Catalog
General Education Concentrations
A defining component of a Bates education is a General Education program that ensures breadth and depth of study. The General Education requirements are described in the Academic Program section of the catalog.
Among the General Education requirements is the successful completion of two General Education concentrations (GECs). General Education concentrations challenge students to develop significant expertise outside their major. Each concentration consists of four courses chosen from a faculty-designed menu that is structured on the basis of a clearly articulated organizing principle. Some concentrations focus on a particular issue or topic or area of inquiry identified by several professors working across different disciplines; others are formed within a single discipline. Some concentrations may include relevant co-curricular experiences such as significant community service, orchestra, theatrical performance, or volunteer work. The required concentrations may also be fulfilled by completing a minor or a second major. General Education concentrations appear on the transcript.
The concentrations currently offered are described below, including requirements, exclusions, course lists, and eligible co-curricular components.
- Ancient Greek (C020)
- The Ancient World (C054)
- Applying Mathematical Methods (C006)
- Archaeology and Material Culture (C025)
- Asian Art and Literature (C033)
- Asian Modernity (C053)
- Asian Narrative Traditions (C052)
- Beauty and Desire (C055)
- Bridging El Atlántico (C016)
- Buddhism (C002)
- Chemistry (C003)
- Children, Adolescents, School (C030)
- Chinese Language (C044)
- Chinese Society and Culture (C047)
- The City in History: Urbanism and Constructed Spaces (C057)
- Class, Inequity, Poverty, and Justice (C008)
- The Collaborative Project (C012)
- Colonialism (C059)
- Color: Sight and Perception (C036)
- Conflict and Threat: War and Disease (C064)
- Considering Africa (C022)
- Culture and Meaning (C026)
- Dance (C011)
- Diasporas (C038)
- Early Modern World (C066)
- English (C086)
- Environment, Place, History (C068)
- Evidence: Documentation and Reality (C017)
- Field Studies: Natural Science (C058)
- Film and Media Studies (C019)
- French and Francophone Studies (C034)
- The Geosphere (C007)
- German Language and Culture (C071)
- German in Berlin (C073)
- German in Vienna (C082)
- Globalization (C014)
- Hazards in Nature (C063)
- The Human Body (C027)
- Identity, Race, and Ethnicity (C037)
- Improvisation and Experimentation in the Arts (C023)
- Japanese Language (C043)
- Japanese Society and Culture (C046)
- Knowledge, Action, and the Public Good (C091)
- Language and Literacy (C085)
- Latin (C010)
- Latin American Studies (C072)
- Law and Society (C013)
- Learning and Teaching (C084)
- Material Culture (C083)
- Medieval Worlds (C051)
- Middle East in Global Context (C090)
- Modern Europe (C024)
- Music and Culture (C080)
- North Atlantic Studies (C045)
- Philosophy (C042)
- Philosophy and Psychology (C031)
- Physics of the Large and Small (C056)
- Popular Culture (C040)
- Post/Colonial Issues in French and Spanish (C032)
- Premodern History (C048)
- Producing Culture: Arts and Audience (C061)
- Public Health (C065)
- Queer Studies (C009)
- Racisms (C041)
- Religious Studies (C001)
- Renaissance: Arts and Letters (C035)
- Russian Language (C069)
- Russian in St. Petersburg (C078)
- Sound (C005)
- South Asian Studies (C087)
- Spanish in Tarragona (C089)
- Theater Arts (C028)
- The Translated World (C067)
- Visible Ideas: 2D and 3D Design (C029)
- Water and Society (C070)
- Women and Gender in Asia (C050)
- Women and Writing (C060)
- Writing Spain (C018)
Ancient Greek (C020)
A concentration that provides students with skills and insights in Greek language and literature. H. Walker.
Requirements
Four courses, of which only two may be taken at the 100-level and only two may be taken at the 200-level. Two non-Bates courses may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
Courses
- GRK 101. Elementary Ancient Greek I..
- GRK 102. Elementary Ancient Greek II.
- GRK 201. Classical Prose.
- GRK 202. Classical Poetry.
- GRK 203. Prose about Archaic Greece.
- GRK 204. Poetry from Archaic Greece.
- GRK 301. Classical Prose: Advanced.
- GRK 302. Classical Poetry: Advanced.
- GRK 303. Prose about Archaic Greece: Advanced.
- GRK 304. Poetry from Archaic Greece: Advanced.
The Ancient World (C054)
This concentration introduces students to peoples of the Greco-Roman and Judaic traditions in the ancient world. Students examine the history, literature, religions, social practices, and material cultures of the Greeks, Romans, and Israelites, as well as the different methodologies scholars employ to understand a distant and different past that still critically shapes the experience of the modern Western world. M. Imber.
Requirements
Any four courses. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
Courses
- AN/RE 225. Gods, Heroes, Magic, and Mysteries: Religion in Ancient Greece.
- AV/CM 222. Greek Temples for Greek Gods.
- CM/HI 100. Introduction to the Ancient World.
- CM/HI 108. Roman Civilization: The Republic.
- CM/HI 109. Roman Civilization: The Empire.
- CM/HI 112. Ancient Greek History.
- CM/HI 231. Litigation in Classical Athens.
- CM/HI 283. Rome and the East: Digitizing and Communicating History .
- CM/HI 301J. Law and Society in Ancient Rome.
- CM/HI 345. Writing the World: An Introduction to Classical Geography.
- CM/PL 271. Ancient Greek Philosophy.
- CM/RE 218. Greek and Roman Myths.
- CM/RE 235. Introduction to the Hebrew Bible.
- CM/RE 236. Introduction to the New Testament.
- CM/RE 238. Jews and Judaism in Antiquity.
- CM/RE 303D. Song of Songs.
- CM/WS 204. Gender and the Body in Ancient Greece.
- CMS s17. Readings in the Odyssey of Homer.
- FYS 191. Love and Friendship in the Classical World.
- INDC 130. Food in Ancient Greece and Rome.
- RHET 100. What is Rhetoric?.
Applying Mathematical Methods (C006)
This concentration encourages students to appreciate the utility of mathematics, make connections between mathematics and other subjects, and apply mathematical methods in a relevant discipline (e.g., natural or social sciences, arts, humanities) or in a real-world setting (e.g., traffic control, scheduling, manufacturing). P. Jayawant.
Requirements
Four courses including two from list A and two from list B, with no more than two courses from the same department/program.
List A (Mathematics-based Courses): BI/MA255A; BIO 244; ECON 250, 255; EC/MA 342; MATH 205, 206, 214, 215, 219, 255B, 355A, 355B, 355D, s21, s45K; PHYS 301
List B (Application-based Courses): ASTR 104; AT/GE 110; BI/NS 308; BIO 260, 270, 330, 340; CHEM 107A, 108A, 301, 302, 310; ECON 260, 270; ENVR 203; GEO 210, 230, 240; MUS 231, 232; PHIL 195, 395A; PHYS 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, 112, 115, 211, 214, 216, 222; PLTC 310; THEA 132, 232, 236
One of the courses may be replaced by a supervised research position or internship approved by the appropriate department. In addition to the four courses or co-curricular components, students are encouraged to complete an integrative project that demonstrates mastery of applied mathematical methods. This project is usually completed in the context of a course or co-curricular experience.
Students are expected to present their project in a public forum (e.g., class presentation, conference, Mount David Summit). Students are required to consult with the concentration coordinator as early as possible for advice and guidance in
completing this project. A maximum of two courses taken abroad (one in mathematics and one in an applied discipline) may be substituted for Bates courses, with prior approval of the concentration coordinator. This concentration is not open to students who have declared a major or minor in mathematics or a major in economics.
Courses
- ASTR 104. Cosmology in the Twentieth Century.
- BI/MA 255A. Mathematical Models in Biology.
- BI/NS 308. Neurobiology/Lab.
- BIO 244. Biostatistics.
- BIO 270. Ecology and Evolution/Lab.
- BIO 330. Advanced Genetics/Lab.
- BIO 340. Introduction to Epidemiology.
- CHEM 107A. Atomic and Molecular Structure/Lab.
- CHEM 108A. Chemical Reactivity/Lab.
- CHEM 301. Quantum Chemistry.
- CHEM 302. Statistical Thermodynamics.
- CHEM 310. Biophysical Chemistry.
- EC/MA 342. Optimal Control Theory with Economic Applications.
- ECON 250. Statistics.
- ECON 255. Econometrics.
- ECON 260. Intermediate Microeconomic Theory.
- ECON 270. Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory.
- ENVR 203. Scientific Approaches to Environmental Issues/Lab.
- GEO 210. Sedimentary Processes and Environments/Lab.
- GEO 230. Earth Structure and Dynamics/Lab.
- GEO 240. Environmental Geochemistry/Lab.
- MATH 205. Linear Algebra.
- MATH 206. Multivariable Calculus.
- MATH 214. Probability.
- MATH 215. Statistics.
- MATH 219. Differential Equations.
- MATH 255B. Mathematical Modeling.
- MATH 355A. Numerical Analysis.
- MATH 355B. Graph Algorithms.
- MATH 355D. Dynamical Systems and Computer Science.
- MATH s21. Introduction to Abstraction.
- MATH s45K. Roller Coasters: Theory, Design, and Properties.
- MUS 231. Music Theory I.
- MUS 232. Music Theory II.
- PHIL 195. Introduction to Logic.
- PHYS 103. Musical Acoustics/Lab.
- PHYS 105. Physics in Everyday Life.
- PHYS 106. Energy and Environment.
- PHYS 107. Classical Physics/Lab.
- PHYS 108. Modern Physics/Lab.
- PHYS 112. Physics of Sports/Lab.
- PHYS 115. Physics for Policymakers.
- PHYS 211. Newtonian Mechanics.
- PHYS 214. Renewable Energy.
- PHYS 216. Computational Physics.
- PHYS 222. Electricity and Magnetism.
- PHYS 301. Mathematical Methods of Physics.
- PLTC 310. Public Opinion.
- THEA 132. Theater Technology.
- THEA 232. Lighting Design.
- THEA 236. Pattern Drafting and Draping.
Co-curricular Activities
Research Experience/Internship.
A supervised research experience such as an NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) position or an appropriate internship may replace one mathematics-based or one applications-based course, depending on the content. Supervised by the appropriate department or program.
Archaeology and Material Culture (C025)
This concentration acquaints students with archaeology, the subfield of anthropology dealing with the study of material remains and the study of material culture from other theoretical perspectives.
Requirements
Four courses, one of which must be a methodology class from the following list: ANTH 103, INDS 219, or ANTH s32. One co-curricular component involving substantial archaeological fieldwork may be substituted for a course, at the discretion of the anthropology department. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval. This concentration is not open to students who have declared a major or minor in anthropology.
Courses
- ANTH 103. Introduction to Archaeology.
- ANTH 104. Introduction to Human Evolution.
- ANTH 222. Archaeology and Colonial Entanglements in North America.
- ANTH 247. New World Archaeology.
- ANTH 339. Production and Reproduction.
- ANTH s32. Introduction to Archaeological Fieldwork.
- INDC 208. Introduction to Medieval Archaeology.
- INDC 219. Environmental Archaeology.
Co-curricular Activities
Fieldwork.
Substantial fieldwork on an archaeological dig. Supervised by the anthropology department.
Internship.
Supervised by the anthropology department.
Asian Art and Literature (C033)
This concentration focuses on Asian art history, visual cultures, and traditional literature. T. Nguyen.
Requirements
Any four courses, with not more than two courses from any one subject designation. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration with prior approval by the concentration coordinator. Not open to students who have declared a major in East Asian studies, a minor in Asian studies, or who have declared the following concentrations: 046 (Japanese Society and Literature), 047 (Chinese Society and Culture), and 052 (Asian Narrative Traditions).
Courses
- AS/CI 207. Traditional Chinese Literature in Translation.
