Graduation Requirements
In order to be recommended by the faculty for the Bachelor of Science degree, students are required to complete satisfactorily a minimum of 128 credit hours of courses (including credits for courses taken at other colleges). These credit hours are divided among four broad categories. (Credit hours in parentheses.)

The Core Program (40)¹
Calculus Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra; Differential Equations (13)

Structured Programming and Problem Solving (3)

General Chemistry; Chemistry Laboratory (8)

Mechanics and Wave Motion; Electromagnetic Theory & Optics; Electricity & Optics Laboratory (10)

Introduction to Biology (3)

Introduction to Systems Engineering (3)

Total 40 hours
¹ All core courses are to be completed by the end of the fifth semester.

Humanities and Social Sciences (37)
Introduction to the Humanities/Social Sciences 1 (4)

Eleven courses satisfying distributive and concentration requirements including one seminar in the junior or senior year (33)

Total 37 hours

Integrative Experience (3)²
An integrative course/experience that involves exploration of the interaction between science, technology, and society (3)

² An Integrative Experience (IE) may be (1) a faculty-initiated course/experience or (2) a student-initiated experience. Included in category (1) are: (a) courses that include consideration of one or more issues involving the relationship of science or technology with contemporary society; (b) courses offered in parallel with clinic or research involving groups of students in critical reflection on the ethical and social issues involved in their projects and/or prior projects; and (c) project-based courses that specifically address a societal need, in the performance of which students substantively consider the wider set of societal issues that create the context and need for their actions. In category (2), a student-initiated experience is an independent project/experience designed by a student or a group of students that includes treatment of specific interactions between science/technology and contemporary society. In all IE courses/experiences, there should be a final paper or project with demonstrable evidence of significant self-reflection and critical analysis, and an oral presentation of the work in a forum that allow open discussion of the work in a community setting. The Curriculum Committee will be responsible for determining whether a course or experience meets the IE guidelines. Courses/experiences to be taken for IE credit must be approved by the Curriculum Committee prior to the pre-registration period for the semester in which the course is to be offered or the project/experience is to be undertaken.

A student must complete the requirements for one of the eight departmental majors, for an approved Individual Program of Study, or for an Off-Campus Major with approval from that faculty committee (see Off-Campus Major). The seven departmental majors are: biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, computer science and mathematics, and mathematical biology.

In addition, each student must complete three semesters of physical education.

The above description of the core was distributed to all HMC students in their preregistration packets in November 1999, under the auspices of the Curriculum Committee with a cover letter from the Dean of Faculty.