{"id":6937,"date":"2016-01-20T12:45:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T17:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/?page_id=6937"},"modified":"2026-03-06T17:15:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T22:15:34","slug":"academics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/explore-bates\/academics\/","title":{"rendered":"Academics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bates students tend to be up for just about anything. It\u2019s a good thing we have more than three dozen majors and two dozen minors to choose from. Some are liberal arts classics (history, mathematics, philosophy). Some are STEM-focused (neuroscience, engineering, biochemistry). Many draw from more than one discipline (American studies, environmental studies, biochemistry, gender &amp; sexuality studies).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some won\u2019t exist until you invent <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/academics\/major\/interdisciplinary-majors\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/academics\/major\/interdisciplinary-majors\/\" target=\"_blank\">them<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Majors and Minors<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>M = major<\/strong><br><strong>m = minor<\/strong><\/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\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/africana\/\">Africana (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/american-studies\/\">American Studies (M)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/anthropology\/\">Anthropology (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/art-and-visual-culture\/\">Art and Visual Culture (M)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/asian-studies\/\">Asian Studies (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/chemistry-and-biochemistry\/\">Biochemistry (M)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/biology\/\">Biology (M)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/chemistry-and-biochemistry\/\">Chemistry (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/asian-studies\/\">Chinese (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/classical-and-medieval-studies\/\">Classical and Medieval Studies (M)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/theater-and-dance\/\">Dance (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/digital-and-computational-studies\/\">Digital and Computational Studies (M, m)**<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/earth-and-climate-sciences\/\">Earth and Climate Sciences (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/economics\/\">Economics (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\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/education\/\">Educational Studies (m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/physics-astronomy\/academics\/engineering\/\">Engineering (M)*<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/english\/\">English (M)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/environmental-studies\/\">Environmental Studies (M)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/european-studies\/\">European Studies (M)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/french-and-francophone-studies\/\">French and Francophone Studies (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/gender-and-sexuality-studies\/\">Gender and Sexuality Studies (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/german-and-russian-studies\/\">German (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/classical-and-medieval-studies\/\">Greek (m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/hispanic-studies\/\">Hispanic Studies (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/history\/\">History (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/\">Interdisciplinary Studies (M)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/asian-studies\/\">Japanese (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/latin-american-and-latinx-studies\/\">Latin (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\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/latin-american-and-latinx-studies\/\">Latin American and Latinx Studies (M)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/mathematics\/\">Mathematics (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/music\/\">Music (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/neuroscience\/\">Neuroscience (M)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/philosophy\/\">Philosophy (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/physics-and-astronomy\/\">Physics (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/politics\/\">Politics (M)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/psychology\/\">Psychology (M)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/religious-studies\/\">Religious Studies (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/rhetoric-film-and-screen-studies\/\">Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/german-and-russian-studies\/\">Russian (m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/sociology\/\">Sociology (M)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/art-and-visual-culture\/\">Studio Art (M)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/education\/\">Teacher