Our Academic Program

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Hampshire’s exceptionally rich, intellectually demanding academic program allows you to develop diverse courses of study reflecting your interests.

Become the Architect of Your Own Education:

ampshire Students Known as Innovators

Hampshire students are known as innovators, and the college encourages that, helping you to build on your natural intelligence and inquisitiveness.

Evolutionary Computation

A Hampshire-based team led by Professor of Computer Science Lee Spector used evolutionary computation to solve a century-old algebra problem with startling rapidity and efficiency, winning the 2008 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference’s top prize.

DART

Design, Art, and Technology: Innovation Synergy (DART) fosters and supports inventive explorations at the intersections of art, design, and technology. DART aims to transcend disciplinary boundaries to create new artistic processes and innovative ways of thinking that explore synergies of design, art, technology, and their impacts on individuals, society, and culture.

Jan Term

Jan Term at Hampshire is an exciting time when you can immerse yourself in new experiences. The Jan Term course Gene Cloning is a rite of passage for natural science concentrators: three weeks, eight hours in the lab five days a week, collaborating on research projects of their own making.

Cuba

When she was a third-year student, Brecklyn Walters traveled to Cuba as part of her Division II study. In Div II, you develop an academic concentration guided by your own interests and goals. Study abroad, internships, and field study often play a part.

ERP

Hampshire’s Culture, Brain, and Development Program blends neurological, biological, environmental, psychological, and cultural frameworks. Have you ever wondered about the nature of consciousness? Did you know that life experiences influence the expression of genes? Are you curious about how children learn about culture and whether, in fact, children also help create culture? These are the sorts of questions that students affiliated with the Culture, Brain, and Development Program (CBD) think about every day.

Div III research

For her final project 2008 graduate Erin Eggleston conducted Div III research on rugged bacteria that thrive in harsh conditions. Hampshire students complete their academic programs with a final stage of work known as Division III. Div III students undertake yearlong, self-designed projects that tie together and expand on their earlier work. Projects range from feature films to robotic designs to major research papers and scientific experiments. See featured projects >

At Hampshire, you can study everything from microbiology to filmmaking, social entrepreneurship to quantum physics. Success After Hampshire: Outcomes >>

Where Ideas Take Root
As a Hampshire student, you will have the opportunity to live and love your education, developing courses of study that transcend traditional academic boundaries. As you shape your own education, you will:

Our Academic Program

STUDENTS SAY...

When I was looking at colleges, I saw that Hampshire was one of the only schools with an artificial intelligence program available to undergraduates.

-Bradford Barr 06F

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Hampshire College
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