15 Bachelor's degrees offered by the university

Understand economic, social, and political phenomena in terms of social structures, group relations, and power differences. Explore topics from race, ethnicity, class, and gender, to family dynamics, work, and the connection between identity and ownership with this Sociology at Bard College at Simon's Rock.

This French and Francophone Studies concentration at Bard College at Simon's Rock is designed for students interested in achieving mastery of French language beyond the basic level. Along with their study of French language, students in the concentration also study the literature, culture, history, and politics of Europe and the francophone world.

Learn basic Chinese at Bard College at Simon's Rock in our accelerated introductory course, while being exposed to Chinese culture through movies, music, and food.

Westerners have long referred to lands east of the Bosporus and the Ural Mountains as “the Orient” or “Asia,” terms derived from Indo-European words for “east.” Apply now for this Asian Studies program at Bard College at Simon's Rock.

This Social Action and Social Change program at Bard College at Simon's Rock is designed for students interested in exploring the “real world” implications and emancipatory possibilities of their work in the social studies and allied disciplines.

Critical Geography, Political Ecology, and Globalization Studies at Bard College at Simon's Rock, a word derived from the Greek for “earth writing,” is the study of the biosphere and the human and nonhuman forces that have shaped the Earth’s diverse terrestrial environments through time.

Study in the Social Sciences at Bard College at Simon's Rock focuses on understanding people in systems.

Psychology’s roots in the inquiry into the nature of human at Bard College at Simon's Rock beings and the relationship of the mind or psyche to the body and the physical world date from earliest recorded history.

Cross-Cultural Relations program at Bard College at Simon's Rock is designed to foster such understanding by exploring the ethics and politics of cultural encounters, both historic and contemporary, primarily between Western and non-Western societies.

Students with a concentration in Anthropology at Bard College at Simon's Rock may enter into fields such as conservation, politics, international aid, education, cultural preservation, and related nonprofit organizations.

The Economics curriculum at Bard College at Simon's Rock is rooted in the liberal arts tradition of rigorous analysis, thus developing students' reading, discussion, and problem-solving skills within the discipline.

At the heart of this Political Studies concentration at Bard College at Simon's Rock lie questions about the nature and meaning of politics and power; the actions of, and relations among and between, individuals, groups, and institutions; systems, structures, societies, and the conflicts that beset and vitalize them.

The German Studies concentration at Bard College at Simon's Rock considers the language, history, cultures, art, and philosophy of the German-speaking people.

Along with their study of Spanish language, students in this Spanish and Latin American Studies concentration at Bard College at Simon's Rock also study the literature, culture, history, and politics of Spain and of Latin America.

Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary program at Bard College at Simon's Rock for students who wish to explore the complex questions raised by the intersecting analyses of feminist, queer, postcolonial, and critical race theory across academic fields as diverse as literature, sociology, psychology, history, anthropology, linguistics.