Bard College
Bachelor degree
Africana Studies | |
Before Moderation, a student is expected to take at least three AS cross-listed courses, including the Core Course (History 148). A student moderates into Africana Studies by presenting to the Moderation Board the customary two papers outlining both past academic achievements and a proposed program of... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
American Studies | |
The American Studies Program offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of culture and society in the United States. Students take courses in a wide range of fields with the aim of learning how to study this complex subject in a sensitive and responsible way. In the introductory course, students... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Anthropology | |
The Anthropology Program encompasses the subfields of sociocultural, linguistic, historical, archaeological, and applied anthropology. It seeks to understand the cultural dynamics in the formation of the nation-state, the colonial and postcolonial, and the politics of identity, difference, and inequality... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Art History | |
The Program in Art History offers the opportunity to explore visual art and culture through courses across a broad range of periods and societies, and through close student-teacher contact. The program emphasizes learning how to look at and write about works of art, particularly in introductory courses.... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Asian Studies | |
Asian Studies is a program that draws from courses in literature, history, politics, music, art history, anthropology, religion and economics. With program faculty, students select a regional and disciplinary focus to create a coherent program of study. Although the program focuses on China, Japan, South... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Biology | |
In order to meet the needs and interests of students within this diverse field, the biology curriculum at Bard is designed to be flexible. Students are encouraged to consult with their advisers to design a personal curriculum that covers requirements for advanced study and satisfies varied interests”addressing... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Chemistry | |
Chemistry at Bard is geared primarily, but not exclusively, to meeting the needs of students planning to do graduate work in chemistry and biology. Students receive extensive hands-on experience with modern instruments. These include a 300-MHz NMR; GC/MS, UV/Vis, and FTIR spectrophotometers; and HPLC.... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Classical Studies | |
Classical Studies students seek to understand the ancient Mediterranean world, especially Greece and Rome, both on its own terms and as part of a larger nexus of ancient cultures that laid much of the groundwork for the ideas of the city, the nation, and the role of the individual within a civic and... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Classical Studies
Ancient Studies | |
Concentrators take courses not just on ancient Greece and Rome but also on the ancient Middle East, India, or China. The faculty of the Ancient Studies Focus includes members of the core Classics Program, and also faculty in Art History, History, Literature, Philosophy, and Religion. A student wishing... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Classical Studies
Philological | |
A student who 'loves language' (the root meaning of philology) can follow a traditional philological course of study, consisting of intensive work in the ancient languages (Greek, Latin, Sanskrit). The student also chooses among elective courses on ancient civilization, history, art history, philosophy,... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Cognitive Science | |
The Cognitive Science concentration seeks to understand how humans, animals, and robots are able to acquire, represent, and use knowledge. The discipline combines the insights of several other fields, including computer science, psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, and philosophy, to work toward an... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Computer Science | |
Computer science is integral to current technological and cultural changes and to all fields of study. The Computer Science Program at Bard offers courses of interest to computer science, science, and nonscience majors. The program focuses on the fundamental ideas of computer science and introduces students... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Conservatory of Music | |
The undergraduate curriculum of the Bard College Conservatory of Music is based on the premise that the best musician is a well-educated one. We believe that the best education for an aspiring musician combines intense musical training with the wider intellectual aspects of a liberal arts education.
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Dance | |
The Bard Dance Program sees the pursuit of artistry and intellect as a single endeavor and the study of the body as a cognitive act, demanding both physical practice and exploration of the broader academic contexts in which the art form exists. The program fosters the discovery of a dance vocabulary... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Economics | |
Overview
Adam Smith (1776) defined ’political economy“ as the science of ’the nature and causes of the wealth of nations.“ The basic methodological approach of economics is to analyze the ubiquitous problem of human choice among alternative uses of limited resources. Economics examines how decisions... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Environmental Studies | |
Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary concentration that examines the interdependence of human societies and the physical environment, including both natural systems and the built environment. Environmental Studies must be combined with a disciplinary program, usually in the social or biological... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Film and Electronic Arts | |
Critical thinking and creative work go hand in hand in the Film and Electronic Arts Program, which integrates various creative practices with the study of theory and criticism. For example, all filmmaking majors take courses in film history and video production, and a student writing a Senior Project... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Foreign Languages Cultures and Literatures | |
At Bard, the study of a foreign language provides students with the opportunity to acquire a critical appreciation of foreign cultures and literatures in addition to language skills. Integral to the process is the mastery of the foreign language and the use of this mastery in the study of written texts”not... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
French Studies | |
Students in French studies are expected to reach a high level of competence in the French language. The program emphasizes in-depth study of literature, history, philosophy and theory, art history, and cinema.
