Foreign Languages, Cultures, and Literatures comprise those programs
which are based on the foreign languages currently taught at Bard: Arabic,
Chinese, French, German, Ancient Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin,
Russian, Sanskrit, and Spanish. The
programs' common philosophy involves the critical appreciation of one or more
foreign cultures and literatures through the learning and mastery of the
language of each. While each program
has its own intellectual and academic plan, the requirements for moderation are
similar: Linguistic proficiency, based
usually on three or more semesters of language study; (2) Literary proficiency
through completion of at least one course in the foreign literature, preferably
a survey course; (3) Cultural proficiency, demonstrated by at least one course
in a related area outside of literature, e.g., philosophy, history, or music