Bard College Graduate Programs

Bard's graduate programs offer specialized courses of study in the studio and performing arts, the cultural history of the material world, the curating of the contemporary visual arts, environmental policy, sustainable business, economic theory and policy, and discipline-based teaching for secondary schools.

Each program prepares its students for the intellectual and practical challenges of their profession through research seminars, exhibition practicums, studio and performance critiques, chamber recitals, and professional internships, with scholars, practicing artists, curators, environmental policy makers, and educators. In culmination of these studies, the students prepare original scholarly theses, offer readings and group exhibitions of their creative work, curate exhibitions in the Center for Curatorial Studies galleries, and perform in concerts at Bard's Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts.

Each of Bard’s graduate programs leads to a master’s degree; one also has a Ph.D. program. Most important, through their innovative curricula, their bringing together emerging and accomplished practitioners, and their commitments to individual practice, these programs prepare their graduates to make informed, original contributions to their fields, to shape the future of their professions.

Bard Center for Environmental Policy

Campus locations:

• Red Hook, New York

Academic programs offered:

• M.S. in Environmental Policy
• M.S. in Climate Science and Policy
• M.S./J.D. dual-degree with Pace Law School
• M.S./M.A.T. dual-degree with the Bard College Master of Arts in Teaching Program
• M.S./M.B.A. dual-degree with the Bard MBA in Sustainability Program
• Peace Corps Master's International (M.I.) Program
• Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program with Peace Corps
• 3+2 Program for qualified undergraduates
• Professional Certificate

Website | Apply | Events | E-mail: cep@bard.edu Phone: 845-758-7073 Application due dates: early: January 15, 2013; regular: March 15, 2013; final: May 15, 2013

The Bard College Conservatory of Music

Campus locations:

• Red Hook, New York

Academic programs offered:

• M.M. in orchestral and choral conducting
• M.M. in vocal performance

Website | Apply E-mail: conservatory@bard.edu Phone: 845-758-7196 Application due dates: vocal arts: December 14, 2013; conducting: January 1, 2014

Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture

Campus locations:

• 18 West 86th Street, New York City

Academic programs offered:

• M.A. in the history of the decorative arts, design history, and material culture studies
• Ph.D. in the history of the decorative arts, design history, and material culture studies

Website | E-mail: admissions@bgc.bard.edu Phone: 212-501-3057 Application due date: January 10, 2014

Bard MBA in Sustainability

Campus locations:

• Red Hook, New York
• New York, New York

Academic programs offered:

• M.B.A. in sustainability
• M.B.A./M.S. dual-degree with the Bard Center for Environmental Policy

Website | Apply | Events | E-mail: mba@bard.edu Phone: 845-758-7388 Application due dates: early: January 15, 2013; regular: March 15, 2013; final: May 15, 2013

Center for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporary Culture

Campus locations:

• Red Hook, New York

Academic programs offered:

• M.A. in curatorial studies

Website | Apply | E-mail: ccs@bard.edu Phone: 845-758-7598 Application due date: February 1, 2013

International Center of Photography-Bard Program in Advanced Photographic Studies

Campus locations:

• New York, New York

Academic programs offered:

• M.F.A. in photography

Website | E-mail: fulltime@icp.edu Phone: 212-857-0006 Application due date: Rolling Admissions

Levy Economics Institute Master of Science in Economic Theory and Policy

Campus locations:

• Red Hook, New York

Academic programs offered:

• M.S. in Economic Theory and Policy
• B.A./M.S. in Economic Theory and Policy

Website | Apply | Events | E-mail: levyms@levy.org Phone: 845-758-7776

Longy School of Music of Bard College

Campus locations:

• Los Angeles, CA
• Cambridge, MA

Academic programs offered:

• M.M.
• M.A.T.

Website | Apply for the M.M. | Apply for the M.A.T. | E-mail: alex.powell@longy.edu Phone: 617-876-0956

Master of Arts in Teaching Program

Campus locations:

• Red Hook, New York
• Bronx, New York
• Los Angeles, California
• Al-Quds University, West Bank

Academic programs offered:

• M.A.T. (one-year program)
• M.A.T. (two-year part-time program)
• M.S./M.A.T. dual-degree with the Bard Center for Environmental Policy

Website | Apply | Events | E-mail: mat@bard.edu Phone: 845-758-7151 Application due dates: New York priority: March 1, 2013; final: April 30, 2013. California priority: April 5, 2013; final: June 1, 2013.

Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts

Campus locations:

• Red Hook, New York

Academic programs offered:

• M.F.A. in film/video, music/sound, painting, photography, sculpture, or writing

Website | Apply | E-mail: mfa@bard.edu Phone: 845-758-7481 Application due date: January 15, 2013