Areas of Study:
The program allows students to choose one of three areas of specialization:... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
French Studies
French And Francophone Literature | |
Students in French studies are expected to reach a high level of competence in the French language. The program emphasizes in-depth study of literature, history, philosophy and theory, art history, and cinema.
Areas of Study:
The program allows students to choose one of three areas of specialization:... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
French Studies
French Language And Linguistics | |
The objective of the French Studies Program is twofold: to enable students to reach a high level of competence in the French language and to emphasize in-depth study of many aspects of French and francophone culture (literature, philosophy, history, cinema, political science).
The program allows students... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Gender and Sexuality Studies | |
The Gender and Sexuality Studies (GSS) concentration embraces the importance of gender as a fundamental category of analysis across disciplines. The concentration seeks to explore how gender and sexuality are intertwined with structures of power and inequality. It is committed to the study of issues... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
German Studies | |
The German Studies Program encompasses the language, literature, culture, history, philosophy, art, and music of the German-speaking countries. The cultural and historical expressions of Germany can best be understood by interdisciplinary study and by situating German, Austrian, and Swiss cultures within... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Global and International Studies (GISP)
Global and International Affairs | |
Bard‘s Global and International Studies Program (GISP) is an interdisciplinary academic concentration which students do in addition to a primary divisional program (such as Political Studies, Anthropology, Economics or Biology). The program is divided into Global and International Affairs .
The program‘s... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Global and International Studies (GISP)
Global Public Health | |
Bard‘s Global and International Studies Program (GISP) is an interdisciplinary academic concentration which students do in addition to a primary divisional program (such as Political Studies, Anthropology, Economics or Biology). The program is divided into Global Public Health.
The program‘s objectives... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Historical Studies | |
Overview
The Historical Studies Program focuses primarily, but not exclusively, on political, social, economic, and cultural aspects of history. The program encourages students to examine history through the prism of other relevant disciplines (for example, sociology, anthropology, economics, philosophy)... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Human Rights | |
The Human Rights (HR) Program is a transdisciplinary program across the arts, social sciences, and literature. It offers courses that explore fundamental theoretical questions, historical and empirical issues within the disciplines, and practical and legal strategies of human rights advocacy. Students... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Irish and Celtic Studies | |
The Irish and Celtic Studies Program is interdisciplinary, offering access to three main areas: Celtic traditions in myth, religion, literature, and art; Anglo-Irish literature from the 18th through the 20th centuries; and the politics and history of Ireland.
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Italian Studies | |
Italian culture is unique in the extent to which it affects other European and non-European cultures: the Venetians in overseas trade and the Byzantine Empire; Savoy with France; Trieste, Venice, and Milan with the Austro-Hungarian Empire; Sicily with Normandy, Greece, Spain, and the Islamic world. Contemporary... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Jewish Studies | |
The Jewish Studies concentration explores the many facets of the Jewish experience, with course offerings ranging across several millennia and continents. Students concentrating in Jewish studies also moderate into a divisional program. Students may focus, for example, on the classic texts of rabbinic... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Latin American and Iberian Studies | |
Latin American and Iberian Studies (LAIS) is a multidisciplinary program incorporating such diverse disciplines as literature, political studies, anthropology, history, economics, art history, and dance. It provides an academic setting for the study of two regions inextricably bound together by historical,... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Literature | |
The Literature Program at Bard is free from the barriers that are often set up between different national literatures or between the study of language and the study of the range of intellectual, historical, and imaginative dimensions to which literature‘s changing forms persistently refer. Literary studies... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Mathematics | |
Mathematics is at the core of human civilization and is the cornerstone of all modern science and technology. The Mathematics Program at Bard has three main functions: to provide students in the program with the opportunity to study the primary areas of contemporary mathematics, to provide physical and... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Medieval Studies | |
The Middle Eastern Studies (MES) concentration promotes the intellectual exploration and analytic study of the historical and contemporary Middle East, from North Africa to Afghanistan, and from central Asia to Yemen. This geographical conception of the Middle East has its roots in the 19th century,... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Middle Eastern Studies | |
Overview: The Middle Eastern Studies (MES) concentration promotes the intellectual exploration and analytic study of the historical and contemporary Middle East, from North Africa to Afghanistan, and from central Asia to Yemen. This geographical conception of the Middle East has its roots in the 19th... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Multidisciplinary Studies | |
The Multidisciplinary Studies Program allows a student to select an area of study or develop an individual approach to an area and then design a program that integrates material from different programs and divisions in order to pursue that study.