- AS/CI 223. Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature in Translation.
- AS/CI 225. Art and Politics in China.
- AS/JA 125. Japanese Literature and Society.
- AS/JA 130. Japanese Film.
- AS/RE 308. Buddhist Texts in Translation.
- AV/AS 234. Chinese Arts and Visual Culture.
- AV/AS 236. Japanese Arts and Visual Culture.
- AV/AS 243. Buddhist Arts and Visual Cultures.
- AV/AS 245. Architectural Monuments of Southeast Asia.
- AV/AS 246. Visual Narratives: Storytelling in East Asian Art.
- AV/AS 247. The Art of Zen Buddhism.
- AV/AS s16. Understanding Vietnam: Its History and Culture.
- AVC 229. Modern Vietnamese Culture through Film.
- AVC 248. The Art of Rock-Cut Architecture in Asia.
- AVC s25. The Japanese Tea Bowl.
- AVC s29. Modern Vietnamese Culture through Film.
- FYS 435. The Soft Power of Pop Culture: An Introduction to Japanese Visual Cultures.
- INDC s10. Between Past and Future: Contemporary Chinese Art since 1980.
Asian Modernity (C053)
This concentration offers students an opportunity to consider the effects of imperialism, globalization, and rapid development on the societies of Asia. S. Kemper.
Requirements
Any four courses. Courses taken while studying in an off-campus program in Asia may substitute for up to two courses with prior approval of the coordinator. This concentration is not available to students majoring or minoring in Chinese, Japanese, or Asian studies.
Courses
- AN/RE 263. Buddhism and the Social Order.
- ANTH 240. Individual and Society in South Asia.
- ANTH 252. The Anthropology of Modernity.
- ANTH 264. India and Its World: Business, Bhangra, Bollywood, and Buddhism.
- AS/CI 225. Art and Politics in China.
- AS/CI 312. Kungfu Cinemas: Asia and Beyond.
- AS/EC 231. The Economic Development of Japan.
- AS/EC 242. Work and Workers in China.
- AS/HI 110. East Asia between Tradition and Modernity.
- AS/HI 274. China in Revolution.
- AS/JA 125. Japanese Literature and Society.
- AS/JA 130. Japanese Film.
- AS/JA 232. Japanese Popular Culture in the Age of Globalization.
- AS/JA s22. Tokyo Central: The Modern Metropolis in Literature, Film, and Culture.
- AS/PY 260. Cultural Psychology.
- AV/AS 175. Between Past and Future: Contemporary Chinese Art since 1980.
- AV/AS 229. Modern Vietnamese Culture through Film.
- AVC 229. Modern Vietnamese Culture through Film.
- ENG 260. Passages to and from India.
- FYS 435. The Soft Power of Pop Culture: An Introduction to Japanese Visual Cultures.
- INDC 255. Modern Japanese Women Writers.
- INDC s10. Between Past and Future: Contemporary Chinese Art since 1980.
Asian Narrative Traditions (C052)
This concentration explores stories and strategies of storytelling in Asian traditions past and present in literature and in film and other visual arts. T. Nguyen.
Requirements
Any four courses. Two non-Bates courses may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval. Not open to students who have declared a major or minor in Chinese or Japanese, a major in East Asian studies, or a minor in Asian studies, or to students who have declared the following concentration(s): C033 (Asian Art and Literature), C046 (Japanese Society and Culture), C047 (Chinese Society and Culture), or C050 (Women and Gender in Asia).
Courses
- AS/CI 207. Traditional Chinese Literature in Translation.
- AS/CI 223. Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature in Translation.
- AS/JA 125. Japanese Literature and Society.
- AS/JA 130. Japanese Film.
- AV/AS 229. Modern Vietnamese Culture through Film.
- AV/AS 246. Visual Narratives: Storytelling in East Asian Art.
- AVC 229. Modern Vietnamese Culture through Film.
- EN/WS 121G. Asian American Women Writers.
- ENG 260. Passages to and from India.
- INDC 255. Modern Japanese Women Writers.
- JPN s22. Tokyo Central: The Modern Metropolis in Literature, Film, and Culture.
Beauty and Desire (C055)
What does beauty mean? Who arbitrates the boundary between the beautiful and the aberrant? How do we embody desire? This concentration analyzes the manufacture and manipulation of beauty, the politics of desire, and their cultural significance. R. Corrie.
Requirements
Any four courses. One non-Bates course with a focus on issues of beauty and desire comparable to courses listed below may be applied toward this concentration if judged appropriate upon application to the coordinator.
Courses
- AA/DN 252. Contemporary Issues in Dance.
- AA/RH 162. White Redemption: Cinema and the Co-optation of African American History.
- AS/JA s24. Transfiguring Desire in Japanese Culture: The Legend of Ono no Komachi from Noh Drama to Anime.
- AV/AS 248. The Art of Rock-Cut Architecture in Asia.
- AV/CM 241. The Art of Islam.
- AV/CM 252. Art of the Middle Ages.
- AV/CM 376E. The Medieval Manuscript.
- AVC 248. The Art of Rock-Cut Architecture in Asia.
- AVC 271. Italian Baroque Art.
- AVC 272. Northern Baroque Art.
- AVC 280. The Art of the Eighteenth Century.
- AVC 284. Revolutions and Romanticisms.
- AVC 285. Renaissance and Post-Renaissance Gardens and Landscape Architecture.
- AVC 314A. Advanced Painting I.
- AVC 350A. Visual Meaning I: Process, Material, Format.
- AVC 350B. Visual Meaning II: Process, Material, Format.
- AVC s18. Leonardo and His Heirs: High Renaissance and Mannerism.
- AVC s28. Desiring Italy.
- CM/WS 204. Gender and the Body in Ancient Greece.
- EN/WS 395P. Worldly Women as Artists: Transnational Women Writers.
- ENG 121K. Frankenstein's Creatures.
- ENG 243. Romantic Literature (1790–1840).
- FYS 191. Love and Friendship in the Classical World.
- FYS 455. Neuroscience Fiction.
- PHIL 227. Philosophy of Art.
- THEA 235. Dress and Adornment in Western Culture.
- WGST 355. Gender and Technology.
Bridging El Atlántico (C016)
The Spanish language has been a bridge to communicate experiences and artistic expression on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. This concentration explores the cultural production of the Spanish-speaking people of the Atlantic region, including but not limited to the courtly love tradition that emerged among Spanish-speaking Arab and Jewish poets and its modern home in Latin American popular music; issues of environmental justice, gender, and race; the development of a transnational Spanish-language cinema industry that facilitates the circulation of artists and ideas; and the tradition of human rights in Latin America and Spain. B. Fra-Molinero.
Requirements
Four courses. Two non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if they are determined to be equivalent to a Bates course in the list below, or if they are judged to be appropriate by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval. This concentration is not open to students who have declared a minor or major in Spanish.
Courses
- EU/SP 366. Iberian Nightmares: Fantasy and Horror in Spanish and Portuguese Cinemas.
- INDC 290. The Afro-Hispanic Diaspora.
- INDC 321. Afroambiente: Writing a Black Environment.
- LS/SO 226. Sports, Gender, and Nation in Latin America.
- SPAN 205. Advanced Spanish.
- SPAN 211. Introduction to Literary and Cultural Analysis.
- SPAN 224. Protest and Justice.
- SPAN 228. Screen and Media.
- SPAN 231. Readings in Spanish Literature.
- SPAN 330. Writing the Caribbean Nation: Race, Religion, and Revolution.
- SPAN 360. Independent Study.
Buddhism (C002)
This concentration brings together courses on Buddhism from a variety of perspectives. T. Nguyen.
Requirements
Any four courses. Participation in an appropriate off-campus study program listed below may be substituted for two courses with prior approval:
ISLE Program, Sri Lanka;
SIT Program, Nepal;
Emory Tibetan Studies in Dharamsala;
Antioch College Buddhist Studies in Japan Program - Buddhist studies in Japan;
Antioch College Buddhist Studies in India, Bodhgaya, India.
One non-Bates course from other programs or institutions may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
Courses
- AN/RE 263. Buddhism and the Social Order.
- AS/RE 208. Religions in China.
- AS/RE 209. Religions in Japan.
- AS/RE 250. The Buddhist Tradition.
- AS/RE 251. Religions of Tibet.
- AS/RE 308. Buddhist Texts in Translation.
- AS/RE 309. Buddhism in East Asia.
- AS/RE 348. Epics of Asia: Myth and Religion.
- AV/AS 243. Buddhist Arts and Visual Cultures.
- AV/AS 245. Architectural Monuments of Southeast Asia.
- AV/AS 246. Visual Narratives: Storytelling in East Asian Art.
- AV/AS 247. The Art of Zen Buddhism.
- AV/AS 248. The Art of Rock-Cut Architecture in Asia.
- AVC 248. The Art of Rock-Cut Architecture in Asia.
- PHIL 310. Buddhist Philosophy.
- PHIL s25. Asian and Islamic Ethical Systems.
- RE/WS 311. Buddhism and Gender.
Chemistry (C003)
This concentration exposes students to core principles in chemistry and selected additional topics that students can tailor to their interests. T. Lawson.
Requirements
1) CHEM 107A
2) CHEM 108A
3) Any two other chemistry courses, excluding CHEM 218. At least one course must be at the 200-level or above, including CHEM s37 and CHEM s42.
Only one non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration. That course must be judged comparable to one of those below and must have prior approval. This concentration is not open to students who have declared a major or minor in chemistry, biology, neuroscience, biological chemistry, or the chemistry track of environmental studies.
Courses
Co-curricular Activities
Independent Research.
A departmentally-approved summer research experience may be applied toward this concentration. Supervised by the chemistry department.
Children, Adolescents, School (C030)
This concentration integrates the study of children and adolescents with the study of education. B. Sale.
Requirements
Four courses, from the list below, no more than two from the same department/program. Or three courses, at least one from education and one from psychology and one co-curricular experience. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval. Not open to students who declare a minor in teacher education or educational studies.
Courses
- AS/PY 260. Cultural Psychology.
- DN/ED 265. Teaching through the Arts.
- DN/ED s29. Tour, Teach, Perform.
- ED/PY 262. Community-Based Research Methods.
- ED/PY s39. Development in Malawi.
- ED/SO 242. Race, Cultural Pluralism, and Equality in American Education.
- ED/SO 380. Education, Reform, and Politics.
- ED/SO s24. Community Organizing for Social Justice.
- ED/WS 384. Education in a Globalized World.
- EDUC 231. Perspectives on Education.
- EDUC 235. Teaching in the Sciences.
- EDUC 243. Issues in Early Childhood Education.
- EDUC 245. Literacy in Preschool and Elementary Years.
- EDUC 255. Adolescent Literacy.
- EDUC 343. Learning and Teaching: Theories and Practice.
- EDUC 362. Basic Concepts in Special Education.
- EDUC 365. Special Topics.
- EDUC 378. Research Methods in the Study of Education.
- EDUC s27. Literacy in the Community.
- EDUC s50. Independent Study.
- EXDS s15H. Short Term Practicum: Mediation and Restorative Justice.
- FYS 300. Exploring Education through Narratives.
- PSYC 101. Principles of Psychology.
- PSYC 240. Developmental Psychology.
- PSYC 341. Advanced Topics in Developmental Psychology.
- PSYC 372. Racial and Ethnic Identity Development.
- PSYC s50. Independent Study.
- PY/SO 210. Social Psychology.
- SOC s20. Social Inequality in Childhood and Youth.
Co-curricular Activities
Community-based service learning.
Community-based service-learning projects must be preapproved by the concentration coordinator. Supervised by the concentration coordinator.
Education internship.
Education internships must be preapproved by the concentration coordinator. Supervised by the concentration coordinator.
Chinese Language (C044)
This is a concentration in the study of Chinese language. S. Yang.
