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Bard College

Bard College is one of the leading colleges in United States. Founded in a time of national crisis in 1860 as St. Stephen’s College, Bard College in USA plays a significant role in reviving the humanities and arts in the United States. It has also been working towards the reform of American education as well. Located in the Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, Bard College is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River and is about 90 miles north of New York City. Boston is 220 miles away from this college of United States.

Bard College, New York, is a residential college that provides an exquisite campus on more than 500 acres of area consisting of fields and forested land. It is a park-like campus where students can reside very close to the nature. The views of the Catskill Mountains, or the walking trails through the wooded areas, along the Saw Kill stream would definitely provide you the perfect environment for a better education.

There are a lot of Bachelor’s and Master’s degree offered at the Bard College in New York. Bard College offers choice, flexibility and rigor in its academics. Students are not required to accept passively a rigid structure. Rather they choose their own education by the means of intellectual engagement and exercise of imagination. The courses at the Bard College are based on the following:

  • The Structure of the first year, including the First Year Seminar
  • The Program-based approach to concentration
  • Moderation
  • The concept of distribution by modes of thought and
  • The Senior Project
Bard College offers Bachelor of Arts degree in more that 40 academic programs in four divisions as below:

  • Arts
  • Languages and Literature
  • Science, Mathematics, and Computing
  • Social Studies


In addition to the above programs, Bard College also offers two dual-degree programs. Students can pursue a bachelor’s degree in music and a B.A. in another field in the liberal arts or sciences from the Bard College Conservatory of Music. They have another option to go for B.S. degree in economics and finance and a Bachelor of Arts degree in another field in the liberal arts or sciences other than economics from the Program in Economics and Finance.

Bard College also offers a few Graduate Programs. Those are as below:

  • Master of Fine Arts (MFA and Bard-ICP)
  • Master of Arts in Curatorial Studies (CCS)
  • Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in the history of the decorative arts, design, and culture (BGC)
  • Master of Science in Environmental Policy (BECP)
  • Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)
  • Master of Music in Vocal Arts and in Conducting (Bard Conservatory)
Students can also avail of two dual-degree programs, a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Science through the Bard Center for Environmental Policy (BCEP) and the other option would be the Master of Science and the Master of Arts in Teaching degrees.

Following would be some useful information on Bard College:

Bard College
PO Box 5000,
Annandale-on-Hudson,
NY 12504-5000
Ph: +1-845-758-6822
Website: www.bard.edu

Admission:
Ph: +1-845-758-7472
E-mail: admission@bard.edu