Education (m)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/theater-and-dance\/\">Theater (M, m)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/physics-astronomy\/academics\/engineering\/\">Dual degree program<\/a> offered in partnership with Case Western University, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Washington University. Students must complete admission requirements for combined engineering plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>** Digital and Computational Studies was approved as a new major by the Bates faculty on March  3, 2025, available to the Class of 2027 and all subsequent classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bates-framework-feature-fact feature-fact is-style-textbox-right\"><div class=\"image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2021\/06\/190303_ARC_Mapfunde_0071.jpg)\"><\/div><div class=\"feature-fact-textbox\"><h2>4-4-1: A Bates take on the school year<\/h2><p>Our academic calendar features a 4-4-1 schedule: two traditional semesters and one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/programs-resources\/short-term\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/programs-resources\/short-term\/\">Short Term<\/a> \u2014 four weeks in the spring where you get to focus on&nbsp;<strong>one<\/strong>&nbsp;thing.<\/p><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Concentrations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Often described as &#8220;interdisciplinary mini minors,&#8221; general education concentrations consist of four courses chosen from a faculty-designed menu that is structured on the basis of a clearly articulated organizing principle. Some concentrations may include relevant co-curricular experiences such as significant community service, orchestra, chorus, theatrical productions, or volunteer work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concentrations may focus on a particular issue or topic or area of inquiry identified by several professors working across different disciplines; examples include \u201cEnvironment, Place, and History\u201d and \u201cPublic Health.\u201d Concentrations may also be formed within a single department or program; examples of these include \u201cChinese Language\u201d and \u201cPhilosophy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7e5fce0a wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-garnet-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/gec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See All Concentrations<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Student Support<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Two fundamental elements for lifelong learning are strong writing and clear thinking. At Bates, you\u2019ll develop both from the start. Our First-Year Seminar (FYS) is a small class focused on developing your writing and critical thinking skills.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your FYS professor will serve as your initial academic advisor. Once you declare your major \u2014 which isn\u2019t required until March of your sophomore year! \u2014 a professor in that major will serve as your advisor for the remainder of your time at Bates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For all things non-academic, Bates students also have a Student Support Advisor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Just a few of the hallmarks of a Bates liberal arts and sciences education:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bates-framework-hover-boards hover-boards\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-framework-hover-board hover-board\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2021\/06\/191203_Ladd_Library_Study_0202.jpg)\"><div class=\"_height\"><div class=\"_initially-hidden\"><p>We know you have something to say after 16 years of school. Senior Thesis is your opportunity to end your undergraduate experience on an intellectual high note.<\/p><\/div><h2>Thesis<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"_height _utility-clone\"><p>We know you have something to say after 16 years of school. Senior Thesis is your opportunity to end your undergraduate experience on an intellectual high note.<\/p><h2>Thesis<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-framework-hover-board hover-board\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2021\/06\/statile-2018-Barlow-exhibition.jpg)\"><div class=\"_height\"><div class=\"_initially-hidden\"><p>With Bates guidance, you can trust that your off-campus study experience will be an expansion of your studies and research, not a reprieve.<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/\" class=\"sitewide-cta _secondary _outline \"><span>Learn More<\/span><svg class=\"arrow\" height=\"30px\" width=\"30px\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 100 100\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\"><path d=\"M67.34,15.9a3.55,3.55,0,1,0-5,5L87.85,46.44H3.53a3.56,3.56,0,0,0,0,7.11H87.85L62.3,79.06a3.62,3.62,0,0,0,0,5,3.53,3.53,0,0,0,5,0l31.6-31.6a3.47,3.47,0,0,0,0-5Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><h2>Off-campus Study<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"_height _utility-clone\"><p>With Bates guidance, you can trust that your off-campus study experience will be an expansion of your studies and research, not a reprieve.