ACADEMIC RESOURCES CENTER
Bard College is committed to providing academic
support for all students. The faculty and staff associated with the Academic
Resources Center provide assistance to:
v
students who possess basic academic skills but who
experience difficulties with the
demands of college level work, including such issues as time management,
study skills, and the writing of research papers;
v
students who need tutoring in subject-specific
fields in the many disciplines offered at Bard;
v
students who have learning deficiencies and who
require remedial education (particularly in areas such as writing and
mathematics);
Services provided include classes, workshops, assistance
in developing new learning strategies, tutorials, and other academic advice
that may be appropriate to the student’s individual needs.
Individual tutoring in writing and in other
subjects can be arranged by contacting the Academic Resources Center, located
in the Old Bookstore, or by calling Director of College Writing, Celia Bland,
at 758-7812, or by filling out the appointment form at
http://inside.bard.edu/academicresources/form/. The Center is open
Monday-Friday, 9-5, although tutoring sessions may be scheduled with
peer-tutors for others days and times as well. Review sessions and individual
tutoring for math and sciences, and drop-in hours for math and writing help are
also available during the semester.
Call 758-7812 for days and times, or visit the AR 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 Jeff Suzuki, the Director
of Quantitative Support, at
758-7001, or go to
http://inside.bard.edu/academicresources/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.
Course |
ARC 105 Writing
Essays
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Professor |
Philip Pardi |
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CRN |
16430 |
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Schedule |
(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. On-line
CRN
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Course
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Title |
Grammar
for Writers |
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Professor |
Philip Pardi |
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Schedule |
Tu Th
4:00 pm – 5:20 pm OLIN 107 |
“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 war crimes in Central America and prison abuse in Iraq. On-line