Catalog 2016-2017

Undergraduate Programs

  • Double Counting of Courses
    Many courses satisfy more than one general education requirement. That does not necessarily imply that a student may use a course to satisfy all of those requirements. The following guidelines apply  ...
    Last Modified: 3/11/2016
  • Majors and Minors
    Students have three options for academic study   the pursuit of a single major the pursuit of two majors (double major)the pursuit of one major and one minor. The pursuit of any other combination of ...
    Last Modified: 2/11/2016
  • Learning Domains
    Learning Domains represent an organization of courses around content and teaching methods that may transcend departmental boundaries. Students should be exposed to courses in each of the Learning Doma...
    Last Modified: 2/3/2016
  • Senior Capstone Experience
    The senior capstone experience is an opportunity for the student to integrate and synthesize the various aspects of the subject matter studied within the major. Each department or program has designed...
    Last Modified: 8/3/2015
  • Number of Courses Required for Graduation
    The number of whole course credits for graduation is 32. Fractional credits for activity classes are not counted toward graduation unless a whole course credit is accumulated and approved. Fractional ...
    Last Modified: 8/3/2015
  • Your Hendrix Odyssey: Engaging in Active Learning
    Hendrix College has long recognized the educational value of engaged learning, that is, of the enhanced learning that results when theory meets practice, and when experience itself, as reflected upon,...
    Last Modified: 8/3/2015
  • Capacities
    A. Writing (bi level program)Clear and effective writing is inseparable from clear and coherent thinking. Each student must demonstrate the attainment of an acceptable level of skill in written commun...
    Last Modified: 8/3/2015
  • The Academic Program
    The academic program of Hendrix College comprises diverse elements in a coherent whole, combining design with flexibility. The general education requirements at the College, referred to as the Collegi...
    Last Modified: 8/3/2015
  • Residency Requirements
    A student must successfully complete a minimum of sixteen courses at Hendrix. Six of the final eight courses counted toward graduation must originate from Hendrix or institutions which are in direct, ...
    Last Modified: 7/28/2015
  • The First-Year Experience: The Engaged Citizen & Explorations
    The Engaged Citizen—one course The Engaged Citizen is a one semester course required of all first year students entering Hendrix College. The theme of the “engaged citizen” combines the spirit of Hend...
    Last Modified: 7/28/2015