Summer Programs

The Summer Internship Program is a condensed, 8-week version of our semester long programs.  Students gain hands-on professional experience through an internship in their field of interest, while also completing 6-credits worth of coursework.  A full program of professional development activities gives students the opportunity to develop their professional profiles and networks by connecting them to Bard NYC’s vast network of industry leaders across New York City.  Through our extra-curricular programming students explore and participate in the rich and diverse summer cultural life of New York City.  From film festivals and outdoor concerts, to museums and excursions across the city, students get to learn first-hand what makes New York City one of the most exciting places in the world. 
 
Bard NYC offers summer internships in the following areas:

• Human Rights and Social Justice
• International Affairs
• Media and the Arts
• Climate and Environmental Sustainability

Explore sample internships here.

Required Course: Core Seminar: Critical Perspectives on Organizations

In addition to the required core seminar, summer internship participants enroll in one other elective course of their choosing. Credits are not awarded for internships, rather the required core seminar situates students' internship experience within the scholarly literatures and debates that define relevant academic fields, reinforcing the critical connection between theory and practice.

 

Pride: Queer Activism & Culture is an experiential learning program based in New York City that explores the rich, complex history of LGBTQ+ rights, culture, and activism. Over the course of this immersive, eight-week program, students will examine how queer lives have shaped—and been shaped by—the urban landscape, cultural and political institutions, legal structures, and social movements in one of the world’s most vibrant and influential global cities. From the underground networks of the early 20th century to the Stonewall Uprising, ACT UP protests, the fight for marriage equality, and contemporary struggles for justice and inclusion, New York City has been and continues to be on the forefront of struggles for LGBTQ+ equality. Through meetings with activists, historians, artists, and policy-makers, the city itself becomes a classroom as students engage actively with the communities and spaces at the center of the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights today.

Possible Excursions and Site Visits:

• Guided walking tours of key LGBTQ+ historical neighborhoods and sites
• Visits to archives, museums, and grassroots organizations
• Workshops with local activists and historians
• Attending a Pride march and/or Pride month events
• Opportunities for oral history, public art, or advocacy-based projects

Required Course: Out in the City: A History of LGBTQ+ Rights in New York City

In addition to the required course, pride program participants enroll in one other elective course of their choosing (excluding the internship core seminar). 

The AI and Society Program is an experiential learning program based in New York City that explores the ethical, political, and social dimensions of artificial intelligence’s increasing presence in our lives.  Over the course of this immersive, 8-week program, students will examine how AI shapes power, labor, identity, and justice—and how these forces are contested and reimagined through civic engagement, policy-making, and public discourse. Leveraging New York City as an educational laboratory, the program provides students with access to the institutions, startups, public agencies, and community-based organizations at the forefront of AI innovation and regulation.

Required Course: The Wired City: A History of Technology in New York

In addition to the required course, pride program participants enroll in one other elective course of their choosing (excluding the internship core seminar).