Chestnut Hill College

Chestnut Hill College's core curriculum is designed to provide students with a meaningful education that is rooted in college’s mission. Steeped in the liberal arts, the curriculum recognizes the impact of the information-age revolution and addresses career demands of the twenty-first century, while at the same time providing an unparalleled holistic education to all of the college’s students. The core curriculum consists of fundamental requirements, proficiencies, and free electives. In addition, students fulfill all of the requirements specified in a major program of study.

Focused on six perspectives (Historical, Literary, Artistic, Scientific, Behavioral, and Problem-Solving and Analysis), the Ways of Knowing component of the Core Curriculum is designed to introduce students to different learning methodologies and strategies for interpreting and understanding the world in which we live.

Students may be approved to pursue a degree simultaneously within two major disciplines. Students who wish to double major must discuss their proposed course of study with the chair of each department and submit a proposal to the Dean of the College. To earn a dual degree, students must satisfy the individual requirements of both department programs.

Select students have the opportunity to participate in the challenging Interdisciplinary Honors Program (IDHP). The courses in the IDHP consist of seminars co-taught by two faculty members from different disciplines. In these readingand writing-intensive seminars, learning is achieved through active discussion involving students and professors alike. Each is interdisciplinary to promote the integration of knowledge. An atmosphere of cooperation replaces competition for grades, fostering in students their own unique potential and enthusiasm for learning.

Chestnut Hill College’s faculty is accomplished in research, publication, and travel, but are teachers first and foremost. The undergraduate college faculty consists of 170 faculty members, 65 of whom are full-time. Over 75 percent of faculty members hold doctoral or terminal degrees in their subject area. Chestnut Hill College instructors take teaching seriously, and with an excellent student/faculty ratio of 11:1, students have ample opportunity to work individually with professors. Chestnut Hill's distinguished instructors have earned degrees from such premiere institutions as the University of Oxford in England, the University of Paris, the University of Budapest, Catholic University of America, Middlebury College, Bryn Mawr College, Columbia University, the University of Notre Dame, the University of Pennsylvania, Duke University, New York University, the New School for Social Research, Purdue University, Temple University, and the University of Minnesota.

The Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees are offered with majors in:

Accounting
Art Studio
Biochemistry
Biology
Business Administration and Management
Chemistry
Communications
Computer and Information Sciences
Computer and Information Technology
Computer Systems Management
Criminal Justice
Digital Forensics
Education
PreK-4 and Special Education
Middle Level Education
Secondary Education
English Literature
English Literature and Communications
Environmental Sciences
Forensic Biology
Forensic Chemistry
French
Global Affairs
History
Human Services
International Business, Language and Culture
Marketing
Mathematical and Computer Sciences
Mathematics
Molecular Biology
Music
Music Education
Music Performance
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology
Spanish