Online Course Sharing Consortium

The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) is a membership organization open to small and mid-sized private liberal arts colleges in the US and beyond. One service of the CIC is Acadeum.

Courses taken via the CIC Consortium are approved by Hartwick faculty and the Registrar’s Office to be equivalent to Hartwick courses. When grades for courses taken through Acadeum are transferred back to Hartwick College, they are recorded on the student’s transcript with the equivalent Hartwick College course code and name, and the grade is used to calculate the student’s GPA according to Hartwick College policy. If you are a Hartwick student interested in enrolling in an Acadeum course, please follow the directions on this website.

The following guidelines govern registration in Acadeum courses:

1. Students must be enrolled at Hartwick College to take courses through the CIC.
2. During the Fall and Spring terms, CIC courses are included in the full-time tuition rate. Courses outside of the consortium may carry an additional fee.
3. Students may take no more than 6 credits in any Fall or Spring term.
4. Students may take a maximum of 12 credits through CIC over the course of their undergraduate career.
5. Courses taken during the Summer sessions do not count toward this maximum.
6. The tuition rate for summer CIC courses is equivalent to the Hartwick College summer course tuition rate.

When your course is complete, the offering institution will communicate a grade through the CIC to the Hartwick Registrar’s Office who will enter it on your record.