The program offers all first-year students at Bard an introduction to global science issues.
Experiments are an important part of the program, giving all students exposure to lab work, regardless of their chosen major.
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Students collect data and evidence in the laboratory, which they then apply to the global questions they're considering in class.
Faculty members work closely with students to examine the issues from a historical, societal, and scientific perspective.
Instructors create a supportive and immersive teaching environment.
The Citizen Science program introduces students to natural science and the ideas of the scientific method. It is designed to promote science literacy and focuses on the theme of infectious diseases, the importance of infectious disease in a community, and the impact that infectious disease outbreaks and subsequent management can have on our global society. The curriculum allows students to conduct a laboratory experiment, analyze a scientific problem, and model potential solutions to that problem. The program merges three distinct, yet thematically interwoven rotations, each designed to address the large question:
