Graduation Requirements

Satisfactorily complete four academic years of full-time study or its equivalent.

• Complete 120 academic credits
• 45 credits must be earned at Hartwick, with the final 30 credits completed as a matriculated Hartwick student
• Minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.00
• Fulfill the requirements of the Promise Curriculum
  • Note that Physical education (PHED) courses used to satisfy the Promise Wellness Requirement do not count toward the 120 academic credits required for degree completion
• Earn an overall average of at least 2.0 in the major program or Individual Student Program

Please note the following:

• Students are responsible for ensuring that all the requirements above are completed.
• To be eligible to receive a degree, a student must complete and submit an Application for Graduation to the Office of the Registrar by the date established by the Registrar.
• Hartwick College academic records are sealed forty-five days after the conferral of a degree. After this date, changes to majors and minors, addition of departmental honors, removal of incompletes, grade changes, or other changes to an academic record cannot be made.
• Hartwick graduates students following each term, including January and summer. A student is graduated as of the date of completion of their final degree requirement.