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This semester-long program is designed for students pursuing majors in the humanities and social sciences—for example, philosophy, art history, economics, literature, political science, history, or the practicing arts—who wish to deepen their engagement with the major questions and currents of Western thought in a rigorous, interdisciplinary fashion. 
Curriculum

Curriculum

This humanities and social thought–based curriculum puts internationally educated faculty into small discussion-centered classes with an equally diverse student body. Courses are frequently thematic, so that multiple disciplines are engaged simultaneously—for example, philosophy and art history or urban design and sociology. Students take four 4-credit courses, for a total of 16 credits.

Students within LAB can take courses following the four-year academic tracks at Bard College Berlin: Economics, Politics, and Social Thought; and Humanities, the Arts, and Social Thought.

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Coursework

Coursework

           

Students enrolled in LAB may choose freely from the course listings but are encouraged to take advantage of the numerous Berlin-centric classes, such as Discussing Deutschland: What Germans Are Talking About Today (in German), and Berlin Outsider: History, Politics, Film, Text. Visit the BCB website for a complete list of courses throughout the curriculum.

BCB Course List

Migration Perspectives Semester

The Migration Perspectives semester provides students from the Consortium on Forced Migration, Displacement, and Higher Education schools with an innovative and critical exploration of migration beyond U.S.-centric political and scholarly contexts. As an arrival city, postmigrant metropolis, and home to prominent research and activist institutions, Berlin is the perfect place to study the complexities of migration. Faculty with expertise in both European and Middle Eastern studies offer experimental and civically engaged courses that encourage work directly in the city and move beyond traditional knowledge formats to include creative and collaborative products by students.

Migration Perspectives Overview (PDF)

Migration Perspectives Semester


Related Spring 2022 Courses
Dance & Community - Building Utopias
A Lexicon of Migration
Postcolonial Politics: The Middle East and Beyond
Research-Creation: Artistic Approaches to Forced Migration and the Dilemma of the Nation State
War, Peace, and Mediation: Theory and Cases
Seemingly Inseparable – Reporting and Debating Israel-Palestine, Antisemitism and Racism in German Media
State Theory: Law, Politics, and Space
Berlin Internship Seminar: Working Cultures, Urban Cultures

 

Internship Program

Bard College Berlin offers advanced students the opportunity to gain practical experience alongside their studies by completing an optional internship and internship course. The internship provides students with the chance to contribute to an organization’s or individual’s work. The course is designed to embed the internship into an academic framework, with readings from diverse sources and related field trips. BCB assists students in finding an internship placement that matches their qualifications and interests, and our list of internship hosts is constantly growing.

More about Internships in Berlin

Cultural Program

Cultural Program

Culturally rich and artistically diverse, Berlin is an exciting city to explore.Bard Abroad in Berlin’s cultural program exposes students to a wide range of historical, artistic, and cultural experiences. Listed below are sample excursions from previous semesters.

Cultural Program


Walking tours of Pankow, Prenzlauer Berg, Kreuzberg, and Mitte
Schönhausen Palace
Story of Berlin Museum
Brandenburger Tor
Bundestag
Strandbad
Alte Nationalgalerie
Jewish Museum
Holocaust Memorial
Sachsenhausen
Karl-Marx-Allee
Friedrichshain
Bernauer Straße Wall Memorial
Mauerpark 
Haus der Geschichte
Museum in der Kulturbrauerei
Stasi Museum Berlin
Teufelsberg (former U.S. listening station)
Potsdam (including Sanssouci palace and gardens)
Bauhaus-Archiv
Hufeisensiedlung (part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Berliner Siedlungen der Moderne)
Museum of TV and Television
Potsdamer Platz and Neue Nationalgalerie (Kulturforum)

Film nights, dinners, gallery visits, lectures, and theater and musical performances round out the cultural program.

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