Integrated Science First-Year Program

The Integrated Science First-Year Program is an initiative at Hampshire that gets students involved in the Kern Center. The courses are intended for first-years, but there have been Five-College students and upper-divisional students in the courses as well. The topics of the integrated science courses change from year to year, but are typically focused on systems thinking, electricity, water use, and more.

The program consists of three collaborative courses in the fall, independent design projects in the spring, and a research internship in the summer.

In 2016, at the American Ecological Engineering Society Conference in Tenessee, a group of six Hampshire students from the integrated science program (five first-years and one second-year) won a design challenge against seven teams of graduate students.

Professors involved in the program include Chris Cianfrani, Sarah Hews, and Jason Tor.