In order to concentrate in Multidisciplinary Studies,... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Music | |
Performance, composition, and historical analysis are the primary focuses of the Bard Music Program. Students develop their talents as performers through lessons and in large and small ensembles. In addition to weekly rehearsals with an ensemble and in open concerts offered monthly, they present three... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Philosophy | |
The philosophy curriculum is designed to provide every student with the opportunity to obtain a general understanding of the nature and history of philosophical inquiry. Students concentrating in philosophy have extensive access to a more specialized curriculum, which can serve as the foundation for... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Photography | |
A photographer‘s growth is the product of the simultaneous development of three interdependent factors. The first is the conscious or intuitive understanding of the visual language of photography”that is, how the world is translated into a photograph and how a photograph orders a segment of the world... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Physics | |
The Physics Program provides a firm foundation for work in a variety of areas, including graduate work in physics and allied fields. A student usually takes the core courses listed below, although in some cases the student and faculty may decide that not all the courses are appropriate because of advanced... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Political Studies | |
Politics can be understood in many ways: as a struggle for power over other people and nations, or for freedom from control; as a social process that determines who has what kinds of authority; as a series of conversations or disputations about what counts as a ’public problem“ and how to address public... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Psychology | |
Overview
The science of psychology is a quest to understand the human mind and behavior. Bard psychology faculty and students seek to answer questions about the workings of the brain; the interactions of brain, mind, and behavior; the person in social context; the development of the person throughout... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Race and Ethnicity | |
Race continues to affect the social world, from the continuing legacies of the racist past to racial consciousness in the form of ethnic cleansing or celebratory forms of identity formation and cultural/artistic expression, to current cultural and policy controversies surrounding issues such as immigration,... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Religion | |
Religious ideas and practices have been crucial in shaping distinctive human societies throughout history, and they continue to exercise critical influence in the world of the 21st century. We study the various phenomena we call ’religion“ for many reasons: for their intrinsic interest; to understand... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Russian and Eurasian Studies | |
The Russian and Eurasian Studies Program (RES) focuses on the language, literature, history, and culture of Russia, the Soviet Union and the now-independent states that once were a part of it, and East and East-Central Europe. RES provides a wide range of interdisciplinary contexts, theoretical perspectives,... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Russian and Eurasian Studies
Literature | |
The Russian and Eurasian Studies Program (RES) focuses on the language, literature, history, and culture of Russia, the Soviet Union and now-independent states that once were a part of it, and East and East-Central Europe, through a range of interdisciplinary contexts, theoretical perspectives, and analytical... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Science Technology and Society | |
The interrelation of scientific and technological systems with social and political life has become perhaps the most pressing concern of modern society. The Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Program provides a foundation in the technical and social fields needed to study this crucial area in conjunction... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Social Policy | |
The Social Policy concentration introduces students to an important way to act on the desire to help make their society more just and humane through analysis of questions such as: What social interventions have been proposed to deal with social ills? Which interventions have worked, and why? The field... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Sociology | |
Sociology at Bard aims to provide an understanding of the structure and processes of society, explain and chart the course of social changes, and offer knowledge of the sources of those actions and ideas that are learned and shared through social membership. While contemporary complex societies are of... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Studio Arts | |
The Studio Arts Program is available to both the student who wishes to major and moderate into the program as well as the student who wishes to experience the visual arts and apply that experience to other disciplines. Visits to museums and galleries in New York City are a requirement of many courses... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Theatre | |
The Theater Program is grounded in the belief that theater is a fundamental cultural necessity that enriches all who participate in it.
