Dean of the College Presents
Invitation to Faculty for this THURSDAY (beginning at 5:30 pm) at Blithewood
Thursday, December 5, 2019
BLITHEWOOD
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5
The Curriculum Committee, Presidential Commission on the Curriculum, and Dean of the College
THE SECOND-YEAR OFFERING
******PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGE******invite all members of the faculty to join us for cocktails, conviviality, and conversation about
THE SECOND-YEAR OFFERING
Bard’s Second-Year Offering seeks to challenge students through a transdisciplinary curricular approach that integrates the humanities with the social and natural sciences as well as the arts to address a critical global and/or local contemporary problem, question, or topic.
Co-taught by faculty from different divisions and across distribution requirements, the Second-Year Offering opens new paths for second-year students, modeling how collaborative, experiential learning is integral to preparation for the world that graduates will enter when they leave Bard. Growing out of the intensive work of a college-wide Presidential Commission on the Curriculum conducted throughout the 2018-19 academic year, this project has been developed by faculty from all four divisions of the College. An elective approach to fulfilling two distribution requirements with one course the Second-Year Offering places dialogue across difference at the center of undergraduate cognitive development.
Childcare to be arranged for children between the ages of 3-12 by RSVP to Sherry Gildersleeve ([email protected])
For more information, call 845-758-7421, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Location: BLITHEWOOD