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Interdivisional Programs and Concentrations
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Interdivisional Programs and Concentrations

Bard’s approach to the liberal arts curriculum provides students and faculty with the opportunity to rethink traditional boundaries of academic divisions and disciplines.
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This flexible framework allows students to create plans of study that integrate the content and methodology of multiple fields. The areas of study listed in this section are interdisciplinary in nature, and draw on faculty, courses, and resources of the four academic divisions. Most of these fields are considered concentrations, and therefore require a student to moderate either simultaneously or sequentially into a primary program. The Senior Project combines the interdisciplinary theories and methods of the concentration with the disciplinary theories and methods of the program. Several of the fields in this section are stand-alone programs, in which students can major. These include American studies, Asian studies, classical studies, environmental studies, French studies, German studies, global and international studies, human rights, Italian studies, Middle Eastern studies, Russian and Eurasian studies, and Spanish studies. Students may also choose a Multidisciplinary Studies major that allows them to develop an individualized program of study.
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A performance of Being Future Being: Land/Celestial by Emily Johnson/Catalyst, presented by the Center for Indigenous Studies at Bard College. Photo by Aya Rebai ’24

Programs

  • American and Indigenous Studies
  • Asian Studies
  • Classical Studies
  • French Studies
  • German Studies
  • Global and International Studies
  • Human Rights
  • Italian Studies
  • Middle Eastern Studies
  • Russian and Eurasian Studies
  • Spanish Studies

Concentrations

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    • Africana Studies
    • Data Analytics
    • Environmental Studies 
    • Experimental Humanities
    • Gender and Sexuality Studies
    • Global Public Health
    • Irish and Celtic Studies
    • Jewish Studies
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    • Latin American and Iberian Studies
    • Medieval Studies
    • Mind, Brain, and Behavior
    • Multidisciplinary Studies
    • Science, Technology, and Society
    • Theology
    • Victorian Studies

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Bard Center for Environmental Sciences and Humanities
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Bard Center for Environmental Sciences and Humanities

The Bard Center for Environmental Sciences and Humanities puts Bard’s dedication to the environment, science, and social change into practice to support the fair management of shared natural resources. The Center offers students the opportunity to work across disciplines. Members conduct quantitative research in the natural and social sciences, create art, craft communication, participate in policy making, and bridge academic inquiry with community need.
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Big Ideas: Learning across Disciplines
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Big Ideas: Learning across Disciplines

Big Ideas courses are designed by two or more faculty members with expertise in different disciplines and engage with more than one distribution area (thereby earning credit in those two distributional areas with a single course). Recent Big Ideas courses include:
  • Getting Schooled in America
  • Chernobyl: The Meaning of Man-Made Disaster
  • Games at Work: Participation, Procedure, and Play
  • Causes and Consequences of Migration in the Global Economy 
  • Evolution and Religion

Interdivisional Studies News

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Robert Cioffi Reviews The Red Sea Scrolls for the London Review of Books

The book discusses the papyri of Wadi el-Jarf, which changed how we view the Great Pyramid of Giza.
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Omar G. Encarnación Reflects on the Legacy of the First Latin American Pope

Although Francis did not reverse the decline of Catholicism in Latin America, as the Vatican had hoped, he did transform the Church in the image of Latin America, writes Encarnación.
Ella Walko ’26 Recognized for Voter Registration, Education, and Turnout Efforts

Ella Walko ’26 Recognized for Voter Registration, Education, and Turnout Efforts

Walko is one of 232 college students nationwide recognized for their nonpartisan voter registration and turnout successes in 2024.
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