The Discovery Degree at Russell Sage College is an accelerated honors program that allows exceptionally-qualified students to complete a bachelor's degree in three years of engaging study. The program houses a number of interdisciplinary programs as well as traditional majors.

Students spend the summer after their first year on campus for a 15-credit integrated, team-taught liberal arts and sciences course called "Sage Summer on the Hudson" that fulfills 15 general education credits. During the summer after the second year, they engage in an extended internship and/or independent study. Study Abroad may also be undertaken during that summer, or during a regular semester. Students graduate at the end of year three with a degree in one of these majors:

• Biology
• Education-Childhood/Middle
• Environmental Studies
• Creative Arts in Therapy
• Criminal Justice
• English
• Health Sciences
• History
• International and Globalization Studies
• Mathematics
• Musical Theatre
• Nutrition Science
• Nursing
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Self-Designed Interdisciplinary Major
• Sociology
• Theatre

Discovery Degree in Childhood Education and Special Education - Your degrees in three plus one!
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Earn a BS degree in elementary education (Grades 1-6) and complete the requirements for a masters degree in special education as a Discovery Degree student all within four years.  You will earn two degrees and be eligible for professional teacher certification in both Childhood Education and Special Education through the New York State Education Department.

 Read more about the Discovery Degree (formerly called Renaissance Baccalaureate) in Horizons, Sage's annual magazine for alumnae and friends.