Language and Thinking Program

L&T 2021 Program Dates
First-Year Student Arrival: Friday, August 6
L&T Program Begins: Monday, August 9
L&T Program Ends: Wednesday, August 25

First-year students arrive in August to immerse themselves in this intensive introduction to the liberal arts and sciences. They spend three weeks reading extensively in several genres, concentrating on different writing projects. Working in small, dynamic discussion groups, students learn to read and listen more thoughtfully, articulate ideas more clearly, and review their own work critically.

About the L&T Program

It All Starts With a Conversation

“The Language and Thinking Program is about finding your own voice in conversation with others—your teachers, your peers, the texts you read—while you are also cultivating new habits of writing, critical reflection, and serious play. To be a student in L&T is to sometimes find yourself startled by all the connections that you are making as a reader, a writer, and as an active participant in a new intellectual community.” —William Dixon, Director, Language and Thinking Program

Sakinah Bennett on the First-Year Experience

Sakinah Bennett is a Bard College student majoring in dance and historical studies. She is a Posse Scholar from Atlanta, Georgia. Sakinah talks to incoming students about the first-year experience at Bard, including the Language and Thinking Program, student advising, and getting involved on campus.

First-Year Experience Resources

Contact Us

Language and Thinking
Bard College, P.O. Box 5000
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504
ltdirect@bard.edu | 845-758-7141