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:
(1) 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.