The program emphasizes the practical and the theoretical; technique and practice; and the knowledge of dramatic literature, theater history, and dramaturgy. It is geared... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Theology | |
The Theology concentration enables participants to explore new directions that have emerged since the removal of theology as a dogmatic discipline from most liberal arts curricula. The focus is on how the divine or ultimate is conceived. Two principal approaches to that issue may be combined. The first... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Victorian Studies | |
The Victorian Studies concentration guides students in their exploration of the politics, culture, and society of Britain and the United States in the 19th century, a period during which both countries were undergoing massive expansion and change. Grounded in the significant relationship between history... |
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Bard College
Bachelor degree
Written Arts | |
At Bard, writing is seen as a process that engages the student in an ardent investigation of the nature and varieties of art, so that the student‘s work is understood in the context of the arts of the present and past. The careful study of literature and critical theory are essential components of the... |
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Bard College
Certificates/First-Professional Certificate
Environmental Policy | |
The Center's Graduate Program combines an intensive course of study with practical training in preparation for environmental careers in nonprofit organizations, government, and the private sector. The program emphasizes methods of critical inquiry and provides the practical knowledge necessary to understand... |
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Bard College
Doctor's degree
Decorative Arts Design and Culture | |
In the fall of 1998, The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture formally initiated its doctoral program, the first of its kind in North America, after approval by the Regents of the State of New York in September 1997. Doctoral diplomas granted indicate a doctorate... |
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Bard College
Doctor's degree
Master of Science and Juris Doctorate with Pace University School of Law | |
Created in 2003, this joint degree program offers students the opportunity to complete, in an accelerated period, a master of science degree in environmental policy at Bard College and a doctorate in jurisprudence with a certificate in environmental law at Pace University. The program consists of four... |
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Bard College
Masters degree
Accelerated 3 + 2 | |
Qualified Bard undergraduates may apply to begin graduate studies at BCEP during the fourth year of study at Bard College. 3+2 students work with an undergraduate and graduate advisor to ensure completion of all requirements for both the Bachelor's and Master's degrees. 3+2 students graduate with both... |
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Bard College
Masters degree
Arts | |
The first year of study in the Master of Arts Program includes an intensive orientation period held in August. In both fall and spring terms, students register for four courses (12 credits), including the two-semester Survey of the Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture. During the late... |
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Bard College
Masters degree
Curatorial Studies | |
The graduate program at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College provides practical training and experience in a museum setting and an intensive course of study in the history of the contemporary visual arts, the institutions and practices of exhibition, and the theory and criticism of the visual... |
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Bard College
Masters degree
Dual MAT/CEP Program | |
Dual MAT/CEP Program:
In partnership with the Bard Center for Environmental Policy (CEP), students may apply for a two-year dual-degree program (master of science in environmental policy and master of arts in teaching).
Applicants must apply to, and be accepted by, both the CEP and the MAT Programs.... |
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Bard College
Masters degree
Environmental Policy | |
The Master of Science in environmental policy program takes place over the course of two years, and includes a 4-6 month internship and a Master's Thesis. Active professionals who have at least five years of postbaccalaureate experience in an environmentally related field may apply for a waiver of the... |
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Bard College
Masters degree
Fine Arts | |
The M.F.A. program takes place over two years and two months, with students in residence on campus during three consecutive summers, and two winter sessions of independent study completed off campus. Each summer session runs for eight intensive weeks; the 2010 summer session dates are Monday, June 7... |
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Bard College
Masters degree
Fine Arts
Bard-ICP | |
The ICP-Bard MFA Program offers a rigorous exploration of all aspects of photography through an integrated curriculum of studio and professional practice, critical study, and master classes.
The 60 credits required for the MFA degree cover the production of a final exhibition of original artwork and... |
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Bard College
Masters degree
Master's International with the Peace Corps | |
Choosing between graduate school and the Peace Corps can be difficult. The Master's International (MI) Program offers qualified applicants the opportunity to incorporate the internationally focused, hands-on experience of Peace Corps service into the BCEP master's degree program. MI students complete... |
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Bard College
Masters degree
Teaching | |
Current Bard undergraduates who wish to enter the MAT Program upon completion of the bachelor's degree through a preferred admissions process should notify their advisers as early as possible, preferably by November 1 of the sophomore year, that they plan to pursue a fifth year of study in the MAT Program.
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Bard College
Masters degree
Teaching - 1 Year | |
The Master of Arts in Teaching Program at Bard College takes place over a full calendar year, from June to June. The course work and fieldwork are organized in a sequence of 10-week quarters.
* A weeklong orientation session precedes the summer quarter that begins in June.
* From September through... |
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Bard College
Masters degree
Teaching - 2 Year | |
A two-year degree program that accommodates part-time students on an alternative schedule. In the first year of the two-year program, the student participates in a weekend writing workshop. Two-year students do not begin placements in the public schools until their second year of study. Two-year students... |
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Bard College
Masters degree
Vocal Arts | |
The Graduate Program in Vocal Arts at the Bard College Conservatory is a unique Master of Music program in vocal performance. Designed and conceived by the renowned American soprano Dawn Upshaw, it was created to prepare the young singer to meet the special artistic and practical challenges of a musical... |
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