Foreign Languages, Cultures, and
Literatures comprise those programs which are based on the foreign
languages currently taught at Bard: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Ancient
Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian, Sanskrit, and Spanish. The programs' common philosophy involves the
critical appreciation of one or more foreign cultures and literatures through
the learning and mastery of the language of each. While each program has its own intellectual
and academic plan, the requirements for moderation are similar: Linguistic proficiency, based usually on
three or more semesters of language study; (2) Literary proficiency through
completion of at least one course in the foreign literature, preferably a
survey course; (3) Cultural proficiency, demonstrated by at least one course in
a related area outside of literature, e.g., philosophy, history, or music