{"id":8184,"date":"2024-07-11T10:53:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T14:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/?page_id=8184"},"modified":"2025-04-09T11:18:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T15:18:02","slug":"language-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/language-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Language Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-embed-aspect-16-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<lite-youtube videoid=\"GXUInAGD5NI\" params=\"modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0\" playlabel=\"Discover the World: Studying Languages at Bates College\" title=\"Discover the World: Studying Languages at Bates College\" >\n\t\t\t<\/lite-youtube>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Join us on a journey through the vibrant and diverse language program at Bates College, one of the nation&#8217;s leading liberal arts colleges. In this 10-minute video, hear from students who share their unforgettable experiences studying Chinese, Spanish, French, Russian, German, Japanese, Greek, and Latin.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Languages Taught at Bates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian\/\">Chinese <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/french\/\">French<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/german-russian\/\">German<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/classical-medieval\/\">Greek<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian\/\">Japanese<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/classical-medieval\/\">Latin<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/german-russian\/\">Russian<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/hispanic-studies\/\">Spanish<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Programs with Language Requirements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>M<\/strong>&nbsp;major |&nbsp;<strong>m<\/strong>&nbsp;minor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian\/\">Asian Studies<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian\/\"> (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/classical-medieval\/\">Classical and Medieval Studies<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/classical-medieval\/\"> (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/european-studies\/\">European Studies (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/french-francophone-studies\/\">French &amp; Francophone Studies<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/french\/\"> (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/german-russian\/\">German Studies<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/german-russian\/\"> (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/hispanic-studies\/\">Hispanic Studies<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/hispanic-studies\/\"> (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/german-russian\/\">Russian Studies (m)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Language Resources at Bates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1YCzUZibnLvr6pX3fIZLTdARAe01AUCmS\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1YCzUZibnLvr6pX3fIZLTdARAe01AUCmS\/view?usp=sharing\">10 Reasons to Explore Languages During Your First Year at Bates<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Student Writing and Language Center: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-writing-language-center\/meet-our-language-tutors\/\">Meet Our Language Tutors<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dean of the Faculty: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/teaching-and-advising\/language-placement\/\">Language Placement<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Bates Student newspaper: <a href=\"https:\/\/thebatesstudent.com\/23566\/forum\/why-should-we-learn-foreign-languages\/\">Why Should We Learn Foreign Languages?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us on a journey through the vibrant and diverse language program&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_prepend":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append_before_footer":false,"_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-8184","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8184"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8481,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8184\/revisions\/8481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}