Requirements
Any four courses listed. Students entering Bates with proficiency in the language should begin the sequence of four courses of the concentration at the level at which they are initially placed. No more than two language courses taken in an approved study-abroad program in China may be counted toward the concentration with prior approval. Not open to students who declare a major or minor in Chinese or East Asian Studies with a concentration on Chinese language or the following concentation(s): C047 (Chinese Society and Culture).
Courses
- BSAN 003. Intensive Chinese I.
- BSAN 004. Intensive Chinese II.
- CHI 101. Beginning Chinese I.
- CHI 102. Beginning Chinese II.
- CHI 201. Intermediate Chinese I.
- CHI 202. Intermediate Chinese II.
- CHI 301. Upper-Level Modern Chinese I.
- CHI 302. Upper-Level Modern Chinese II.
- CHI 401. Advanced Chinese I.
- CHI 402. Advanced Chinese II.
- CHI 415. Readings in Classical Chinese.
Chinese Society and Culture (C047)
The concentration offers courses from a range of disciplines including history, literature, religious studies, economics, and language, which focus on China. S. Yang.
Requirements
Four courses, with no more than two of the following: CHI 101, 102, 201, 202, 301, 302, 401, 402. Up to two non-Bates study abroad courses may be applied toward the concentration if they are determined to be equivalent to a Bates course in the list below, or if they are judged to be appropriate by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval. Not open to students who declare a major or minor in Chinese or East Asian Studies with a concentration on Chinese language or the following concentration(s): C044 (Chinese Language).
Courses
- AS/CI 207. Traditional Chinese Literature in Translation.
- AS/CI 223. Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature in Translation.
- AS/CI 225. Art and Politics in China.
- AS/EC 241. China's Economic Reforms.
- AS/EC 242. Work and Workers in China.
- AS/HI 171. China and Its Culture.
- AS/HI 274. China in Revolution.
- AS/RE 208. Religions in China.
- AV/AS 175. Between Past and Future: Contemporary Chinese Art since 1980.
- AV/AS 234. Chinese Arts and Visual Culture.
- AV/AS 246. Visual Narratives: Storytelling in East Asian Art.
- BSAN 003. Intensive Chinese I.
- BSAN 004. Intensive Chinese II.
- CHI 101. Beginning Chinese I.
- CHI 102. Beginning Chinese II.
- CHI 201. Intermediate Chinese I.
- CHI 202. Intermediate Chinese II.
- CHI 301. Upper-Level Modern Chinese I.
- CHI 302. Upper-Level Modern Chinese II.
- CHI 401. Advanced Chinese I.
- CHI 402. Advanced Chinese II.
- CHI 415. Readings in Classical Chinese.
- INDC s10. Between Past and Future: Contemporary Chinese Art since 1980.
The City in History: Urbanism and Constructed Spaces (C057)
This concentration addresses the role of urban centers in human culture from their emergence in earliest recorded history to the present. The study of urban forms, architecture, and spaces is by definition interdisciplinary, integrating social, political, historical, theoretical, geographical, technological, and aesthetic considerations. R. Corrie.
Requirements
Any four courses. One non-Bates course that focuses on urban history, design, and/or function may be applied toward this concentration if judged appropriate upon application to the coordinator. This may include supervised archaeological fieldwork, with approval of the coordinator.
Courses
- AA/RH 162. White Redemption: Cinema and the Co-optation of African American History.
- AAS 100. Introduction to African American Studies.
- AC/FR 240I. French in Maine.
- AC/HI 141. America in the Age of the Civil War.
- AS/JA s22. Tokyo Central: The Modern Metropolis in Literature, Film, and Culture.
- AV/AS 245. Architectural Monuments of Southeast Asia.
- AV/AS 248. The Art of Rock-Cut Architecture in Asia.
- AV/CM 222. Greek Temples for Greek Gods.
- AV/CM 241. The Art of Islam.
- AV/CM 251. The Age of the Cathedrals.
- AV/CM 252. Art of the Middle Ages.
- AV/CM 265. Florence to Bruges: The Early Renaissance in Europe.
- AV/CM 376D. Crusader Art and Architecture.
- AVC 248. The Art of Rock-Cut Architecture in Asia.
- AVC 285. Renaissance and Post-Renaissance Gardens and Landscape Architecture.
- AVC 377A. Picturesque Suburbia.
- AVC 377B. The Chateau and Gardens of Versailles.
- AVC s18. Leonardo and His Heirs: High Renaissance and Mannerism.
- AVC s20. Renaissance and Post-Renaissance Gardens and Landscape Architecture.
- AVC s22. Modern Architecture.
- BSAG 009. Mapping the City: The Urban Landscape as Text.
- CM/HI 102. Medieval Worlds.
- CM/HI 108. Roman Civilization: The Republic.
- CM/HI 109. Roman Civilization: The Empire.
- CM/HI 283. Rome and the East: Digitizing and Communicating History .
- CM/HI 345. Writing the World: An Introduction to Classical Geography.
- ECON 348. Urban Economics.
- ENG 395Y. Medieval London.
- EU/GR 254. Berlin and Vienna, 1900–1914.
- HI/LS 282. The City in Latin America.
- HIST 301P. Prelude to the Civil Rights Movement.
- INDC 301A. Sex and the Modern City: European Cultures at the Fin-de-Siècle .
- INDC s30. Visual Narratives: The City, Ethnography, and Cultural Politics.
- JPN s22. Tokyo Central: The Modern Metropolis in Literature, Film, and Culture.
- RHET 391. Topics in Rhetorical Criticism.
Co-curricular Activities
Research project, internship, fieldwork, performance experience, volunteer work, or community work-study.
Supervised by the art and visual culture department.
Class, Inequity, Poverty, and Justice (C008)
This concentration focuses on class inequality and poverty from a social justice perspective. Courses are drawn from a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, and include attention to national and international issues, the gendered and raced dynamics of class, material inequality and poverty, and social movements and social change. E. Kane.
Requirements
Four courses offered in at least two different departments or programs. At least one course must include a community engagement component, including the following: ACS 220; ANTH 339; ED/SO 242; EDUC 231, s27; ED/WS 384; ENVR 417; FYS 376; HIST 390W; SOC 250, 395K, s20; SO/WS 270. One non-Bates course on a social justice theme may be applied toward the concentration if it is judged to be appropriate by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
Courses
- AA/AC 213. Police, Klansman, Colonizer.
- AA/AC 227. #BlackLivesMatter.
- AA/HI 243. African American History.
- AAS 100. Introduction to African American Studies.
- ACS 220. Community Studies.
- AN/ES 242. Environment, Human Rights, and Indigenous Peoples.
- ANTH 339. Production and Reproduction.
- ED/SO 242. Race, Cultural Pluralism, and Equality in American Education.
- ED/WS 384. Education in a Globalized World.
- EDUC 231. Perspectives on Education.
- EDUC 290. Internship in Education.
- EDUC s27. Literacy in the Community.
- ENVR 417. Community-Engaged Research in Environmental Studies.
- FYS 300. Exploring Education through Narratives.
- FYS 376. Community Engagement, Social Justice, and Social Change.
- FYS 456. This American Life, This American Death: A Cultural History of U.S. Execution.
- HIST 261. American Protest: From the Haymarket Riot to Occupy Wall Street.
- HIST 301P. Prelude to the Civil Rights Movement.
- HIST 301W. The Civil Rights Movement.
- INDC 100. African Perspectives on Justice, Human Rights, and Renewal.
- INDC 130. Food in Ancient Greece and Rome.
- INDC 321. Afroambiente: Writing a Black Environment.
- LS/SO 226. Sports, Gender, and Nation in Latin America.
- PLTC 249. Politics of Latin America.
- PLTC 295. Reading Marx, Rethinking Marxisms.
- PLTC 394. Contemporary Liberalism and Democratic Action.
- PLTC 396. Poverty and Democracy.
- PLTC s21. Practicing Postconsumption.
- PT/WS 155. Gender, Power, and Political Systems.
- PT/WS 254. Gender Matters: U.S. Women and Politics.
- SO/WS 270. Sociology of Gender.
- SO/WS 395I. Race, Class, Gender, and Family.
- SO/WS 395K. Knowledge, Action, and Social Change.
- SOC 235. Global Health: Sociological Perspectives.
- SOC 239. Medicine and the People's Health: Social Movements for Health Justice .
- SOC 250. Privilege, Power, and Inequality.
- SOC 395K. Knowledge, Action, and Social Change.
- SOC s20. Social Inequality in Childhood and Youth.
- SPAN 224. Protest and Justice.
- WGST 356. Marriage in America.
The Collaborative Project (C012)
To collaborate is to labor cooperatively with others toward an intellectual goal. In this concentration, students gain experience in an array of methods used to achieve effective collaboration in different contexts. Each course emphasizes collaborative process to generate action, original work, and/or live performance. P. Johnson.
Requirements
Four courses or three courses and one co-curricular component, with a maximum of two courses from any one department/program. Students selecting MUS 290 need to complete any two sections to receive one concentration credit. Students selecting DANC 270 need to complete two sections to receive one concentration credit. One non-Bates course may be applied toward this concentration if it is determined to be equivalent to a Bates course in the list below, or if they are judged to be appropriate by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval. This concentration is not open to students who have declared concentration C023 (Improvisation and Experimentation in the Arts).
Courses
- AA/AC 375. Curatorial Studies and Contemporary Culture.
- AV/TH 221. Performance Art.
- AVC 316. Etching Workshop I.
- AVC 317A. Etching Workshop II.
- AVC 350A. Visual Meaning I: Process, Material, Format.
- AVC 350B. Visual Meaning II: Process, Material, Format.
- AVC 361. Museum Internship.
- AVC s23A. Printmaking Workshop I.
- AVC s23B. Printmaking Workshop II.
- BIO 133. Biology of Cooperation.
- DANC 151. Introduction to Dance Composition.
- DANC 251. Dance Composition.
- DANC 270A. Studio: Modern I.
- DANC 270C. Studio: Modern Partnering.
- DANC 270D. Studio: Repertory Styles.
- DANC 270E. Studio: Jazz I.
- DANC 270F. Studio: Advanced Jazz Repertory.
- DANC 270G. Studio: Dance Ensemble, Intermediate.
- DANC 270I. Studio: Improvisation.
- DANC 270J. Studio: World Dance Forms.
- DANC 270M. Studio: Dance Ensemble, Advanced.
- DANC 300. Bates Dance Festival.
- DANC 351. Advanced Composition Seminar.
- DANC s32. Building a Dance Practice.
- DN/ED s29. Tour, Teach, Perform.
- ED/PY 262. Community-Based Research Methods.
- EDUC s26. Qualitative Methods of Education Research.
- ENVR 417. Community-Engaged Research in Environmental Studies.
- INDC 256. Rites of Spring.
- MUS 222. Jazz Performance Workshop.
- MUS s25. Performing Musical Art of Indonesia.
- PLTC s23. Simulating the Legislative Process.
- THEA 231. Scene Design.
- THEA 370. Directing.
Co-curricular Activities
Music Performance.
Participation for two consecutive semesters in any one of the following ensembles may replace one course: College Choir, College Orchestra, Fiddle Band, Gamelan Ensemble, Jazz Band, Steel Pan Orchestra. Supervised by the music department.
Colonialism (C059)
Colonial expansion of European societies has had a profound effect in shaping the modern world culturally, politically, demographically, and ecologically. Its implications are addressed in one way or another by a majority of humanities and social science courses offered at Bates, and it has important implications for the sciences as well. This concentration addresses colonialism itself, allowing an examination of the commonalities and differences that have characterized the phenomenon since Roman times. C. Shaw.
Requirements
Any four courses. Two non-Bates courses may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
Courses
- AA/AC 213. Police, Klansman, Colonizer.
