Introduction to Law

Spring
CRMJ 320 Juvenile Delinquency

One Criminal Justice Elective

Year 3

Fall
CRMJ 390 Quantitative Analysis in Criminal Justice

One Criminal Justice Elective

Spring
CRMJ 490 Senior Seminar in Criminal Justice

Contact Ryan Ceresola, ceresolar@hartwick.edu, for more information about this program.


Economics

Prerequisites: Math Placement Score of 4 or 5

Requirement for Continuation in the Program: ECON 101, 102 grade of B+ or higher

Year 1

Fall
ECON 101 Topics in Microeconomics

ECON 102 Topics in Macroeconomics (one course waived with AP=5 or SUPA credit)

Spring
ECON 222 Macroeconomic Theory

MATH 108 Statistics (or higher MATH)

Year 2

Fall
ECON 221 Microeconomic Theory

ECON 223 Econometrics

January
ECON 395 Internship in Economics (optional)

Spring
2 300-level Economics electives

Year 3

Fall
2 300-level Economics electives

January
ECON 395 Internship in Economics (optional)

Spring
ECON 490 Senior Thesis

Contact Carli Ficano, ficanoc@hartwick.edu, for more information about this program.


 

English

Year 1

ENGL 190 Introduction to Literature and Criticism

ENGL 329 British Literature: Beginnings through Milton

or

ENGL 370 American Literature: Beginnings through Civil War

At least one of three required electives

Year 2

ENGL 329 and ENGL 370

Three of four required 300-level courses completed, one an “Approaches” course

Possibly ENGL 470 Seminar in Selected Topics

Year 3

Completion of remaining requirements, including

Fall

ENGL 489 Senior Thesis Methods

January

ENGL 490 Senior Project

A recommended student course load to achieve our required 13 courses in the Literature major would be:

  • 4 required major courses in the first year;
  • 4 required courses in the second year;
  • 5 courses in the third year, including the senior project in January Term, plus the Senior Projects Methods course.

Contact Susan Navarette, navarettes@hartwick.edu, for more information about this program.


 

French

One French course (200-level or above, excluding literature in translation course (FREN 212, 215 & 218)) per semester for five semesters on campus, including FREN 490 Senior Project.

One semester in an approved, affiliated study-abroad program in a Francophone country, earning at least 16 credits in French-language courses.

Contact Mark Wolff, wolffm@hartwick.edu, for more information about this program.


 

Geology

Option 1: Students entering in an ODD year

Year 1

Fall
GEOL 107 Physical Geology

CHEM 107 General Chemistry I or CHEM 109 Accelerated General Chemistry

January
GEOL 302 Surficial Geology

Spring
GEOL 108 Historical Geology

CHEM 108 General Chemistry II

Year 2

Fall
GEOL 206 Mineralogy

GEOL 307 Petrology

January
GEOL 275 Off-Campus Field Studies

Spring
GEOL 309 Stratigraphy and Sedimentation

MATH 233 Multivariable Calculus

GEOL 305 Groundwater Hydrology

Year 3

Fall
GEOL 311 Field Geology

PHYS 140 Principles of Physics I

January
GEOL 490 Senior Project

Spring
GEOL 308 Structural Geology

PHYS 141 Principles of Physics II

GEOL 316 Geochemistry

Option 2: Students entering in an EVEN year.

Year 1

Fall
GEOL 107 Physical Geology

CHEM 107 General Chemistry I or CHEM 109 Accelerated General Chemistry

GEOL 206 Mineralogy

January
GEOL 275 Off-Campus Field Studies

Spring
GEOL 108 Historical Geology

CHEM 108 General Chemistry II

GEOL 305 Groundwater Hydrology

Year 2

Fall
MATH 121 Single Variable Calculus

One Geology Elective

January
GEOL 302 Surficial Geology

Spring
GEOL 308 Structural Geology

MATH 233 Multivariable Calculus

GEOL 316 Geochemistry

Year 3

Fall
GEOL 307 Petrology

PHYS 140 Principles of Physics I

January
GEOL 275

Spring
GEOL 309 Stratigraphy and Sedimentation

GEOL 490 Senior Project

PHYS 141 Principles of Physics II

Contact Eric Johnson, johnsone@hartwick.edu, for more information about this program.


 

History

Year 1

1 Perspectives in U.S. History Course

1 Perspectives in Global History Course

2 History electives

Year 2

HIST 322 Historical Methods

3 History electives, at least two at the 300-level or above

Complete at least one concentration

Year 3

HIST 490 Senior Thesis

2 History electives, at least one at the 300-level or above

Complete second concentration

Contact Mieko Nishida, nishidam@hartwick.edu, for more information about this program.


