Bedford Hills and Taconic College Programs

The Bedford Hills College Program (BHCP) and Taconic College Program (TCP) offer courses leading to an Associate of Arts degree in Social Sciences and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and Human Rights. Marymount Manhattan College is the sole degree-granting institution of the BHCP, which also includes college-prep courses in writing and math.

Eligibility

BHCP and TCP applicants must have either a high school diploma or a GED and take placement exams in math, reading, and essay writing. Test scores help determine placement in either credit or non-credit preparatory courses.

The MMC Experience at Bedford Hills and Taconic

We offer a rich slate of academic and extracurricular activities to enhance BHCP and TCP students’ college experience, including guest speakers and skills enhancement workshops. Students also share their creative work in Read Arounds, writing workshops, and poetry slams.

Since 2006, we host the Crossing Borders Academic Conference at the  BHCP facility every 1-2 years, where professors and students—from outside the facility and in—present their work on a wide variety of subjects. The event attracts about 200 attendees, and its importance to students cannot be overstated. The conference is a reminder that they are important and respected members of a larger learning community.

MMC also holds Inside/Out Art Exhibits at the BHCP facility, showcasing artwork form BHCP, MMC, and consortium college students, and publishes The Insider newsletter, designed to serve the facility’s whole population, not just students. Current and past BHCP students comprise the editorial board, write the articles, and design the layout of the newsletter.

Academic Programs

MAJOR: SOCIAL SCIENCES, A.A. 38 Credits

General Education: 42 credits; Major: 38 Credits; Elective Credits: 40 Credits

Learning Goals for the Major in Social Sciences

After completing the Social Sciences major, students will be able to: 

• Evaluate quantitative and qualitative research articles in the field. 
• Design, implement and present, orally and in writing, valid, reliable, and ethically sound research that is original and empirical. 
• Analyze social situations utilizing different theoretical perspectives implicit in the sociological imagination.

Social Science Core  (24)

SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology (3)

EWL/SOC 136 Social Issues in Literature (3)

IS/ECO 150 Economy, Society & The State (3)

IS 207 World Geography (3)

PS 106 Introduction to U.S. Politics (3)

HIST Elective (3)

SOC Electives (6) 

Open Electives (14) 

MAJOR: POLITICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS, B.A. 43 Credits

General Education: 42 credits; Major: 43 Credits; Elective Credits: 18 Credits

Learning Goals for the Major in Politics and Human Rights

After completing the Politics and Human Rights major, students will be able to: 

• Demonstrate knowledge of the history and content of politics and human rights.
• Situate political human rights issues in a historical context.
• Apply multiple theoretical approaches to politics and human rights.
• Evaluate issues of politics and human rights in various contexts, and within their own experience.

Foundations (6)

PHR 101 Foundations of Social Inquiry (3)

IS/ECO 150 Economy, Society, and the State or PS 106 Introduction to U.S. Politics (3)

Theory and Methods (10)

PHR 310 Theories of Human Rights (3)

PHR/IS 371 Research Methods in Social Sciences (3)

SOC 330 Great Social Thinkers or PS 310 Modern Political Thought (3)

Experiential Learning (6)

Take two of the following

PHR/PS 333 Mock Trial (3)

PS/PHR/SOC 336 Playing Politics (3)

Bedford Hills/Taconic College Program Combined Course (3)

Governance Cluster Electives (9)

Culture Cluster Electives (9)

PHR 450 Senior Seminar (3)