Core Curriculum: HEART
The Heart, where tradition and change meet. To set you on a path to success, you'll participate in a rich interdisciplinary first-year experience where you'll begin making connections (both socially and academically).
HEART (10-11 credits)
- First-Year Seminar (Fall): You'll select a seminar topic based on a theme connected to Hood's four columns--Hope, Opportunity, Obligation, and Democracy. The seminar includes service-learning, which means you'll connect what you're doing in the classroom with a meaningful project in the community (4 credits)
- English Composition (Fall) (3-4 credits, depending on placement test)
- In the spring, you'll stay with your seminar cohort and complete a theme-linked course (3 credits)
HEART Examples with Possible Themes
| Hood Column | Possible Theme & Courses | Possible Theme & Courses |
|---|---|---|
| HOPE | Pathways to Sustainability
| Social Justice
|
| OPPORTUNITY | The Human Experience
| Education for All
|
| OBLIGATION | Global Citizenship
| Water as a Global Resource
|
| DEMOCRACY | Freedom and Democracy
| Revolutions
|
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