Mathematics

Students must place above Single Variable Calculus and be prepared to start with Multivariable Calculus in fall semester of their first year.

Year 1

Fall
MATH 233 Multivariable Calculus

January
1 Math Elective (*Advanced Multivariable Calculus)

Spring
MATH 235 Advanced Single Variable Calculus

Year 2

Fall
MATH 220 Linear Algebra

PHYS 201 General Physics I

January
1 Math Elective (*Advanced Multivariable Calculus)

Spring
MATH 320 Intro. to Abstraction

1 Math Elective

Year 3

Fall
MATH 420 Abstract Algebra

1 Math Elective

January
MATH 390 Junior Seminar

Spring
MATH 431 Introduction to Real Analysis

MATH 490 Senior Capstone

*NOTE: Advanced Multivariable Calculus is offered alternate years during January term. A Three-Year Bachelor’s Degree student should plan to take it during the January of the first or second year.

Contact Dr. Min Chung, chungm@hartwick.edu, for more information about this program.


Nursing

Year 1

Fall
BIOL 206 Anatomy and Physiology I

PSYC 301 Developmental Psychology

CHEM 107 General Chemistry I

NURS 134 Foundations of Nursing Science

Spring
SCIE 144 Physical Assessment

BIOL 207 Anatomy and Physiology II

BIOL 210 Microbiology of Disease

1 Ethics Course

Summer
NURS 234 Medical-Surgical Nursing I

BIOL 344 Pathophysiology

Year 2

Fall
NURS 357 Pediatric Nursing

SCIE 345 Pharmacology

MATH 108 Statistics

January
NURS 336 Rural Health or NURS 346 Transcultural Nursing

Spring
NURS 356 Women’s Reproductive Health

NURS 334 Medical-Surgical Nursing II

NURS 448 Introduction to Research

NURS 333 Gerontology

Year 3

Fall
NURS 441 Psych-Mental Health Nursing

NURS 443 Community Health Nursing

NURS 490 Senior Thesis

January
NURS 446 Trans.to Prof. Practice I: Leadership & Policy

Spring
NURS 434 Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing

NURS 495 Trans. to Prof. Practice II: Independent Practicum

Contact Patricia Grust, grustp@hartwick.edu and Jane Bachman, bachmanj@hartwick.edu for more information about this program.


 

Philosophy

Year 1

(3 Philosophy Courses)

236 Logic

Two other courses in Philosophy, for example: 201 Classics, 250 Topics in Philosophy, 249 Existentialism

Year 2

(4 Philosophy Courses)

381 Ancient Philosophy

383 Modern Philosophy

At least one of: 271 Values and Society or 336 Ethics

One other course in philosophy, for example: 350 Topics in Philosophy or 250 Topics in Philosophy

Year 3

(3 Philosophy Courses)

PHIL 490 Senior Capstone Seminar

*Two elective courses in philosophy, for example: 370 Philosophy of Mind, 337 Philosophy of Art, 350 Topics in Philosophy

*Two of the student’s electives must cover two of the following subject areas: 19th or 20th century philosophy, contemporary approaches to philosophical issues, or a major philosopher. This will be accomplished in consultation with the philosophy advisor.

Contact any member of the Philosophy Department for more information about this program.


 

Political Science

Year 1

POSC 101 U.S. Government and Politics OR POSC 107 Freedom, Equality and Justice

POSC 105 International Relations or POSC 108 Intro to Comparative Politics and two POSC electives at the 200-level

Year 2

POSC 209 Political Science Research Methods and three POSC electives, at least one at the 300-level

Year 3

POSC 489 Thesis Methods

POSC 490 Senior Thesis and two POSC electives, at least two at the 300-level

Contact Laurel Elder, elderl@hartwick.edu, for more information about this program.


Public Health

Year 1

PUBH 100 Foundations of Public Health

PUBH 110 Global Public Health

PUBH 200 Epidemiology

BIOL 163 Human Biology (or BIOL 206, 207, 210, 304, 306, 312, 314, 315, 319, 320, 344, or PSYC 305)

MATH 108 Statistics (or PSYC 291)

Year 2

PHIL 336 Ethics (or PHIL 250 Bioethics or Healthcare Ethics)

POSC 292 Public Policy (or POSC 290)

Public Health electives*

At least two courses at the 300-level or above

Year 3

PUBH 490 Senior Capstone

PUBH 495 Public Health Internship (or 80 hours of approved fieldwork)

Public Health electives*

At least two courses at the 300-level or above

*Public Health electives must form a cohesive theme that is relevant to the student’s interests in Public Health. These courses will be determined in consultation between the student and the student’s academic advisor in the Public Health major.