- AA/EN 223. Survey of Literature of the Caribbean.
- AC/HI 244. Native American History.
- AN/SO 232. Ethnicity, Nation, and World Community.
- ANTH 222. Archaeology and Colonial Entanglements in North America.
- ANTH 228. Person and Community in Contemporary Africa.
- ANTH 339. Production and Reproduction.
- BIO 117. Plants and Human Affairs.
- BIO 124. Plants and Human Affairs/Lab.
- BIO 340. Introduction to Epidemiology.
- CM/HI 283. Rome and the East: Digitizing and Communicating History .
- CM/HI 345. Writing the World: An Introduction to Classical Geography.
- EN/WS 121G. Asian American Women Writers.
- ENG 260. Passages to and from India.
- ES/HI 301M. Maine: Environment and History.
- EU/HI 206. The Empire Strikes Back: The Ends of European Empires in the Twentieth Century.
- FR/WS 377. Colon/Colonisé: Récits de l'Expérience Nord-Africaine.
- FRE 208. Introduction to the Francophone World.
- FRE 240F. Borders and Disorders.
- FRE 378. Voix francophones des Antilles.
- FRE 379. Documenting the Genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda.
- HIST 140. Origins of the New Nation, 1500–1820.
- HIST 249. Colonial North America.
- HIST 287. History of East Africa.
- HIST s28. Wabanaki History in Maine.
- INDC 290. The Afro-Hispanic Diaspora.
- MUS 103. Music in World Cultures.
Color: Sight and Perception (C036)
The perception of color is contextual and culturally determined. This concentration provides the opportunity to study color in theory and in practice, as cultural construct, and as concrete physical phenomenon. P. Johnson.
Requirements
Four courses, with no more than two from any one department/program. One non-Bates course that may be applied toward this concentration if it is determinded to be equivalent to a Bates course in the list below, or if it is judged to be appropriate by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval. This concentration is not open to students who have declared a major in art and visual culture or physics.
Courses
- AA/RH 162. White Redemption: Cinema and the Co-optation of African American History.
- AC/AV 288. Visualizing Race.
- AV/WS 295. The Decorated Body.
- AVC 202A. Painting: Color and Design I.
- AVC 202B. Painting: Color and Design II.
- AVC 203. Ceramic Design and Techniques.
- AVC 206. Ceramic Tile: Color and Design.
- AVC 214A. Painting: Pictorial Structure I.
- AVC 214B. Painting: Pictorial Structure II.
- AVC 215A. Painting: Abstraction and Invention I.
- AVC 215B. Painting: Abstraction and Invention II.
- AVC 219. Photography I: The Digital Image.
- AVC 271. Italian Baroque Art.
- AVC 272. Northern Baroque Art.
- AVC 281. Realism and Impressionism.
- AVC 282. Modern European Art.
- AVC 314A. Advanced Painting I.
- AVC 314B. Advanced Painting II.
- AVC s18. Leonardo and His Heirs: High Renaissance and Mannerism.
- BIO 102. Sensory Biology.
- EN/WS 395P. Worldly Women as Artists: Transnational Women Writers.
- INDC 222. History of American Popular Culture.
- PHYS 105. Physics in Everyday Life.
- PHYS 108. Modern Physics/Lab.
- PHYS 373. Classical and Modern Optics.
- PSYC 302. Sensation and Perception.
Conflict and Threat: War and Disease (C064)
This concentration explores war and militarism, conflict and panic in the face of real and perceived threats, and the various social, cultural, political, and scientific responses to them. R. Corrie.
Requirements
Any four courses. One non-Bates course may be applied toward this concentration if judged appropriate upon application to the coordinator.
Courses
- AC/HI 141. America in the Age of the Civil War.
- AS/HI 274. China in Revolution.
- AV/CM 376D. Crusader Art and Architecture.
- BIO 108. Cancer.
- BIO 127. Emerging and Reemerging Infections across the Globe.
- BIO 314. Virology.
- BIO 315. Bacteriology/Lab.
- BIO 340. Introduction to Epidemiology.
- BIO 351. Immunology/Lab.
- BIO s23. Understanding Cancer/Lab.
- BIO s28. Emerging and Reemerging Infections.
- CM/EN 121D. The Many Lives of King Arthur.
- CM/HI 102. Medieval Worlds.
- CM/HI 209. Vikings.
- CM/HI 301D. Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
- ENVR 227. Catastrophes and Hope.
- EU/GR 220. Remembering War: The Great War, Memory, and Remembrance in Europe.
- EU/SP 324. Memories of Civil War in European Film and Literature.
- EXDS s15H. Short Term Practicum: Mediation and Restorative Justice.
- FRE 374. Écrire la Révolution: French Literature in the Nineteenth Century.
- FRE 379. Documenting the Genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda.
- FRE s38. Learning with Orphans of the Genocide in Rwanda.
- FYS 309. Matters of Life and Death.
- FYS 420. Reading Lord of the Rings.
- FYS 424. The Biology of Cancer.
- FYS 440. Roots of Nonviolence.
- GER 262. The Split Screen: Reconstructing National Identities in West and East German Cinema.
- GER 270. Living with the Nazi Legacy.
- GER 356. Representing Austrian Fascism.
- GER s26. The Split Screen: Reconstructing National Identities in West and East German Cinema.
- HI/LS 301H. The Mexican Revolution.
- HIST 261. American Protest: From the Haymarket Riot to Occupy Wall Street.
- PLTC 308. Violence and State Building in Iraq.
- PLTC 344. Ethnicity and Conflict.
- PT/SO s30. War, States, and Social Change.
- PT/WS 220. Gender, War, and Peace.
- PT/WS s12. Gender, War, and Peace.
- SOC 395M. Race, Crime, and Punishment in America.
- SOC 395R. Crime and Justice over the Life-Course.
- SPAN 347. Building Memory: Narratives of the Spanish Civil War.
Considering Africa (C022)
This concentration focuses on sub-Saharan and Northern Africa. Through a variety of disciplines students develop a complex understanding of various African worldviews, social practices, art forms, political initiatives, economic challenges, and ecological issues. E. Eames.
Requirements
Four courses, with no more than two courses from any one department/program. Students are strongly advised to consider INDS 100 the gateway course. Two non-Bates courses may be applied toward this concentration if they are judged to be appropriate by the concentration coordinator.
Courses
- AA/AC 213. Police, Klansman, Colonizer.
- AA/EN 268. Survey of Literatures of Africa.
- AA/HI 280. Health and Healing in Africa.
- AA/RE 233. Literary Representations of the Africana Religions.
- ANTH 228. Person and Community in Contemporary Africa.
- ANTH 255. Cinematic Portraits of Africa.
- ANTH s29. Global Maine: Documentary Production in Community.
- AV/WS 299. Gender in African Art.
- DN/MU 290G. West African Music and Dance Ensemble.
- ED/PY s39. Development in Malawi.
- ED/WS 384. Education in a Globalized World.
- EDUC s31. Teaching English in the Community.
- EU/HI 206. The Empire Strikes Back: The Ends of European Empires in the Twentieth Century.
- FR/WS 377. Colon/Colonisé: Récits de l'Expérience Nord-Africaine.
- FRE 208. Introduction to the Francophone World.
- FRE 240E. Le Maghreb: Vue de l'Enfance.
- FRE 240F. Borders and Disorders.
- FRE 365L. The Writer on Stage: Contemporary Francophone African Writers Performing their Craft.
- FRE 379. Documenting the Genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda.
- FRE s38. Learning with Orphans of the Genocide in Rwanda.
- INDC 100. African Perspectives on Justice, Human Rights, and Renewal.
- PLTC 247. Transition and Transformation in Southern Africa.
- PLTC 290. Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa.
- PLTC 340. Politics and Power in (South) Africa.
Co-curricular Activities
Museum Project.
Long-term (one semester or one summer) museum project on Africa. Supervised by the concentration coordinator.
Volunteer Work.
Long term (one semester or one summer) volunteer work with an African or African migrant community, including mandatory journal writing. Supervised by the concentration coordinator.
Performance experience.
Supervised by the concentration coordinator.
Culture and Meaning (C026)
This concentration focuses on culture and meaning, the interpretive subfield of anthropology. S. Kemper.
Requirements
ANTH 101 and any three additional courses from the list below. One non-Bates course may be substitute for courses listed below with prior approval of the coordinator. This concentration is not open to students who have declared an anthropology major or minor.
Courses
- AA/AC 227. #BlackLivesMatter.
- AA/AN 148. Imagining the Caribbean.
- AA/AN 251. Imagining the Caribbean.
- AA/RH 162. White Redemption: Cinema and the Co-optation of African American History.
- AAS 100. Introduction to African American Studies.
- AN/RE 134. Myth, Folklore, and Popular Culture.
- AN/RE 225. Gods, Heroes, Magic, and Mysteries: Religion in Ancient Greece.
- AN/RE 263. Buddhism and the Social Order.
- AN/RE 265. Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion.
- AN/SO 232. Ethnicity, Nation, and World Community.
- AN/WS 275. Gender and Culture.
- ANTH 101. Cultural Anthropology.
- ANTH 125. Critical Perspectives on Sport and Society.
- ANTH 224. Anthropology of the State.
- ANTH 228. Person and Community in Contemporary Africa.
- ANTH 240. Individual and Society in South Asia.
- ANTH 252. The Anthropology of Modernity.
- ANTH 255. Cinematic Portraits of Africa.
- ANTH 264. India and Its World: Business, Bhangra, Bollywood, and Buddhism.
- ANTH 333. Culture and Interpretation.
- ANTH 339. Production and Reproduction.
- ANTH s10. Encountering Community: Ethnographic Fieldwork and Service-Learning.
- ANTH s27. Decoding Disney: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Animated Blockbuster.
- ANTH s28. Worlds and Temporalities: Anthropologies of Time.
- ANTH s29. Global Maine: Documentary Production in Community.
- AS/CI 312. Kungfu Cinemas: Asia and Beyond.
- AS/MU 252. Musics of Southeast Asia.
- AS/RE 250. The Buddhist Tradition.
- EDUC 378. Research Methods in the Study of Education.
- FYS 432. Disney Demystified: Race, Gender and Sexuality in the Magic Kingdom.
- FYS 435. The Soft Power of Pop Culture: An Introduction to Japanese Visual Cultures.
- INDC 100. African Perspectives on Justice, Human Rights, and Renewal.
- MUS 103. Music in World Cultures.
- MUS 212. Introduction to Ethnomusicology.
- MUS s25. Performing Musical Art of Indonesia.
Dance (C011)
Focusing on dance as a performing art form, the concentration considers the practice of the art, its production, and an understanding of its cultural context. R. Boggia.
Requirements
Four credits in dance, including one credit in dance theory (DANC 250, AA/DN 252, FYS 353, FYS 399, FYS 437, INDS 256) and one credit in studio dance technique (DANC 240, 340, or any two half-credit courses in the DANC 270 series). This concentration is not open to students who have declared a dance major or minor or C027 (The Human Body).
Diasporas (C038)
The concept of the diaspora plays an extraordinarily important role in our understanding of contemporary culture. Through the diasporic processes of movement and displacement, cultures become caught up in an ongoing flow that links local communities to a rich global network of cultural practices and worldviews. These flows raise a number of questions: In what way do diasporic cultures respond to the dynamics of displacement, migration, and oppression? How might different media or diverse perspectives offer alternative understandings and expressions of these responses? In what way do diasporas from previous eras differ from those that have emerged from the contemporary contexts of globalization, the migration of refugees, and the turbulence of contemporary geopolitics? D. Chapman.
Requirements
Four courses from at least two departments/programs. Courses must include at least one course from each of the following lists:
List A: AA/AN 251; AA/EN 223, 268; AA/HI 390E;
List B: ANTH 264; ENG 260; EN/WS 121G, 395S; FRE 208, PLTC 320.
