{"id":1903,"date":"2011-06-06T16:20:22","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T16:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/?page_id=1903"},"modified":"2026-07-27T23:56:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T03:56:59","slug":"gec","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/curricular\/gec\/","title":{"rendered":"Civic Engagement Concentration: Knowledge, Action and the Public Good"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The information on this page refers to the GEC known by the title above. Information about this GEC can be found below. As of Academic year 2026-27, this program is known as As of Academic year 2026-27, this program is known as Civic Engagement Concentration:\u00a0Community Engagement and Civic Action. Information about this concentration can be found at this URL: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/curricular\/civic-engagement-concentration-community-engagement-and-civic-action\/\">https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/curricular\/civic-engagement-concentration-community-engagement-and-civic-action\/<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This concentration is designed to recognize and cultivate two elements of the college\u2019s mission: informed civic action and responsible stewardship of the wider world. The concentration focuses on coursework and other learning experiences related to civic and community engagement at the local, state, regional, national and global levels, as well as exploration of the reciprocal co-creation of knowledge and its role in promoting the public good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Requirements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Four courses offered in at least three departments or programs and participation in occasional reflection activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One course may be replaced by an approved co-curricular experience, thesis, or independent study. Approval for co-curricular projects must be secured by the student prior to undertaking the project, using the guidelines found <a title=\"CEL GEC Info\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2011\/06\/KnowlandPublicGoodGECCo-CurricularGuidelines.pdf\">here<\/a>.&nbsp; Once the approved co-curricular project is complete, the student should submit a Co-curricular Activity Completion Form found on the Registrar&#8217;s webpage.&nbsp; Students wishing to seek approval for a thesis or independent study should contact the concentration coordinator.&nbsp; In addition, the following&nbsp;co-curricular experiences are pre-approved for inclusion in the concentration: &nbsp;Bates Civic Action Team,&nbsp;Bonner Leader Program,&nbsp;Community-Engaged Research Fellowship,&nbsp;Harward Center Summer Fellowship,&nbsp;Short Term Action\/Research Team,&nbsp;Student Volunteer Fellowship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The information on this page refers to the GEC known by the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":1880,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_hide_page_title":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-1903","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","with-sidebar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1903"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10807,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1903\/revisions\/10807"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}