Table of Contents - Hartwick College

Courses of Study
Courses of instruction at Hartwick College are offered primarily by
departments, organized into three main divisions: the Division of
Humanities, the Division of Physical and Life Sciences, and the Division
of Social and Behavioral Sciences. These divisional groups indicate
characteristic approaches to learning.
The humanities generally use the approach of studying human documents
and artistic achievements. Courses of study offered by departments in the
Division of Humanities include art, classics, English, French, German,
music, philosophy, religion, Spanish and theatre arts.
The physical and life sciences provide experience in the scientific method
as exemplified by laboratory and field research. Courses of study offered
by departments in the Division of Physical and Life Sciences include
biochemistry, biology, chemistry, computer and information sciences,
geology, mathematics, medical technology, nursing and physics.
The social and behavioral sciences provide the experiences of gathering
and analyzing social data. Courses of study offered by departments in the
Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences include accounting,
anthropology, economics, education, finance, history, management,
political science, psychology, and sociology.
Courses of study offered by departments appear alphabetically by
discipline in this catalog.
Course numbers indicate the following:
100-199 - introductory courses;
200-299 - courses, some of which are introductory, normally open
to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors;
300-399 - courses normally open to sophomores, juniors, and
seniors;
400-499 - courses normally open to juniors and seniors.
Courses in the 100-199 and 200-299 series generally should be completed
in the freshman and sophomore years.
Any course which meets a Curriculum XXI requirement has a notation at
the end of its description, e.g., (NTW), (MWE), (SBA), etc. When some
courses may be eligible to meet more than one requirement, the student
must choose which requirement the course is to fulfill. A course may be
used only once toward Curriculum XXI.
The College reserves the right to cancel any course which has an
enrollment of fewer than eight students at the end of the pre-registration
period.
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