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Academic Majors
Majors marked with an asterisk (*) represent majors that are interdisciplinary in nature. These programs are administered by a committee of faculty from within the program and from other academic units within the College.
- Africana*
- American Studies*
- Anthropology
- Asian Studies*
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Chinese*
- Classical and Medieval Studies*
- Dance
- Digital and Computational Studies*
- Earth and Climate Sciences
- Economics
- Engineering**
- English
- Environmental Studies*
- European Studies*
- French and Francophone Studies
- Gender and Sexuality Studies*
- German
- Hispanic Studies
- History
- History and Criticism of Art and Visual Culture
- Individual Interdisciplinary Major ***
- Japanese*
- Latin American and Latinx Studies*
- Mathematics
- Music
- Neuroscience*
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Politics
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies
- Sociology
- Studio Art
- Theater
** Students who choose to participate in the Engineering Combined Plan complete a portion of their education at Bates and a portion at one of our partner institutions: Case Western University, Columbia University, Dartmouth University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, or Washington University in St. Louis.
*** Students may propose individual majors in “Interdisciplinary Studies” that cross one or more boundaries of the College’s established fields of study. A self-designed interdisciplinary major requires a detailed academic program created in consultation with a faculty advisory board and approval of the Curriculum Review Committee.
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