Contact Cherilyn Lacy, lacyc@hartwick.edu, for more information about this program.

 


Psychology

Year 1

Fall
PSYC 110 Psychological Science I

Spring
PSYC 111 Psychological Science II

PSYC 290 Psychological Research Methods

Year 2

Fall
PSYC 291 Experimental Statistics

1 or 2 core courses*

Spring
2 or 3 core courses*

Year 3

Fall
Research course 1**

1 PSYC topics course

Spring
Research course 2**

PSYC 488 Senior Capstone

*Core courses include:

  • PSYC 301 Developmental Psychology
  • PSYC 302
  • PSYC 303 Social Psychology
  • PSYC 304 Cognitive Psychology
  • PSYC 305 Biopsychology
**Research courses include:

  • PSYC 361 Research in Developmental Psychology
  • PSYC 362 Research in Clinical Psychology
  • PSYC 363 Research in Social Psychology
  • PSYC 364 Research in Cognitive Psychology
  • PSYC 366 Research in Learning

Contact the Justin Wellman, wellmanj@hartwick.edu, for more information about this program.


Religious Studies

Year 1

Three courses at 100 level, one in each major area of study, for example:

Monotheistic Traditions: RELS 101, 105 or 110

Asian Traditions: RELS 106

Contemporary Western Traditions: RELS 103, 107, or 115

Year 2 – 3

Three courses at 200 level, one in each major area of study, for example:

Monotheistic Traditions: RELS 210, 211, 235, 237, 239

Asian Traditions: RELS 221, 222, 223, or 235

Contemporary Western Traditions: RELS 241, 243 or 245

Year 3

3 courses – Two 300 level courses, any area

RELS 490 Senior Thesis

Contact Lisle Dalton, daltonl@hartwick.edu, for more information about this program.


 

Sociology

Year 1

Fall
SOCI 105 Introduction to Sociology

One Sociology elective

Spring
Two Sociology electives

Year 2

Fall
SOCI 310 Classical Theory

SOCI 385 Qualitative Analysis for Sociologists

Spring
SOCI 397 Contemporary Theory

SOCI 383 Quantitative Analysis for Sociologists

Year 3

Fall
Two Sociology electives

Spring
One Sociology elective

SOCI 485 Senior Seminar Capstone

Contact Amy Forster Rothbart, forsterrotha@hartwick.edu, for more information about this program.


 

Spanish

Year 1

Span 201 Intermediate Spanish I

Span 202 Intermediate Spanish II

Span 203 or 205, depending which one is offered that semester.

We believe that the first year should not have more than 3 courses and no one above the 200 level, unless of course the student shows special abilities and then we can work a special program for those students advanced in the language.

Year 2

The other 203 or 205 not available the semester before.

Again, a student might have the linguistic level to go directly to a 300-level course. This needs to be determined for each individual case.

3 courses at the 300 level

Year 3

3 courses at the 400 level

Span 490

Contact Mark Wolff, wolffm@hartwick.edu, for more information about this program.


 

Theatre Arts

Year 1

Fall
THEA 100 Theatre Practicum

THEA 120 Introduction to Theatre Arts

THEA 140 First-Year Seminar: Fundamentals of Acting

January
THEA 205 Theatre in New York City (optional)

Spring
THEA 100 Theatre Practicum

THEA 231 Fundamentals of Theatrical Design

One 200-level dramatic literature course

Year 2

Fall
THEA 110 Introduction to Movement and Dance for the Theatre

THEA 220 Play Production

One 200- or 300-level dramatic literature course

January
THEA 303 Theatre in England (optional)

THEA 395 Theatre Internship (optional)

Spring
THEA 240 Advanced Acting

THEA 260 Art of the Cinema (writing level course)

One 300-level dramatic literature course

Year 3

Fall
One 300-level dramatic literature course

THEA 100 Theatre Practicum

January
THEA 303 Theatre in England (optional)

THEA 495 Theatre Internship (optional)

Spring
THEA 490 Senior Project

Contact Malissa Kano-White, kano_whitem@hartwick.edu, for more information about this program.