Requirements and Courses

Bachelor’s Degree Requirements
1. Completion of the Language and Thinking Program.
2. Completion of the two-semester First-Year Seminar. 
3. Completion of the Citizen Science program.
4. Promotion to the Upper College through Moderation.
5. Completion of the requirements of the program into which they moderate. (see tab below)
6. Completion of the courses necessary to satisfy the distribution requirements. (MBV, SA, LS, FL, HA, MC, LA, DJ, AA, PA)
7. At least 40 credits must be outside the major division; First-Year Seminar counts for 8 of the 40 credits.
8. Semester hours of academic credit: 128 (160 for students in five-year, dual-degree programs).
9. Enrollment as full-time students for not less than two years at the Annandale-on-Hudson campus of Bard College or at a program directly run by Bard College.
10. At least 64 credits must be earned at the Annandale-on-Hudson campus of Bard College;
11. At least 40 credits must be outside the major division; First-Year Seminar counts for 8 of the 40 credits*.
12. Completion of an acceptable Senior Project.

*Even though Human Rights is housed in the interdisciplinary division, for this purpose, it is in the Social Studies Division. This means you must take 40 credits outside of the social studies division.