BARD ACADEMIC RESOURCES CENTER
The Bard Center for Academic Resources provides
academic support for students. This
includes tutorials, credit-bearing courses in writing, regular seminars and
workshops, and special programs for students who are enrolled in First Year
Seminar or Senior Project, and those
preparing for Moderation.
Individual tutoring in writing, mathematics, the
sciences, and foreign languages can be arranged by visiting the Bard Academic
Resources Center (located in the basement of Stone Row, across from Old
Henderson), or by requesting a tutor via our website:
http://inside.bard.edu/academicresources/. The administrative offices of BARC
are open Monday-Friday, 9-5. BARC’s
drop-in hours for writing and for math help are Sunday-Thursday from 7-9
pm. Call 758-7812 for details, or visit
the BARC website at http://inside.bard.edu/academicresources/.
All students at Bard College must take and pass a Q
(quantitative) course before graduation. In order to enroll in a Q course, a
student must take and pass the Q Exam.
For more information about the Q exam, contact the Director of
Quantitative Support, at 758-7001, or visit the BARC website: http://inside.bard.edu/campus/services/academicresources/academics/q_exam/
In compliance with Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990,
Bard College is committed to providing otherwise qualified disabled*
individuals with equal access to the College’s academic courses, programs, and
activities. For further information about services and reasonable
accommodations available for self-identified students who present the appropriate
documentation.**, contact David Shein, Dean of Lower College Studies, at x7045.
* Disabilities may include: visual, hearing,
orthopedic, or motor impairments; chronic illness; drug or alcohol addiction;
mental retardation; and specific learning or psychological disabilities.
** Documentation must be no more than three years
old and should include the following: name, title, and credentials of the
evaluator; a summary of a comprehensive diagnostic interview; a diagnostic
summary based on a comprehensive assessment battery; and specific
recommendations for accommodation, including explanations why each requested
accommodation is needed. If documentation is inadequate in content or scope,
re-evaluation may be required before services and accommodations are provided
Courses
listed below do not satisfy area or division distribution credit.
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Writing
Essays |
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Philip Pardi |
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Tu Th 4:00 – 5:20 pm OLIN 107 |
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2 credits This will be an intensive writing course in
which we sharpen our skills at composing and revising academic essays. Using topics in the field of human rights as
our starting point, we will consider the process of developing an essay – from
early invention through intensive rewriting – and pay special attention to
supporting our claims with textual evidence.
Our focus will be the array of choices available to writers responding
to complicated issues with clear, convincing arguments. We will seek to do so not by simplifying our
thinking but, rather, by using the format of the essay – particularly structure
– to capture and convey our ideas in all their complexity. Both short essays and long research papers
will be covered, including research methods and note-taking.
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Grammar
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Philip Pardi |
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Tu Th
5:30 pm – 6:50 pm OLIN 107 |
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2 credits “Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful thing in the world,” wrote the poet George Oppen. In this class we will explore twin demands of grammatical correctness and sentence clarity as we consider the choices available to writers seeking to render complex ideas with razor-sharp precision. Readings, as well as topics for short writing assignments, will be drawn from the field of human rights, including such issues as prison abuse in Iraq, genocide in Rwanda and Darfur, and war crimes in Central America and the Balkans.