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.

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

 

 

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS

 

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.