Students are encouraged to participate in service-learning experiences with local diasporas in Lewiston/Auburn and Maine. One approved co-curricular component may be substituted for one of the four required courses. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
Courses
- AA/AC 119. Cultural Politics.
- AA/AN 148. Imagining the Caribbean.
- AA/AN 251. Imagining the Caribbean.
- AA/EN 223. Survey of Literature of the Caribbean.
- AA/EN 267. Narrating Slavery.
- AA/EN 268. Survey of Literatures of Africa.
- AA/HI 301E. African Slavery in the Americas.
- AA/WS 201. Race, Ethnicity, and Feminist Thought.
- AC/FR 240I. French in Maine.
- AN/SO 232. Ethnicity, Nation, and World Community.
- ANTH 228. Person and Community in Contemporary Africa.
- ANTH 255. Cinematic Portraits of Africa.
- ANTH 264. India and Its World: Business, Bhangra, Bollywood, and Buddhism.
- EN/WS 121G. Asian American Women Writers.
- EN/WS 395P. Worldly Women as Artists: Transnational Women Writers.
- ENG 260. Passages to and from India.
- FRE 208. Introduction to the Francophone World.
- FRE 240F. Borders and Disorders.
- FRE 379. Documenting the Genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda.
- FRE s50. Independent Study.
- INDC 290. The Afro-Hispanic Diaspora.
- INDC 321. Afroambiente: Writing a Black Environment.
- INDC 325. Black Feminist Literary Theory and Practice.
- INDC s37. Afrofuturism and the Black Speculative Imagination: A Study of Octavia Butler.
- PLTC 320. Immigrants and Their Homelands.
- PT/WS s32. Global Flows: Work, Sex, and Care.
Co-curricular Activities
Service-Learning.
Long-term (one semester or one summer) service-learning project in a local diasporic community. Supervised by Harward Center.
Supervised research project.
Supervised by concentration coordinator.
Internship.
Supervised by concentration coordinator.
Supervised field work.
Supervised by concentration coordinator.
Supervised performance experience.
Supervised by concentration coordinator.
Early Modern World (C066)
This concentration comprises courses that address the cultural and historic developments during the period from about 1450 and 1800. K. Melvin.
Requirements
Four courses from the list below. Courses must be from at least two different departments/programs. Two non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if they are determined to be equivalent to a Bates course in the list below, or if they are judged to be appropriate by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
Courses
- AA/HI 301E. African Slavery in the Americas.
- ANTH 222. Archaeology and Colonial Entanglements in North America.
- AVC 271. Italian Baroque Art.
- AVC 272. Northern Baroque Art.
- AVC 280. The Art of the Eighteenth Century.
- AVC 285. Renaissance and Post-Renaissance Gardens and Landscape Architecture.
- AVC 377B. The Chateau and Gardens of Versailles.
- AVC s18. Leonardo and His Heirs: High Renaissance and Mannerism.
- AVC s20. Renaissance and Post-Renaissance Gardens and Landscape Architecture.
- AVC s28. Desiring Italy.
- ENG 142. Early American Literature.
- ENG 213. Shakespeare I.
- ENG 214. Shakespeare II.
- ENG 222. Seventeenth-Century Literature.
- ENG 226. Milton's Paradise Lost.
- ENG 232. Eighteenth-Century Literature.
- FRE 250. Introduction to French Literature I.
- FRE 372. Woman Writer/Women Written.
- FRE 373. Close-up on the Enlightenment: Film, Text, Context.
- HI/LS 181. Latin American History: From the Conquest to the Present.
- HI/LS 279. The Age of Independence in Latin America.
- HI/LS s29. Montezuma's Mexico: Aztecs and their World.
- HIST 140. Origins of the New Nation, 1500–1820.
- HIST 241. The Age of the American Revolution, 1763–1789.
- HIST 249. Colonial North America.
- INDC 301Y. The Spanish Inquisition.
- MUS 210. Classical Music in Western Culture.
- PHIL 272. Philosophy from Descartes to Kant.
- PHIL 351. Kant.
- REL 216. American Religious History, 1550–1840.
- SPAN 341. Cervantes.
- THEA 200. The Classical Stage.
English (C086)
This concentration introduces students to a range of literatures written in English, and to various genres and critical methods. S. Dillon.
Requirements
Four English courses (also FYS 299, FYS 378, FYS 412, FYS 420, and any course cross-listed with English), taught by at least three different faculty members in the department. Students must take one 100-level course (with a maximum of two). Only courses in U.S., British, or Commonwealth literature, or creative writing count toward the concentration —not literature from a foreign language. Short Term courses do not count toward the concentration. One non-Bates course may be applied toward this concentration if determined to be equivalent to a Bates English course, or if with prior approval judged appropriate by the concentration coordinator. This concentration is not open to students who have declared a major in English.
Environment, Place, History (C068)
This concentration explores the interconnections between ecological change, community history, and the social construction of place. It has a marked, but not exclusive, focus on Maine, including inquiry into Maine's transformations and conflicts over environmental, economic, and community change. The concentration is strongly interdisciplinary, mixing ecological learning, social-historical and ethnographic inquiry, and cultural studies. It includes community partnerships and public-environmental projects. D. Ray.
Requirements
Four courses, two of which must be from list A (foregrounding scientific study in geology or ecology) and two of which must be from list B (foregrounding social, cultural, historical, or literary study). At least one of these courses from list A or B must also appear on list C (courses involving significant field or community-based experience). Alternatively, students may meet the community/field requirement by completing one co-curricular component, substituting it for one of the four courses. Students should consult with the Harward Center to determine if a particular course or co-curricular experience qualifies. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
List A: ENVR 220, 240, 310; ES/GE 217, s21; GEO 103, 104, 107, s31.
List B: AC/FR 240I; ENG 395O; ENVR 205, s46; EN/WS 121O; ES/HI 390M; FYS 401, 427; HIST s28; INDS 211, 219.
List C: ENVR 310, s46; ES/GE s21; GEO 107, s31, s39; HIST s28.
Courses
- AC/FR 240I. French in Maine.
- EN/ES 121O. The Creative Spirit: Self and Nature.
- ENG 395O. Poetry and Place.
- ENVR 205. Lives in Place.
- ENVR 220. GIS across the Curriculum.
- ENVR 240. Water and Watersheds/Lab.
- ENVR 310. Soils/Lab.
- ENVR s29. Walking: The Practice, Politics, and Pleasures of One's Own Two Feet.
- ENVR s46. Internship in Environmental Studies.
- ES/GE 217. Mapping and GIS/Lab.
- ES/GE s21. Field Studies in Geology.
- ES/HI 301M. Maine: Environment and History.
- FYS 401. Reading the Wild in Film and Literature.
- FYS 427. Ecopsychology: The Human-Nature Relationship.
- GEO 103. Earth Surface Environments and Environmental Change/Lab.
- GEO 104. Plate Tectonics and Tectonic Hazards/Lab.
- GEO 107. Katahdin to Acadia: Field Geology in Maine/Lab.
- GEO s31. Limnology and Paleolimnology of Lakes in Northern New England/Lab.
- GEO s39. Geology of the Maine Coast by Sea Kayak.
- HIST s28. Wabanaki History in Maine.
- INDC 211. Environmental Perspectives on U.S. History.
- INDC 219. Environmental Archaeology.
Evidence: Documentation and Reality (C017)
This concentration is a study of documentation and representation, including consideration of persuasive strategies often employed in representations—and misrepresentations. Emphasis is on the use of images as points of inquiry, including photographs, film, broadcasts, documents, and printed matter, as well as speech and artifacts. E. Morris.
Requirements
Four courses, with no more than two from any one department/program. Either AVC 361 or AVC s31 may count toward the concentration, but not both. One non-Bates courses may be applied toward the concentration with prior approval by the concentration coordinator.
Courses
- ANTH 103. Introduction to Archaeology.
- ANTH 104. Introduction to Human Evolution.
- ANTH 255. Cinematic Portraits of Africa.
- AV/AS s29. Modern Vietnamese Culture through Film.
- AV/ES s15. Photographing the Landscape.
- AVC 218. Photography I: The Analog Image.
- AVC 219. Photography I: The Digital Image.
- AVC 318. Photography II.
- AVC 319. Photography III.
- AVC 361. Museum Internship.
- AVC s26. Museum Studies.
- AVC s31. Museum Internship.
- AVC s32. The Photograph as Document.
- CM/HI 345. Writing the World: An Introduction to Classical Geography.
- EDUC 378. Research Methods in the Study of Education.
- FRE 379. Documenting the Genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda.
- FRE s28. Social Pulse, Documentary Impulse.
- FYS 401. Reading the Wild in Film and Literature.
- GER 262. The Split Screen: Reconstructing National Identities in West and East German Cinema.
- GER 358. Literature and Film of the German Democratic Republic.
- GER s26. The Split Screen: Reconstructing National Identities in West and East German Cinema.
- INDC s30. Visual Narratives: The City, Ethnography, and Cultural Politics.
- PSYC 317. Psychology and Law.
- RHET 265. The Rhetoric of Women's Rights.
- RHET 391A. The Rhetoric of Alien Abduction.
- RHET 391B. Presidential Campaign Rhetoric.
Field Studies: Natural Science (C058)
Field studies are the primary mode of data collection for natural scientists studying the Earth and its ecosystems. This concentration offers an introduction to field methods used in ecology, environmental science, and geology. Courses include a strong component of data collection and/or sampling in the field, and/or mapping from field data. J. Eusden.
Requirements
Four courses, at least one of which must be from list A, one from list B, and one from list C. Two non-Bates courses may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
List A: BI/GE 112; ENVR 203; FYS 327, 444; GEO 103, 104, 107, 109 (introductory level courses without prerequisites that have a significant component of fieldwork);
List B: BI/ES 271; BIO 211, 221, 265, 313; ENVR 220, 240, 310; ES/GE 217, 226, s21; GEO 210, 223, 230, 240 (upper level courses with minimal prerequisites that have a significant amount of advanced fieldwork involving original data collection and analysis).
List C: AT/GE s11; BIO s12, s32, s37, s38; ES/GE s21; GEO s10, s24, s31, s36, s39 (immersion courses that are almost entirely devoted to field-based study).
Courses
- BI/ES 271. Dendrology and the Natural History of Trees/Lab.
- BIO 211. Marine Invertebrates/Lab.
- BIO 221. Plant and Fungal Diversity/Lab.
- BIO 265. Invasive Plant Ecology/Lab.
- BIO 313. Marine Ecology/Lab.
- BIO s32. The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of the Galapagos Archipelago.
- BIO s37. The North Woods.
- BIO s38. Plant Ecology.
- ENVR 203. Scientific Approaches to Environmental Issues/Lab.
- ENVR 220. GIS across the Curriculum.
- ENVR 240. Water and Watersheds/Lab.
- ENVR 310. Soils/Lab.
- ES/GE 217. Mapping and GIS/Lab.
- ES/GE 226. Hydrogeology.
- ES/GE s21. Field Studies in Geology.
- GEO 103. Earth Surface Environments and Environmental Change/Lab.
- GEO 104. Plate Tectonics and Tectonic Hazards/Lab.
- GEO 107. Katahdin to Acadia: Field Geology in Maine/Lab.
- GEO 109. Global Change/Lab.
- GEO 210. Sedimentary Processes and Environments/Lab.
- GEO 223. Rock-Forming Minerals and Mineral Assemblages/Lab.
- GEO 230. Earth Structure and Dynamics/Lab.
- GEO 240. Environmental Geochemistry/Lab.
- GEO s10. Tetons, Yellowstone, and Craters of the Moon: Geology of the Northern Rockies and Columbia Plateau.
- GEO s23. Melts, Glasses, and Magmas/Lab.
