FIRST-YEAR
SEMINAR: Studies in Human Experience
In 1953, Bard
College inaugurated an experimental “Common Course” designed to show how the
question of human freedom can be approached through a liberal arts education.
Sixty years later, the Common Course continues to engage the individual
experiences of first-year students, and to relate those experiences to
extraordinary works of literature, philosophy, religion, politics, science and
the arts. In this way, the course introduces students to important
intellectual, cultural, and artistic ideas that serve as a common foundation in
liberal arts education. The core texts for the fall semester include Biblical
texts and works by Plato, Mencius, Xunzi, Lucretius, Augustine, Ibn Tufayl,
Montaigne, Luther, Descartes, Galileo, Milton and Weber. The core texts for the
spring semester include works by Locke, Rousseau, Equiano, Kant, Mary Shelley,
Büchner, Marx, Nietzsche, Melville, Freud, Faulkner, and Arendt. Plenary
sessions, guest lectures, panel presentations, performances, and student
organized symposia events provide a collective forum where students and faculty
come together to investigate and test the ideas explored in the
classroom.
FIRST-YEAR
SEMINAR SCHEDULE:
In addition to the time below all
students will be required to attend events every Monday from 4:45 – 6:15
REGISTRATION
After you have registered for your
other courses on Friday, August 28th we will place you in a section
of First-Year Seminar that fits with your class schedule.
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SCHEDULE |
CLASSROOM |
Professor |
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FSEM I SK |
92400 |
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TH |
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8:30 am |
9:50 am |
OLINLC |
118 |
Stephanie Kufner |
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FSEM I JB |
92031 |
M |
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W |
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10:10 am |
11:30 am |
BITO |
210 |
James Brudvig |
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FSEM I JE |
91915 |
M |
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W |
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10:10 am |
11:30 am |
OLIN |
306 |
Jay Elliott |
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FSEM I JP |
91714 |
M |
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W |
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10:10 am |
11:30 am |
AVERY |
117 |
John Pruitt |
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FSEM I MH |
92013 |
M |
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W |
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10:10 am |
11:30 am |
OLIN |
303 |
Michelle Hoffman |
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FSEM I ND |
92009 |
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T |
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Th |
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10:10 am |
11:30 am |
OLIN |
307 |
Noor Desai |
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FSEM I LH |
92003 |
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T |
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Th |
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10:10 am |
11:30 am |
HEG |
300 |
Lynn Hawley |
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FSEM I TVP |
92022 |
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T |
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Th |
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10:10 am |
11:30 am |
OLIN |
304 |
Tatjana von Prittwitz
und Gaffron |
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FSEM I HG |
91982 |
M |
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W |
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11:50 am |
1:10 pm |
OLIN |
304 |
Helena Gibbs |
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FSEM I CM |
91565 |
M |
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W |
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11:50 am |
1:10 pm |
OLIN |
107 |
Christopher McIntosh |
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FSEM I LH2 |
92020 |
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T |
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Th |
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11:50 am |
1:10 pm |
OLINLC |
120 |
Lianne Habinek |
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FSEM I AB |
92001 |
M |
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W |
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1:30 pm |
2:50 pm |
OLIN |
107 |
Alexandre Benson |
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FSEM I NM |
92027 |
M |
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W |
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1:30 pm |
2:50 pm |
HEG |
201 |
Nesrin Ersoy McMeekin |
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FSEM I RW |
92032 |
M |
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W |
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1:30 pm |
2:50 pm |
OLIN |
306 |
Robert Weston |
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FSEM I KB |
91502 |
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T |
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Th |
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1:30 pm |
2:50 pm |
OLIN |
107 |
Katherine Boivin |
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FSEM I DFG |
91984 |
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T |
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Th |
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1:30 pm |
2:50 pm |
OLIN |
309 |
Donna Grover |
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FSEM I JR |
92005 |
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T |
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Th |
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1:30 pm |
2:50 pm |
OLINLC |
120 |
James Romm |
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FSEM I AS |
91921 |
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T |
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Th |
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1:30 pm |
2:50 pm |
OLIN |
308 |
Alice Stroup |
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FSEM I JW |
92038 |
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T |
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Th |
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1:30 pm |
2:50 pm |
RKC |
200 |
Jean Wagner |
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FSEM I MA |
92267 |
M |
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W |
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3:10 pm |
4:30 pm |
HEG |
300 |
Matthew Amos |
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FSEM I TB |
92035 |
M |
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W |
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3:10 pm |
4:30 pm |
OLIN |
305 |
Thomas Bartscherer |
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FSEM I SG |
92217 |
M |
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W |
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3:10 pm |
4:30 pm |
HEG |
201 |
Stephen Graham |
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FSEM I AK |
92055 |
M |
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W |
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3:10 pm |
4:30 pm |
OLIN |
306 |
Alex Kitnick |
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FSEM I AS2 |
92034 |
M |
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W |
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3:10 pm |
4:30 pm |
ALBEE |
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Ann Seaton |
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FSEM I SM |
92041 |
M |
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W |
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3:10 pm |
4:30 pm |
OLIN |
107 |
Scott Mehl |
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FSEM I CH |
91993 |
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T |
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Th |
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3:10 pm |
4:30 pm |
RKC |
200 |
Cole Heinowitz |
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FSEM I MT |
92282 |
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T |
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Th |
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3:10 pm |
4:30 pm |
OLIN |
306 |
Michael Thicke |
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FSEM I EK |
92000 |
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T |
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Th |
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4:40 pm |
6:00 pm |
OLINLC |
118 |
Erica Kaufman |
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FSEM I JS |
92030 |
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T |
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Th |
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4:40 pm |
6:00 pm |
OLIN |
305 |
Leon Botstein / Jana
Schmidt |
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FSEM I BW |
92028 |
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T |
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Th |
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4:40 pm |
6:00 pm |
OLIN |
301 |
Willis Walker |