Studies
in Human Experience
In
1953, Bard College inaugurated an experimental “Common Course”
for all first-year students, a course designed to show how the question of
human freedom can be approached through a liberal arts education. Over sixty years
later, First Year Seminar continues to engage the individual experiences of
first-year students and to relate those experiences to extraordinary works of
literature, philosophy, religion, politics, science, and the arts. In this way,
the course introduces students to important intellectual, cultural, and
artistic ideas that serve as a common foundation in liberal arts education.
Core texts for the fall semester include Genesis and works by Plato, Euripides,
Augustine, Ibn Tufayl, Montaigne, Luther, Descartes,
and Milton. Core texts for the spring semester include works by Locke,
Rousseau, Wollstonecraft, Equiano, Kant, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, and Ellison.
Regular symposia, consisting in guest lectures, faculty presentations and panel
discussions, provide a collective forum where students and faculty come
together to consider in broader contexts the ideas explored in the classroom.
First Year Students should not register for classes meeting on
Monday between 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm in order to attend the mandatory
symposia.
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR
SCHEDULE:
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16452 |
FSEM |
II |
OT |
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Th |
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8:30 am |
9:50 am |
OLIN |
101 |
Olga
Touloumi |
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16400 |
FSEM |
II |
DB |
M |
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W |
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10:10
am |
11:30am |
OLIN |
107 |
Daniel
Berthold |
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16403 |
FSEM |
II |
DT |
M |
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W |
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10:10
am |
11:30am |
OLIN |
306 |
Drew
Thompson |
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16397 |
FSEM |
II |
OC |
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T |
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Th |
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10:10
am |
11:30am |
OLIN |
306 |
Omar
Cheta |
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16001 |
FSEM |
II |
JL |
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T |
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Th |
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10:10
am |
11:30am |
OLIN |
301 |
Joseph
Luzzi |
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16011 |
FSEM |
II |
YS |
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T |
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Th |
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10:10
am |
11:30am |
OLIN |
107 |
Yuka
Suzuki |
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16344 |
FSEM |
II |
TVP |
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T |
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Th |
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10:10
am |
11:30am |
OLIN |
303 |
Tatjana von Prittwitz und Gaffron |
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16474 |
FSEM |
II |
SG |
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T |
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Th |
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11:50
am |
1:10pm |
OLIN |
310 |
Simon
Gilhooley |
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16473 |
FSEM |
II |
RS |
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T |
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Th |
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11:50
am |
1:10pm |
AVERY |
338 |
Richard
Suchenski |
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16471 |
FSEM |
II |
PL |
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W |
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F |
11:50
am |
1:10pm |
OLIN |
306 |
Peter
L'Official |
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16468 |
FSEM |
II |
JS |
M |
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W |
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1:30 pm |
2:50pm |
OLIN |
107 |
Jaime
Alves |
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16009 |
FSEM |
II |
PLG |
M |
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W |
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1:30 pm |
2:50pm |
OLIN |
309 |
Patricia
Lopez-Gay |
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16453 |
FSEM |
II |
RW |
M |
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W |
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1:30 pm |
2:50pm |
OLIN |
303 |
Robert
Weston |
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16469 |
FSEM |
II |
NM |
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T |
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Th |
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1:30 pm |
2:50pm |
OLIN |
304 |
Nesrin Ersoy McMeekin |
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16398 |
FSEM |
II |
JGA |
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T |
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Th |
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1:30 pm |
2:50pm |
OLIN |
306 |
James
Green-Armytage |
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16005 |
FSEM |
II |
MM |
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T |
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Th |
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1:30 pm |
2:50pm |
OLIN |
107 |
Matthew
Mutter |
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16472 |
FSEM |
II |
MA |
M |
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W |
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3:10 pm |
4:30pm |
OLIN |
308 |
Matthew
Amos |
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16142 |
FSEM |
II |
HG |
M |
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W |
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3:10 pm |
4:30pm |
OLIN |
304 |
Helena
Gibbs |
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16013 |
FSEM |
II |
ES |
M |
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W |
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3:10 pm |
4:30pm |
OLIN |
107 |
Elizabeth
Saylor |
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16508 |
FSEM |
II |
AS |
M |
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W |
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3:10 pm |
4:30pm |
ALBEE |
ANX |
Ann
Seaton |
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16014 |
FSEM |
II |
LT |
M |
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W |
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3:10 pm |
4:30pm |
OLIN |
303 |
Luke
Thompson |
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16027 |
FSEM |
II |
TW |
M |
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W |
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3:10 pm |
4:30pm |
OLIN |
306 |
Thomas
Wild |
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16402 |
FSEM |
II |
BC |
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T |
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Th |
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3:10 pm |
4:30pm |
OLIN |
204 |
Bruce
Chilton |
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16010 |
FSEM |
II |
CH |
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T |
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Th |
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3:10 pm |
4:30pm |
RKC |
200 |
Rebecca
Heinowitz |
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16042 |
FSEM |
II |
CJ |
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T |
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Th |
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3:10 pm |
4:30pm |
OLIN |
107 |
Collin
Jennings |
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16470 |
FSEM |
II |
MT |
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T |
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Th |
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3:10 pm |
4:30pm |
OLIN |
308 |
Michael
Thicke |
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16333 |
FSEM |
II |
LF |
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T |
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Th |
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3:10 pm |
4:30pm |
OLIN |
306 |
Laura
Ford |
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16449 |
FSEM |
II |
BW |
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T |
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Th |
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4:40 pm |
6:00pm |
OLIN |
107 |
Willis
Walker |
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16507 |
FSEM |
II |
B/H |
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4:40 pm |
6:00pm |
OLIN |
310 |
Leon
Botstein/Jennifer Hudson |