- GEO s24. Geology of the Southwestern United States.
- GEO s31. Limnology and Paleolimnology of Lakes in Northern New England/Lab.
- GEO s36. Coastal Hazards.
- GEO s39. Geology of the Maine Coast by Sea Kayak.
Film and Media Studies (C019)
An interdisciplinary concentration that focuses on the history, theory, production, and criticism of cinema and other moving-image media. Courses examine cinema's artistic and cultural contributions, moving-image media as practices of social significance, and techniques of directing, acting, and editing sound and image. C. Nero.
Requirements
Four courses, with no more than two from the same department/program. Students are encouraged to take one course with a film production component, such as FRE 235, THEA 242, THEA 371. Two non-Bates courses may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
Courses
- AA/AC s16. The Wire: The City and Race in Popular Culture.
- AA/RH 159. Cinema in Black and White: African American Presence and Absence in American Film.
- AA/RH 162. White Redemption: Cinema and the Co-optation of African American History.
- AA/RH 242. Passing/Trespassing.
- AA/RH 281. Black Pride and the 1970s.
- ANTH 255. Cinematic Portraits of Africa.
- ANTH s27. Decoding Disney: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Animated Blockbuster.
- ANTH s29. Global Maine: Documentary Production in Community.
- AS/CI 312. Kungfu Cinemas: Asia and Beyond.
- AS/JA 130. Japanese Film.
- AS/JA 232. Japanese Popular Culture in the Age of Globalization.
- AS/JA s22. Tokyo Central: The Modern Metropolis in Literature, Film, and Culture.
- AV/AS 229. Modern Vietnamese Culture through Film.
- AV/AS s29. Modern Vietnamese Culture through Film.
- AVC 211. Animation I: Hand-Drawn Animation.
- AVC 229. Modern Vietnamese Culture through Film.
- AVC s29. Modern Vietnamese Culture through Film.
- ENG 105. Narrating 9/11 in Literature and Film.
- ENG 395N. Literature/Cinema.
- ENG s22. The Art of the Film.
- EU/SP 324. Memories of Civil War in European Film and Literature.
- EU/SP 366. Iberian Nightmares: Fantasy and Horror in Spanish and Portuguese Cinemas.
- EUS s26. Russian and East European Film.
- FRE 235. Advanced French Language and Introduction to Film Analysis.
- FRE 373. Close-up on the Enlightenment: Film, Text, Context.
- FRE 379. Documenting the Genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda.
- FRE s21. L’art du court! Writing, Acting, and Filming a Short Movie.
- FRE s28. Social Pulse, Documentary Impulse.
- FRE s36. The Evolution of French Cinema.
- FYS 401. Reading the Wild in Film and Literature.
- FYS 432. Disney Demystified: Race, Gender and Sexuality in the Magic Kingdom.
- FYS 434. Remaking Movies: Art, History, and Politics.
- FYS 435. The Soft Power of Pop Culture: An Introduction to Japanese Visual Cultures.
- GER 262. The Split Screen: Reconstructing National Identities in West and East German Cinema.
- GER s26. The Split Screen: Reconstructing National Identities in West and East German Cinema.
- HIST s20. Visions of the Past: Political Film and Historical Narrative.
- INDC 255. Modern Japanese Women Writers.
- MUS 340. Music and Cinema.
- PHIL s20. Film as Philosophy.
- REL 100. Religion and Film.
- RH/TH s40. Digital Video Production.
- RHET 120. Introduction to Screen Studies.
- RHET 220. Constructions of Italian American Men and Masculinities.
- RHET 226. Minority Images in Hollywood Film.
- RHET 240. Film Theory.
- RHET 260. Lesbian and Gay Images in Film.
- RHET 391E. The Interracial Buddy Film.
- RHET 391F. Bollywood.
- RHET 391G. Immigration and Media.
- RHET s22. The Cinema of John Ford.
- RHET s30. Film Festivals and Digital Video Production.
- RHET s32. Motown America.
- SPAN s29. Cinema in Spain.
- THEA 101. Theater and Film: An Introductory Survey.
- THEA s33. Central European Theater and Film.
French and Francophone Studies (C034)
This interdisciplinary concentration encompasses the language, literatures, and cultures of the French-speaking world. It aims to develop increased linguistic proficiency in oral and written French and knowledge of the rich cultural production of the French-speaking regions of the globe over time using a variety of critical approaches. M. Rice-DeFosse.
Requirements
Four courses, one of which must be from list A, one of which must be from list B, and one of which must be from list C. Only one of the following courses, taught in English, may be counted toward the concentration: FYS 318, HIST 224, or CM/HI 102. One co-curricular component may be substituted for one of the courses from list A or C. Co-curricular components include applicable internships, supervised research, projects, or fieldwork; a supervised performance experience; or supervised volunteer work or community work-study.
List A (Language): FRE 102, 201, 205, 235, 271, s28
List B (Literature): AC/FR 240I; FRE 240E, 240F, 240G, 250, 251, 360, 365, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, s28, s39, s50
List C (Culture and Civilization): AC/FR 240I; CM/HI 102; ES/HI 269; FRE 207, 208, 240E, 240F, 240G, 360, s24, s28, s36, s38, s39; FYS 318; HIST 254; INDS 100. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval. This concentration is not open to students who have declared a major or minor in French.
Courses
- AC/FR 240I. French in Maine.
- CM/HI 102. Medieval Worlds.
- FR/WS 377. Colon/Colonisé: Récits de l'Expérience Nord-Africaine.
- FRE 102. Elementary French II.
- FRE 201. Intermediate French.
- FRE 205. Oral French.
- FRE 207. Introduction to Contemporary France.
- FRE 208. Introduction to the Francophone World.
- FRE 235. Advanced French Language and Introduction to Film Analysis.
- FRE 240E. Le Maghreb: Vue de l'Enfance.
- FRE 240F. Borders and Disorders.
- FRE 240G. Science and Literature.
- FRE 250. Introduction to French Literature I.
- FRE 251. Introduction to French Literature II.
- FRE 271. Translation: Theory and Practice.
- FRE 360. Independent Study.
- FRE 365. Special Topics.
- FRE 372. Woman Writer/Women Written.
- FRE 373. Close-up on the Enlightenment: Film, Text, Context.
- FRE 374. Écrire la Révolution: French Literature in the Nineteenth Century.
- FRE 375. The French Dis/Connection in Contemporary Literature.
- FRE 376. Writing Gender in French.
- FRE 378. Voix francophones des Antilles.
- FRE 379. Documenting the Genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda.
- FRE s24. Cooking up French Culture.
- FRE s28. Social Pulse, Documentary Impulse.
- FRE s36. The Evolution of French Cinema.
- FRE s38. Learning with Orphans of the Genocide in Rwanda.
- FRE s39. Tintin et les Intellos.
- FRE s50. Independent Study.
- FYS 318. Through the Eyes of Children.
- HIST 254. Revolutionary Europe and Its Legacies, 1789-1989.
- INDC 100. African Perspectives on Justice, Human Rights, and Renewal.
Co-curricular Activities
Community Service.
Significant community service in the French-speaking community, such as participation in the Franco-American Oral History Project, over the course of one semester, one Short Term, or one internship period may be substituted for one course. Supervised by French and Francophone studies faculty.
The Geosphere (C007)
The Earth is in a constant state of change. Creation and destruction of the lithosphere with attendant earthquakes and volcanoes and interactions of the atmosphere and hydrosphere producing climate change illustrate the interconnection of the geosphere and humankind. The study of geologic processes spans scales of time measured in minutes to billions of years; such studies are a key to understanding past, present, and future global and planetary environmental changes. To fully understand and appreciate such changes, the courses in this concentration emphasize the integration of field- and laboratory-based inquiry both in New England and, remotely, on more distant worlds. J. Eusden.
Requirements
Any four courses chosen from the following list. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration. This concentration is not open to students who have declared a major or minor in geology.
Courses
- ENVR 220. GIS across the Curriculum.
- ES/GE 217. Mapping and GIS/Lab.
- ES/GE 226. Hydrogeology.
- ES/GE s21. Field Studies in Geology.
- FYS 190. The Changing Climate of Planet Earth.
- GEO 103. Earth Surface Environments and Environmental Change/Lab.
- GEO 104. Plate Tectonics and Tectonic Hazards/Lab.
- GEO 107. Katahdin to Acadia: Field Geology in Maine/Lab.
- GEO 108. Global Environmental Change.
- GEO 109. Global Change/Lab.
- GEO 210. Sedimentary Processes and Environments/Lab.
- GEO 223. Rock-Forming Minerals and Mineral Assemblages/Lab.
- GEO 230. Earth Structure and Dynamics/Lab.
- GEO 240. Environmental Geochemistry/Lab.
- GEO s10. Tetons, Yellowstone, and Craters of the Moon: Geology of the Northern Rockies and Columbia Plateau.
- GEO s23. Melts, Glasses, and Magmas/Lab.
- GEO s24. Geology of the Southwestern United States.
- GEO s31. Limnology and Paleolimnology of Lakes in Northern New England/Lab.
- GEO s36. Coastal Hazards.
- GEO s39. Geology of the Maine Coast by Sea Kayak.
German Language and Culture (C071)
This concentration expands students' knowledge of the German language and the cultures of German-speaking countries. C. Decker.
Requirements
Four courses. One course from the Bates Fall Semester Abroad in either Austria or Germany may count as noted below. No non-Bates courses may be applied toward the concentration. This concentration is not open to students who have declared a major or minor in German or concentrations C073 (German in Berlin) or C082 (German in Vienna).
Courses
- Any Bates Bates Fall Semester Abroad, Germany course.
- Any Bates Bates Fall Semester Abroad, Austria course.
- GER 101. Introduction to German Language and Culture I.
- GER 102. Introduction to German Language and Culture II.
- GER 201. Intermediate German Language and Culture I.
- GER 202. Intermediate German Language and Culture II.
- GER 233. Advanced German Language and Culture I.
- GER 234. Advanced German Language and Culture II.
- GER 241. German Modernisms.
- GER 244. Staged Marriages.
- GER 264. World War I in German Culture.
- GER 270. Living with the Nazi Legacy.
- GER 350. Margins and Migrations.
- GER 356. Representing Austrian Fascism.
- GER 357. Austrian Literature.
- GER 358. Literature and Film of the German Democratic Republic.
German in Berlin (C073)
The German in Berlin concentration is an intensive study abroad experience based in Berlin which focuses on the study of German language, culture, and society. M. Greer.
Requirements
Complete the four courses of the Fall Semester Abroad in Berlin. In the event that a student fails one of the FSA courses, the student may still earn credit for this concentration by passing a Bates course approved by the GEC coordinator.
German in Vienna (C082)
The Bates Fall Semester Abroad in Vienna consists of intensive language instruction, cultural immersion in a modern and diverse European capital, and focused study of the interplay of politics and culture in Austria and central Europe. C. Decker.
Requirements
Successful completion of the Bates FSA in Vienna. In the event that a student fails one of the FSA courses, the student may still earn credit for this concentration by passing a course offered in the German program at Bates.
Globalization (C014)
Globalization may be defined as the set of economic, political, social, technological, and cultural changes that give rise to growing interdependence and interactions among people, cultures, and corporations scattered around the world. It is one of the defining paradigms of the early twenty-first century, and perhaps the most controversial. Students in this concentration examine the phenomenon of globalization—its positive and negative aspects—from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. D. Riera-Crichton.
Requirements
Four courses from at least three departments/programs, including at least two courses from among the following: ANTH 339, AN/SO 232, AS/EC 241, ECON 221, PLTC 125, 222, 224, PT/WS s32, SOC 260. Up to two comparable non-Bates courses preapproved by the concentration coordinator may be applied to the concentration.
Courses
- AN/SO 232. Ethnicity, Nation, and World Community.
