Bard-Rockefeller Semester In Science
In this program, Bard biology majors spend an intensive semester immersed in science while living in New York City and taking advantage of its wealth of scientific resources and opportunities. Students in the program conduct original research supervised by faculty at the Rockefeller University and take courses on both the content and the contexts of scientific research. For more information, see the BRSS website.
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Bard Summer Research Institute
The Bard Summer Research Institute is an eight-week program that offers campus-based summer research opportunities for undergraduate students. Students work on projects related to faculty interests, with faculty serving as their mentors. Applications for the program are due in the spring semester.
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Program in Global Public Health
Through the Global and International Studies program, biology students can undertake an academic concentration in Global Public Health by taking a suite of courses in political studies, economics, and social dimensions of health, in addition to their coursework in biology. Students completing this program complete one senior project on a topic in biology relevant to public health.
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Rockefeller University SURF Program
Rockefeller University faculty frequently welcome Bard students in their Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows Program, in which college sophomores and juniors do laboratory research and work alongside world-renowned scientists doing leading biological research in their fields. Student spend 10 weeks during the summer on The Rockefeller University campus, working on projects that have been individually tailored by faculty, and postdoctoral and graduate fellows, to meet student research interests.
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3:2 program in environmental policy
Students pursuing a degree in biology at Bard can apply to enter the master’s degree program of the Center for Environmental Policy after their third year. After two years of study at the Center and the completion of a master’s thesis in environmental policy, students graduate with both a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s degree in environmental policy. For further information, contact the Center for Environmental Policy.
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Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Many Bard biology students conduct summer research in REU Programs at a number of institutions nationwide. These programs, which are funded by the National Science Foundation, are designed to give undergraduates the opportunity to participate in the excitement of scientific discovery.
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