The academic program of Hendrix College comprises diverse elements in a coherent whole, combining design with flexibility. The general education requirements at the College consist of three components:

• The Collegiate Center assures students the opportunity to engage in thought about cultures and contemporary issues.  The Center includes three course requirements:  Journeys, Explorations and Challenges of the Contemporary World.
• Learning Domains afford multiple options for acquiring a basic understanding of the content, disciplinary styles, and modes of inquiries of the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences in ways that may cross traditional disciplinary boundaries.
• Capacities recognizes that all students must exhibit basic proficiencies in fundamental skills used across multiple disciplines. 

Majors are offered in more than thirty disciplinary fields and include opportunities for interdisciplinary studies. All majors also include a senior capstone experience.

Minors in more than thirty areas complement the majors and allow students opportunities to pursue additional academic interests. The College’s curricular structures are intended to guide students in a coherent process of learning while encouraging all students to exercise responsibility in constructing individual programs of study.

Your Hendrix Odyssey: Engaging in Active Learning
Your Hendrix Odyssey: Engaging in Active Learning is Hendrix's distinctive program of engaged learning. This program expands and formalizes currently available options for undergraduate research, study abroad, artistic development, internships, service experiences, and other hands-on activities. Beginning with the Hendrix graduating class of 2009, all students are required to complete three Odyssey experiences selected from the six categories of Artistic Creativity, Global Awareness, Professional & Leadership Development, Service to the World, Undergraduate Research, and Special Projects. 

 View a list of our new faculty for the 2008-09 academic
   year.