- ANTH 339. Production and Reproduction.
- AS/EC 231. The Economic Development of Japan.
- AS/EC 241. China's Economic Reforms.
- AS/EC 242. Work and Workers in China.
- ECON 221. The World Economy.
- ECON 305. International Financial Stability.
- ECON 309. Economics of Less-Developed Countries.
- ECON 333. International Trade.
- ED/WS 384. Education in a Globalized World.
- EN/WS 121G. Asian American Women Writers.
- ENG 260. Passages to and from India.
- HI/LS 282. The City in Latin America.
- HIST 249. Colonial North America.
- PLTC 122. Government and Politics in Global Perspective.
- PLTC 125. States and Markets.
- PLTC 171. International Politics.
- PLTC 222. International Political Economy.
- PLTC 224. Politics of International Trade.
- PLTC 236. The Global Politics of Climate Change.
- PLTC 320. Immigrants and Their Homelands.
- PT/WS s32. Global Flows: Work, Sex, and Care.
- RHET 260. Lesbian and Gay Images in Film.
- SOC 103. Macrosociology: Institutions and Structures.
- SOC 260. Economic Sociology.
Hazards in Nature (C063)
For human populations, living on planet Earth means living with the risk of natural hazards and living with the unintended consequences of our interactions with the natural world. Earthquakes, floods, and climate change, and emerging infections, invasive plant species, and environmental toxins are examples of global challenges presented by the physical and biological world. The courses offered in this concentration explore this interface between human populations and the natural world.
M. Retelle.
Requirements
GEO 103 and 104, and any two other courses. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration with prior approval.
Courses
- BI/GE 113. Marine Science.
- BIO 127. Emerging and Reemerging Infections across the Globe.
- BIO 265. Invasive Plant Ecology/Lab.
- BIO s25. Microbes and Everyday Life/Lab.
- BIO s37. The North Woods.
- ECON 222. Environmental Economics.
- ECON 325. Prices, Property, and the Problem of the Commons.
- ENVR 203. Scientific Approaches to Environmental Issues/Lab.
- ENVR 204. Environment and Society.
- FYS 190. The Changing Climate of Planet Earth.
- GE/PH 111. Polar Environment, Climate, and Ecosystems.
- GEO 103. Earth Surface Environments and Environmental Change/Lab.
- GEO 104. Plate Tectonics and Tectonic Hazards/Lab.
- GEO 108. Global Environmental Change.
- GEO 109. Global Change/Lab.
- GEO s31. Limnology and Paleolimnology of Lakes in Northern New England/Lab.
- GEO s36. Coastal Hazards.
- PHYS s27. The Asteroid Impact Threat: What Can We Do?.
The Human Body (C027)
This concentration focuses on knowledges acquired through observation, articulation, and experience of the body. R. Corrie.
Requirements
Any four courses. Any two in DANC 270 or DNTH 270 courses complete one concentration credit. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval. Dance majors and minors are limited to two concentration credits in dance.
Courses
- Any Bates Dance course.
- Any Bates course cross-listed in Dance.
- ANTH 104. Introduction to Human Evolution.
- ANTH 220. Medicine and Culture.
- AS/CI 225. Art and Politics in China.
- AV/TH 221. Performance Art.
- AV/WS 295. The Decorated Body.
- AVC 212A. Drawing: From Still Life to the Model I.
- AVC 212B. Drawing: Still Life to the Model II.
- AVC 214A. Painting: Pictorial Structure I.
- AVC 312A. Drawing: The Figure I.
- AVC 312B. Drawing: The Figure II.
- AVC 314A. Advanced Painting I.
- AVC 366A. Drawing the Model/Sustained Study I.
- AVC 366B. Drawing the Model/Sustained Study II.
- AVC s18. Leonardo and His Heirs: High Renaissance and Mannerism.
- BIO 102. Sensory Biology.
- BIO 108. Cancer.
- BIO 114. Extreme Physiology.
- BIO 190. Organismal Biology/Lab.
- BIO 311. Comparative Anatomy of the Chordates/Lab.
- BIO 316. Molecular Aspects of Development.
- BIO 328. Developmental Biology/Lab.
- BIO 337. Animal Physiology/Lab.
- BIO s23. Understanding Cancer/Lab.
- CHEM 125. Bioenergetics and Nutrition.
- CM/WS 204. Gender and the Body in Ancient Greece.
- FYS 395. The Sporting Life.
- FYS 424. The Biology of Cancer.
- FYS 431. What's for Dinner?.
- FYS 455. Neuroscience Fiction.
- INDC 267. Blood, Genes, and American Culture.
- INDC 305. Art, Power, and Politics.
- NS/PY 160. Introduction to Neuroscience.
- NS/PY 363. Physiological Psychology/Lab.
- PSYC 215. Medical Psychology.
- PSYC 235. Abnormal Psychology.
- THEA 235. Dress and Adornment in Western Culture.
- THEA 236. Pattern Drafting and Draping.
- THEA 261. Beginning Acting.
- THEA 263. Voice and Speech.
- WGST 202. Queer and Trans Sports Studies.
- WGST 355. Gender and Technology.
Identity, Race, and Ethnicity (C037)
The goal of this concentration is to encourage students to think in an interdisciplinary manner about the construction of racial and ethnic identities in social, cultural, and political contexts. L. Danforth.
Requirements
Any four courses. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
Courses
- AA/AC 213. Police, Klansman, Colonizer.
- AA/AC 227. #BlackLivesMatter.
- AA/EN 114. Introduction to African American Literature I: 1600–1910.
- AA/EN 115. Introduction to African American Literature II: 1910–Present.
- AA/EN 253. The African American Novel.
- AA/EN 259. Contemporary African American Literature.
- AA/HI 243. African American History.
- AA/MU 249. African American Popular Music.
- AA/RH 162. White Redemption: Cinema and the Co-optation of African American History.
- AA/RH 242. Passing/Trespassing.
- AA/RH 281. Black Pride and the 1970s.
- AA/WS 201. Race, Ethnicity, and Feminist Thought.
- AAS 100. Introduction to African American Studies.
- AC/AV 288. Visualizing Race.
- AC/EN 247. Contemporary Arab American Literature.
- AC/FR 240I. French in Maine.
- AC/HI 244. Native American History.
- AN/ES 242. Environment, Human Rights, and Indigenous Peoples.
- AN/SO 232. Ethnicity, Nation, and World Community.
- ANTH 101. Cultural Anthropology.
- ANTH 255. Cinematic Portraits of Africa.
- CM/HI 112. Ancient Greek History.
- ED/SO 242. Race, Cultural Pluralism, and Equality in American Education.
- EN/WS 121G. Asian American Women Writers.
- EN/WS 395P. Worldly Women as Artists: Transnational Women Writers.
- ENG 260. Passages to and from India.
- FR/WS 377. Colon/Colonisé: Récits de l'Expérience Nord-Africaine.
- FRE 208. Introduction to the Francophone World.
- FRE 240E. Le Maghreb: Vue de l'Enfance.
- FRE 240F. Borders and Disorders.
- FRE 378. Voix francophones des Antilles.
- FRE 379. Documenting the Genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda.
- FYS 318. Through the Eyes of Children.
- HIST 217. Fortress Europe: Race, Migration, and Difference in European History.
- HIST 301P. Prelude to the Civil Rights Movement.
- HIST s28. Wabanaki History in Maine.
- INDC 100. African Perspectives on Justice, Human Rights, and Renewal.
- INDC 342. Performance, Narrative, and the Body.
- INDC s37. Afrofuturism and the Black Speculative Imagination: A Study of Octavia Butler.
- LS/SO 226. Sports, Gender, and Nation in Latin America.
- PLTC 260. Nationalism and Nation Building.
- PLTC 344. Ethnicity and Conflict.
- PSYC 372. Racial and Ethnic Identity Development.
- PT/WS 282. Constitutional Law II: Rights and Identities.
- PT/WS 326. The Politics of Authenticity.
- SOC 250. Privilege, Power, and Inequality.
- SOC 395M. Race, Crime, and Punishment in America.
- SOC s20. Social Inequality in Childhood and Youth.
- SPAN 332. Engendering Race and Embodying Sexuality in Afro-Latin America.
Improvisation and Experimentation in the Arts (C023)
This area of inquiry emphasizes the development of creative work in response to various modern and postmodern practices. Improvisation is a working method that emphasizes the moment, bringing past experience to bear in the concrete immediacy of the present. Experimentation typically involves innovating or even undermining the status quo. Students working in this concentration experience these generative methods—including chance operations, contact improvisation, sampling, gesture invention, appropriation, and quotation—across multiple disciplines. P. Johnson.
Requirements
Four courses, with no more than two courses from any one department/program. Any two studio dance courses count as one concentration credit. No non-Bates courses may be applied toward the concentration. This concentration is not open to students who have declared concentration C012 (The Collaborative Project).
Courses
- AV/TH 221. Performance Art.
- AVC 213A. Drawing: From Realism to Abstraction I.
- AVC 213B. Drawing: From Realism to Abstraction II.
- AVC 215A. Painting: Abstraction and Invention I.
- AVC 215B. Painting: Abstraction and Invention II.
- AVC 279. Abstract Expressionism.
- AVC 316. Etching Workshop I.
- AVC 317A. Etching Workshop II.
- AVC 350A. Visual Meaning I: Process, Material, Format.
- AVC 350B. Visual Meaning II: Process, Material, Format.
- AVC s23A. Printmaking Workshop I.
- AVC s23B. Printmaking Workshop II.
- AVC s39. Drawing and Intention.
- DANC 151. Introduction to Dance Composition.
- DANC 251. Dance Composition.
- DANC 270A. Studio: Modern I.
- DANC 270C. Studio: Modern Partnering.
- DANC 270G. Studio: Dance Ensemble, Intermediate.
- DANC 270I. Studio: Improvisation.
- DANC 270K. Studio: Hip Hop.
- DANC 300. Bates Dance Festival.
- DANC s32. Building a Dance Practice.
- EN/ES 121O. The Creative Spirit: Self and Nature.
- MUS 222. Jazz Performance Workshop.
- MUS 237. Computers, Music, and the Arts.
- MUS s27. Exploring Jazz Guitar.
Japanese Language (C043)
A concentration in the study of modern Japanese language. K. Konoeda.
Requirements
Any four courses. Students entering Bates with proficiency in the language should begin the sequence of four courses for the concentration at the level at which they are initially placed. No more than two language courses taken in an approved off-campus study program in Japan may be counted toward the concentration. Two non-Bates courses may be applied toward this concentration if judged appropriate upon application to the coordinator. Not open to students who declare an East Asian Studies major (Japanese track), a major or minor in Japanese, or the concentration C046 (Japanese Society and Culture).
Japanese Society and Culture (C046)
This concentration offers courses in a range of disciplines including history, literature, religious studies, economics, and language, all of which focus on Japan. K. Konoeda.
Requirements
Four courses, including no more than two of the following: JPN 101, 102, 201, 202, 301, 302, 401, 402. Up to two courses on an approved study-abroad program in Japan may be counted toward the concentration with prior approval. This concentration is not open to students who declared a major or minor in Japanese, a major in East Asian studies, or a minor in Asian studies, or who declare the concentration C043 (Japanese Language).
Courses
- Any Bates Bates Fall Semester Abroad, Japan course.
- AS/EC 231. The Economic Development of Japan.
- AS/HI 110. East Asia between Tradition and Modernity.
- AS/JA 125. Japanese Literature and Society.
- AS/JA 130. Japanese Film.
- AS/JA 144. The Literature of Protest in Modern Japan.
- AS/JA 232. Japanese Popular Culture in the Age of Globalization.
- AS/RE 209. Religions in Japan.
- AV/AS 236. Japanese Arts and Visual Culture.
- FYS 435. The Soft Power of Pop Culture: An Introduction to Japanese Visual Cultures.
