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Citizen Science is an innovative program for all first-year students.
Through two weeks of intensive study during the January intersession, students develop a core understanding of both the conduct and the content of science. This foundation allows them as citizens to grapple with the ever-increasing number of national and global issues influenced by science.
2021 Student Engagement Guide
The Program
Photo by Pete Mauney '93 MFA '00

The Program

First-year students return to Bard in January for a first-of-its-kind course focusing on a specific scientific issue—infectious disease, for example—and look at it from different methodological and conceptual approaches. This technique leads to an understanding of the impact of science and mathematics on everyday life, and how Bard students, regardless of major, can become constructive participants in the debate over, and the solutions to, such crucial global problems as climate change and disease control.

The Citizen Science Experience

The Citizen Science Program is a dynamic and challenging learning experience aimed at elevating the ability of each student to understand and apply scientific thought and tools.

The Citizen Science Experience

The program emphasizes the methodology and critical thinking skills used by scientists, and their application: students learn by doing. They are fully engaged in problem solving and must learn to identify, obtain, and digest the types of scientific evidence needed to make informed decisions. Citizen Science mirrors what it is to be a scientist.

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Bard College, P.O. Box 5000
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504
citizenscience@bard.edu | 845-758-7490

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Admission E-mail: admission@bard.edu
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