B.A. DEGREE GRADUATION
REQUIREMENTS
·
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.
·
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)
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)
SCI Laboratory Science
(A laboratory course in the physical or life sciences)
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.
PATHWAYS TO GRADUATION
Single major - Students moderate
in one program, complete the course requirements, and complete one
Senior Project.
Single major with a concentration - Students moderate in both a program and a concentration,
complete the course requirements for both, and complete one Senior Project that
combines the interdisciplinary theories and methods of both the program and
the concentration.
Double major - Students moderate
in two separate programs, complete the course requirements for both
programs, and complete two Senior Projects.
Joint major - A joint major
allows students to achieve depth in two related fields of study without
requiring two separate Senior Projects (as with a double major).
Students complete the course requirements for two programs of study and produce
one unified, integrated Senior Project involving ideas from both disciplines.
Students moderate into two programs, ideally in a joint moderation, with
members from each program on the moderation board and on the Senior Project
board. This option requires a grade point average of 3.0 or higher and
approval by the Executive Committee.