<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/\" class=\"sitewide-cta _secondary _outline \"><span>Learn More<\/span><svg class=\"arrow\" height=\"30px\" width=\"30px\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 100 100\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\"><path d=\"M67.34,15.9a3.55,3.55,0,1,0-5,5L87.85,46.44H3.53a3.56,3.56,0,0,0,0,7.11H87.85L62.3,79.06a3.62,3.62,0,0,0,0,5,3.53,3.53,0,0,0,5,0l31.6-31.6a3.47,3.47,0,0,0,0-5Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><h2>Off-campus Study<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bates-framework-hover-boards hover-boards\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-framework-hover-board hover-board\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2021\/06\/200122_Jane_Costlow_Purposeful_Work_Panel_0102.jpg)\"><div class=\"_height\"><div class=\"_initially-hidden\"><p>Courses that draw connections between what you\u2019re learning in class with your future of meaningful work: it just makes sense.<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/purposeful-work\/\" class=\"sitewide-cta _secondary _outline \"><span>Delve into Purposeful Work<\/span><svg class=\"arrow\" height=\"30px\" width=\"30px\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 100 100\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\"><path d=\"M67.34,15.9a3.55,3.55,0,1,0-5,5L87.85,46.44H3.53a3.56,3.56,0,0,0,0,7.11H87.85L62.3,79.06a3.62,3.62,0,0,0,0,5,3.53,3.53,0,0,0,5,0l31.6-31.6a3.47,3.47,0,0,0,0-5Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><h2>Purposeful Work<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"_height _utility-clone\"><p>Courses that draw connections between what you\u2019re learning in class with your future of meaningful work: it just makes sense.<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/purposeful-work\/\" class=\"sitewide-cta _secondary _outline \"><span>Delve into Purposeful Work<\/span><svg class=\"arrow\" height=\"30px\" width=\"30px\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 100 100\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\"><path d=\"M67.34,15.9a3.55,3.55,0,1,0-5,5L87.85,46.44H3.53a3.56,3.56,0,0,0,0,7.11H87.85L62.3,79.06a3.62,3.62,0,0,0,0,5,3.53,3.53,0,0,0,5,0l31.6-31.6a3.47,3.47,0,0,0,0-5Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><h2>Purposeful Work<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-framework-hover-board hover-board\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2021\/06\/191213_Matt_Cote_FYS_0359.jpg)\"><div class=\"_height\"><div class=\"_initially-hidden\"><p>Why wait? If you\u2019re interested in a topic, we\u2019re interested in helping you conduct high level research. Create your own study, or support the work of one of our innovative professors.<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/research-opportunities\/\" class=\"sitewide-cta _secondary _outline \"><span>Student Research<\/span><svg class=\"arrow\" height=\"30px\" width=\"30px\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 100 100\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\"><path d=\"M67.34,15.9a3.55,3.55,0,1,0-5,5L87.85,46.44H3.53a3.56,3.56,0,0,0,0,7.11H87.85L62.3,79.06a3.62,3.62,0,0,0,0,5,3.53,3.53,0,0,0,5,0l31.6-31.6a3.47,3.47,0,0,0,0-5Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><h2>Research<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"_height _utility-clone\"><p>Why wait? If you\u2019re interested in a topic, we\u2019re interested in helping you conduct high level research. Create your own study, or support the work of one of our innovative professors.<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/research-opportunities\/\" class=\"sitewide-cta _secondary _outline \"><span>Student Research<\/span><svg class=\"arrow\" height=\"30px\" width=\"30px\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 100 100\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\"><path d=\"M67.34,15.9a3.55,3.55,0,1,0-5,5L87.85,46.44H3.53a3.56,3.56,0,0,0,0,7.11H87.85L62.3,79.06a3.62,3.62,0,0,0,0,5,3.53,3.53,0,0,0,5,0l31.6-31.6a3.47,3.47,0,0,0,0-5Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><h2>Research<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bates-framework-hover-boards hover-boards\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-framework-hover-board hover-board\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2017\/05\/12.5_150331_Dance_Dress_1823.jpg)\"><div class=\"_height\"><div class=\"_initially-hidden\"><p>Dynamic. Provocative. Life-changing.<br>The arts provide some of our most rewarding terrains for imagination, experimentation, and intelligence.<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/\" class=\"sitewide-cta _secondary _outline \"><span>Explore the Arts at Bates<\/span><svg class=\"arrow\" height=\"30px\" width=\"30px\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 100 100\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\"><path d=\"M67.34,15.9a3.55,3.55,0,1,0-5,5L87.85,46.44H3.53a3.56,3.56,0,0,0,0,7.11H87.85L62.3,79.06a3.62,3.62,0,0,0,0,5,3.53,3.53,0,0,0,5,0l31.6-31.6a3.47,3.47,0,0,0,0-5Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><h2>Arts<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"_height _utility-clone\"><p>Dynamic. Provocative. 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