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Gain career-related skills & immersive experiences and build your alumni network during Short Term<\/h4>\n\n\n
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“Short Term has always been a space in the Bates calendar for innovation, experimentation, and new opportunity.” (Professor Emily Kane, ST Curricular Innovation Project Coordinator, 2014)<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Practitioner-Taught Courses (PTCs) offer immersive opportunities for students to experience work and career pathways outside of the core liberal arts curriculum. During Bates’ May Short Term, Practitioners-in-Residence teach applied knowledge and skills in their field of expertise. Students explore worlds of work, add to their practical skill set, and expand their professional network, contributing to their experiential education, career exploration and preparation for future work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026 Practitioner-Taught Courses <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Mediation and Restorative Justice Practicum<\/strong><\/a> with Margaret Micolichek and Jamar Williams teaching Restorative Justice and Karen Groat and Leah Boyd teaching Mediation (Counts for Children, Adolescents & Schools GEC and Conflict & Threat: War and Disease GEC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audio Storytelling: Creating audio stories and exhibits<\/strong><\/a> with Galen Koch<\/a>, audio producer and sound artist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are excited to offer more seats in Life Architecture<\/a> <\/strong>again this year with Susan Mangan, PhD – for students interested in designing the next stages of their life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The following courses are full, but still accepting wait list entries:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Practicum in Law<\/strong><\/a> with Maine State Assistant Attorney General Paul Suitter ’09 (Counts for Law and Society GEC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Practicum in Public Health<\/strong><\/a> with Leah Elsmore<\/a> ’12, MPH, Senior Consultant, North Highland, Healthcare & President, Bates College Alumni Association (Counts for Public Health GEC and Biology Major)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bates-Tuck Business Consulting Essentials<\/a> <\/strong>with Tuck Business School faculty, hosted by Peter Friedman ’92, P’24, ’26<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short Term LSAT Prep Course with Ben Paris<\/strong><\/a>– Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How PTC Application & Enrollment Work<\/h4>\n\n\n\n