B.A. DEGREE GRADUATION
REQUIREMENTS
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A minimum of 124 credits; at least 64 of
which must be taken at Bard. ·
A minimum of 40 credits outside the division of major.
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Every student must take two semesters of
First-Year Seminar. Transfer students may
be exempt. ·
Every student must be promoted to the
Upper College by passing moderation. ·
Every student must complete an acceptable
senior project. ·
Distribution requirement: one course from
each of the appropriate distribution areas.
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GRADUATION
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
(B. Music and B.A.) ·
A minimum of 156 credits, at least 64 of
which must be taken at Bard. ·
A minimum of 40 credits outside the division
of B.A. major. ·
Every student must take two semesters of
First-Year Seminar. Transfer students
may be exempt. ·
Every student must be promoted to the
Upper College by passing moderation. ·
Every student must complete an acceptable
B.A. senior project in a field other than music. ·
Distribution requirement: one course from
each of the appropriate distribution areas. ·
Studio instruction in every semester of
enrollment. ·
Eight semesters of large ensemble
(orchestra or contemporary ensemble). ·
Six semesters of chamber music. ·
Conservatory Seminar (four semesters). ·
Music History (MUS 264-265) ·
Senior Recital |
A. Each student is required to take
four-credits in each of the nine categories listed below. No more than two requirements may be
fulfilled within a single disciplinary program. Non-native speakers of English may be exempted from the Foreign
Language, Literature, and Culture requirement.
AART Analysis of Arts
(A course in the analysis of non-verbal art)
FLLC Foreign
Language, Literature, and Culture (A course focused on
language acquisition and/or the analysis of literature or culture via an
engagement with a non-English language)
HIST History (A course focused
on historical analysis)
HUM Humanities (A
course focused on the analysis of primary texts in philosophy, religion, or
social thought)
ELIT Literature in
English (A course focused on the literary analysis and
explication of texts in English, either in the original or in translation)
LSCI Laboratory Science
(A laboratory course in the physical or life sciences)
MATC Mathematics and
Computing (A course in mathematics, computing, statistics or
logic; all courses require passing the Q-test as a prerequisite)
PART Practicing Arts
(A studio course in the visual or performing arts, or creative writing)
SSCI Social Science
(A course in the empirical social sciences other than history)
DIFF B.
In addition, all students must fulfill a “Rethinking Difference”
requirement. The requirement may be
satisfied by any course that is primarily focused on the study of difference in
the context of larger social dynamics.
The course may address, but is
not limited to addressing, differences of race, religion, ethnicity, class,
gender, and/or sexuality. It may
consider, but is not limited to considering, the contexts of globalization,
nationalism, and social justice. A
single course may simultaneously fulfill both the “Rethinking Difference”
requirement and one of the distribution requirements above.
Courses are assigned to distributional areas by intellectual focus and methodology, not by divisional location or program. The faculty designates the area into which a course falls on the basis of its content. There are seven areas plus the Q requirement. A course may be designated as being in two areas (but not more than two), and it may at the same time be a Q course.
Students
are required to take one course from each of the distribution areas listed
below and a Q course, making a total of eight courses over the four years. If a
course is designated as being in two areas students must select one requirement
to be fulfilled. However, a course from any area that is also designated as a Q
course may satisfy two requirements - one area requirement, and the Q
requirement. In order to graduate, a
student must accumulate 124 semester hours of academic credit, at least 40 of
which must be OUTSIDE THEIR DIVISION OF
MAJOR.
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Area
A: Philosophical, Aesthetic and Interpretive Discourses
- courses in philosophy, aesthetics, art history and theory, literary theory
and hermeneutics, religion courses with a philosophical emphasis, political
thought, economic theory, history and philosophy of science.
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Area
B: Literary Texts and Linguistics - courses in literature,
theory of language and linguistics, psychology or anthropology courses on
language.
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Area
C: Social and Historical Disciplines - courses in history,
sociology, anthropology, politics, social psychology, religion courses with a
socio-historical emphasis, literature courses with historical focus, art or
music courses with a specifically historical focus.
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Area
D: Foreign Language and Culture - all courses in foreign
languages, but also courses in the social, literary or artistic disciplines
that focus on specific (non-English speaking) culture areas could be included.
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Area
E: Natural Sciences, Empirical Social Sciences, or Mathematics -
many science division courses; social science courses with a quantitative or
empirical research focus; courses in computer science.
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Area
F: Practicing Arts - courses in studio art, dance, theater,
filmmaking, musical performance, photography studios, creative writing.
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Area
G: Laboratory Science or Computationally Based Courses.
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Area
Q: the quantitative requirement.