Programs · Barnard College · 2025-2026

1. First-Year Writing

   Choose N

   Choose 1 of: FYWB BC1001, FYWB BC1002.

   One semester of First-Year Writing. FYWB BC1001 is the standard course; FYWB BC1002, the First-Year Writing Workshop, is the alternative route through the same requirement. Either satisfies it.

2. First-Year Seminar

   Choose N

   Choose 1 of: FYSB BC1001, FYSB BC1002.

   "Every Barnard first-year student is required to take a First-Year Seminar during her first or second semester at Barnard." FYSB BC1001 is the standard course; FYSB BC1002 is the Workshop variant.

3. Physical Education

   N matching

   1 course matching PHED courses.

   One PE course, to be completed by the end of the first year. "All Physical Education courses are one point of credit and are one semester long." The deadline is not checkable here; the course is.

4. Distributional: Arts & Humanities

   Attested

   You confirm this yourself. I have completed two approved Arts & Humanities courses.

   "Two courses that explore modes of cultural and artistic expression." Barnard publishes the approved list in its general education portal (https://slate.barnard.edu/portal/gen_ed_courses) rather than in the catalogue, and that portal renders its rows client-side, so we hold no list to check against. Confirm your two courses there.

5. Distributional: Social Sciences

   Attested

   You confirm this yourself. I have completed two approved Social Sciences courses.

   "Two courses that prepare students to analyze societies and social structures critically and constructively through theoretical and empirical inquiry." Approved list: https://slate.barnard.edu/portal/gen_ed_courses

6. Distributional: Sciences

   Attested

   You confirm this yourself. I have completed an approved science lecture + lab combination and one additional approved science lecture or lab.

   One approved science lecture + lab combination, plus either one additional approved 3-point science lecture or lab, or a second lecture + lab combination. The lecture/lab pairing is the part we could not check even with a flag: our course records do not distinguish an approved lab from an approved lecture. Approved list: https://slate.barnard.edu/portal/gen_ed_courses

7. Distributional: Languages

   Attested

   You confirm this yourself. I have completed two courses in the same language other than English.

   "Two courses in the same language other than English." The "same language" clause is the reason this cannot be a selector: two courses each carrying a language flag may be in two different languages and satisfy nothing.

8. Thinking Locally — New York City

   Attested

   You confirm this yourself. I have completed an approved Thinking Locally — New York City course.

   "One course that asks students to examine the community and environment in which they find themselves as residents of New York City." Approved list: https://slate.barnard.edu/portal/gen_ed_courses. Students entering as first-years in Fall 2025 or later (and transfers from Fall 2026) must complete this at Barnard: the approved course must carry the "@ BC" designation and the section must be a Barnard section — its call number starts with 0, not 1. We cannot check that: it is a property of the section, not of the course.

9. Thinking through Global Inquiry

   Attested

   You confirm this yourself. I have completed an approved Thinking through Global Inquiry course.

   "One course that asks students to consider communities, places, and experiences within a global perspective." Approved list: https://slate.barnard.edu/portal/gen_ed_courses. Students entering as first-years in Fall 2025 or later (and transfers from Fall 2026) must complete this at Barnard: the approved course must carry the "@ BC" designation and the section must be a Barnard section — its call number starts with 0, not 1. We cannot check that: it is a property of the section, not of the course.

10. Thinking about Social Difference

    Attested

    You confirm this yourself. I have completed an approved Thinking about Social Difference course.

    "One course through which students examine how difference is constituted, defined, lived, and challenged in cultural, social, historical, or regional contexts." Approved list: https://slate.barnard.edu/portal/gen_ed_courses. Students entering as first-years in Fall 2025 or later (and transfers from Fall 2026) must complete this at Barnard: the approved course must carry the "@ BC" designation and the section must be a Barnard section — its call number starts with 0, not 1. We cannot check that: it is a property of the section, not of the course.

11. Thinking with Historical Perspective

    Attested

    You confirm this yourself. I have completed an approved Thinking with Historical Perspective course.

    "One course that enables students to study events and societies of the past, to learn theories and methods of historical analysis, and to discover how different understandings of history shape our conceptions of both past and present." Approved list: https://slate.barnard.edu/portal/gen_ed_courses. Students entering as first-years in Fall 2025 or later (and transfers from Fall 2026) must complete this at Barnard: the approved course must carry the "@ BC" designation and the section must be a Barnard section — its call number starts with 0, not 1. We cannot check that: it is a property of the section, not of the course.

12. Thinking Quantitatively & Empirically

    Attested

    You confirm this yourself. I have completed an approved Thinking Quantitatively & Empirically course.

    "One course that exposes students to empirical and mathematical analysis and tools for problem solving." Approved list: https://slate.barnard.edu/portal/gen_ed_courses. Students entering as first-years in Fall 2025 or later (and transfers from Fall 2026) must complete this at Barnard: the approved course must carry the "@ BC" designation and the section must be a Barnard section — its call number starts with 0, not 1. We cannot check that: it is a property of the section, not of the course.

13. Thinking Technologically & Digitally

    Attested

    You confirm this yourself. I have completed an approved Thinking Technologically & Digitally course.

    One course engaging technological and digital modes of thought. Approved list: https://slate.barnard.edu/portal/gen_ed_courses. Students entering as first-years in Fall 2025 or later (and transfers from Fall 2026) must complete this at Barnard: the approved course must carry the "@ BC" designation and the section must be a Barnard section — its call number starts with 0, not 1. We cannot check that: it is a property of the section, not of the course.

14. 122 points

    Attested

    You confirm this yourself. I have completed (or am on track to complete) 122 points.

    "Students entering as first years must complete 122 points." Transfer students entering with at least 24 points of credit must earn 121, of which one is for PE. We record the total on the program rather than checking it: points come from the registrar's record, not from a course list we hold.