- INDC 255. Modern Japanese Women Writers.
- JPN 101. Beginning Japanese I.
- JPN 102. Beginning Japanese II.
- JPN 201. Intermediate Japanese I.
- JPN 202. Intermediate Japanese II.
- JPN 301. Intermediate Japanese III.
- JPN 302. Intermediate Japanese IV.
- JPN 401. Advanced Japanese I.
- JPN 402. Advanced Japanese II.
Knowledge, Action, and the Public Good (C091)
This concentration is designed to recognize and cultivate two elements of the college’s 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. E. Kane.
Requirements
Four courses offered in at least three departments or programs and participation in occasional reflection activities organized by the Harward Center for Community Partnerships, including a senior reflection activity as a culminating experience. The list below includes courses tagged as “Community Engaged Learning” (CEL), as well as other approved courses. Only one of the courses applied to the GEC may be a non-CEL tagged course. One independent study or thesis credit, pre-approved by the Harward Center, may count toward the concentration. One course may be replaced by a co-curricular experience approved by the Harward Center (guidelines for the process of approval are available on the Harward Center website). One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
Courses
- AC/RE 272. Islam in America.
- ACS 220. Community Studies.
- AN/WS 275. Gender and Culture.
- ANTH 228. Person and Community in Contemporary Africa.
- ANTH 333. Culture and Interpretation.
- ANTH 339. Production and Reproduction.
- ANTH s10. Encountering Community: Ethnographic Fieldwork and Service-Learning.
- ANTH s29. Global Maine: Documentary Production in Community.
- ANTH s32. Introduction to Archaeological Fieldwork.
- BI/ES 246. Conservation Biology.
- BIO 133. Biology of Cooperation.
- BIO s32. The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of the Galapagos Archipelago.
- CM/EN s14. Medieval Re-enactment: The Battle of Maldon.
- DN/ED 265. Teaching through the Arts.
- DN/ED s29. Tour, Teach, Perform.
- ED/PY 262. Community-Based Research Methods.
- ED/PY s39. Development in Malawi.
- ED/SO 242. Race, Cultural Pluralism, and Equality in American Education.
- ED/SO 380. Education, Reform, and Politics.
- ED/SO s24. Community Organizing for Social Justice.
- ED/WS 384. Education in a Globalized World.
- EDUC 231. Perspectives on Education.
- EDUC 235. Teaching in the Sciences.
- EDUC 243. Issues in Early Childhood Education.
- EDUC 245. Literacy in Preschool and Elementary Years.
- EDUC 255. Adolescent Literacy.
- EDUC 270. Educating for Democracy: Racial Justice and Constitutional Disputes.
- EDUC 290. Internship in Education.
- EDUC 325. Art Museum Education.
- EDUC 343. Learning and Teaching: Theories and Practice.
- EDUC 360. Independent Study.
- EDUC 362. Basic Concepts in Special Education.
- EDUC 365. Special Topics.
- EDUC 378. Research Methods in the Study of Education.
- EDUC 447. Curriculum and Methods.
- EDUC 448. Senior Seminar in Teacher Education: Reflection and Engagement.
- EDUC 450. Seminar in Educational Studies.
- EDUC 460. Student Teaching I.
- EDUC 461. Student Teaching II.
- EDUC s26. Qualitative Methods of Education Research.
- EDUC s27. Literacy in the Community.
- EN/WS 248. Queer Studies.
- ENG s30. Fictions of Affliction: Literature, Film, and Disability.
- ENVR 340. Literatures of Agriculture.
- ENVR 417. Community-Engaged Research in Environmental Studies.
- ENVR 450. Environmental Writing in the Public Sphere.
- ES/RE s25. Food and the Sacred.
- FRE s28. Social Pulse, Documentary Impulse.
- FRE s38. Learning with Orphans of the Genocide in Rwanda.
- FYS 376. Community Engagement, Social Justice, and Social Change.
- FYS 395. The Sporting Life.
- FYS 431. What's for Dinner?.
- FYS 460. Environmentalism, Social Justice, and Education.
- HIST 261. American Protest: From the Haymarket Riot to Occupy Wall Street.
- HIST 301W. The Civil Rights Movement.
- HIST s28. Wabanaki History in Maine.
- INDC 100. African Perspectives on Justice, Human Rights, and Renewal.
- INDC 238. Sexuality Movements.
- INDC s19. Food, Culture, and Performance.
- INDC s30. Visual Narratives: The City, Ethnography, and Cultural Politics.
- INDC s34. Place, Community, and Transformation: Kingston, Jamaica.
- PLTC 377. Experiences in Policy Process.
- PLTC s13. Immigration Reform.
- PSYC 240. Developmental Psychology.
- PSYC 303. Health Psychology.
- PSYC 457B. Senior Thesis/Community-Based Research.
- PSYC 458B. Senior Thesis/Community-Based Research.
- PT/WS 254. Gender Matters: U.S. Women and Politics.
- RE/SO s22. The Meaning of Work.
- REL 313. Human Suffering: Job, Genesis, and Revelation.
- RHET s30. Film Festivals and Digital Video Production.
- SO/WS 270. Sociology of Gender.
- SO/WS 395K. Knowledge, Action, and Social Change.
- SOC 104. Contemporary Social Problems: Sociological Perspectives .
- SOC 211. Crime, Justice, and Society.
- SOC 250. Privilege, Power, and Inequality.
- SOC 395K. Knowledge, Action, and Social Change.
- SOC 401. Law and Community Internships.
- SOC s20. Social Inequality in Childhood and Youth.
- WGST 335. Tobacco: Gender Matters.
Co-curricular Activities
Community-based Project.
One course may be replaced by a co-curricular experience (guidelines for the process of approval are available on the Harward Center website). Supervised by Harward Center.
Language and Literacy (C085)
This concentration explores the interplay between discourse and literacy, focusing on such themes as childhood language and literacy development, atypical or nontraditional forms of language and literacy growth, expressive forms of language through literature, and oral and written narratives. A. Charles.
Requirements
Four courses, with at least one from List A and no more than two from any one program or department. One course from List B may be replaced by a community-based co-curricular experience, with the pre-approval of the concentration coordinator. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if it is determined to be equivalent to a Bates course in the list below, or if they are judged to be appropriate by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
List A: EDUC 245, 255, s31
List B: AC/FR 240I, AN/RE 134, AV/AS 246, ENG 121W, FYS 442, INDS 342, PSYC 374, RHET 100, RHET 265, RHET s16, THEA 263.
Courses
- AA/EN 395T. African American Literary Issues and Criticism.
- AC/FR 240I. French in Maine.
- AN/RE 134. Myth, Folklore, and Popular Culture.
- AV/AS 246. Visual Narratives: Storytelling in East Asian Art.
- EDUC 245. Literacy in Preschool and Elementary Years.
- EDUC 255. Adolescent Literacy.
- EDUC s27. Literacy in the Community.
- EDUC s31. Teaching English in the Community.
- EN/ES 121O. The Creative Spirit: Self and Nature.
- EN/WS 395P. Worldly Women as Artists: Transnational Women Writers.
- ENG 121L. Modern Short Stories.
- ENG 121W. Image and Sound: Reading and Writing Poems.
- FYS 318. Through the Eyes of Children.
- FYS 442. Shaking It Out: Writing and Critiquing Personal Narratives.
- INDC 342. Performance, Narrative, and the Body.
- PSYC 374. Psychology of Language.
- RHET 100. What is Rhetoric?.
- RHET 265. The Rhetoric of Women's Rights.
- RHET s16. Public Discourse.
- THEA 263. Voice and Speech.
Co-curricular Activities
Community-Based Service Learning.
Community-based service-learning arranged with preapproval of the concentration coordinator. Supervised by the education department. Supervised by .
Latin (C010)
This concentration advances students' skills and insights in Latin language and literature. M. Imber.
Requirements
Any four courses. Two non-Bates courses may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval. Majors in classical and medieval studies may pursue the concentration only if Latin is not used to fulfill their major requirements.
Courses
- LATN 101. Elementary Latin I.
- LATN 102. Elementary Latin II.
- LATN 201. Introduction to Latin Prose.
- LATN 202. Introduction to Latin Poetry.
- LATN 301. Prose of the Empire.
- LATN 302. Poetry of the Empire.
- LATN 303. Republican Prose.
- LATN 304. Republican Poetry.
- LATN 360. Independent Study.
- LATN s30. Medieval Latin.
- LATN s50. Independent Study.
Latin American Studies (C072)
This concentration offers courses in various disciplines that focus on Latin America, including the Caribbean. It provides students with a range of perspectives, covering the period from initial European encounters to the present. B. Fra-Molinero.
Requirements
Four courses with no more than two from any one department or program.
One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval. If studying abroad in Latin America, up to two non-Bates courses may be applied to the concentration if the above conditions are met. This concentration is not open to students who have declared:
a) a major in Latin American studies
b) a major in History with a primary concentration on Latin America
Courses
- AA/AN 148. Imagining the Caribbean.
- AA/AN 251. Imagining the Caribbean.
- AA/SP 350. Representing Blacks in Cuban Literature: From the Colony to the Revolution.
- AN/ES 242. Environment, Human Rights, and Indigenous Peoples.
- ES/LS 350. Environmental Justice in the Americas.
- HI/LS 181. Latin American History: From the Conquest to the Present.
- HI/LS 279. The Age of Independence in Latin America.
- HI/LS 282. The City in Latin America.
- HI/LS 301H. The Mexican Revolution.
- HI/LS s29. Montezuma's Mexico: Aztecs and their World.
- INDC 290. The Afro-Hispanic Diaspora.
- INDC 301Y. The Spanish Inquisition.
- INDC 321. Afroambiente: Writing a Black Environment.
- INDC s38. Cannibalism as an Eating Disorder in the Conquest of America.
- LS/SO 226. Sports, Gender, and Nation in Latin America.
- LS/SP s21. Human Rights and Social Art in Latin America: The Case of Nogales, Mexico.
- PLTC 209. Contemporary United States–Latin American Relations.
- PLTC 249. Politics of Latin America.
- PLTC 320. Immigrants and Their Homelands.
- PLTC 333. State Formation, State Development, State Collapse.
- SP/WS 323. Gendered Experiences in the Américas Borderlands.
- SPAN 230. Readings in Spanish American and Caribbean Literature.
- SPAN 330. Writing the Caribbean Nation: Race, Religion, and Revolution.
Law and Society (C013)
The "law" as embodied in its text, institutions, function, and outcomes both shapes and is shaped by the culture and society in which it exists. This concentration encourages students to explore the place of law in societies from a variety of disciplines and perspectives. S. Engel.
Requirements
Any four courses from a minimum of three departments/programs. No more than one non-Bates course, pre-approved by the concentration coordinator, may be applied toward this concentration.
Courses
- AA/AC 119. Cultural Politics.
- AA/AC 213. Police, Klansman, Colonizer.
- AA/AC 227. #BlackLivesMatter.
- AC/EN 395B. Privacy, Intimacy, and Identity.
- CM/HI 231. Litigation in Classical Athens.
- CM/HI 301J. Law and Society in Ancient Rome.
- ECON 222. Environmental Economics.
- ECON 223. Law and Economics.
- ECON 228. Antitrust and Regulation.
- EU/HI 206. The Empire Strikes Back: The Ends of European Empires in the Twentieth Century.
- FYS 440. Roots of Nonviolence.
- FYS 456. This American Life, This American Death: A Cultural History of U.S. Execution.
- HI/SO s16. Crime and Deviance in the American Civil War.
- HIST 254. Revolutionary Europe and Its Legacies, 1789-1989.
- HIST 256. A Peculiar History? British Modernity, 1688 to the Present.
- HIST 301X. "Self-Evident Truths": A History of Human Rights and Humanitarianism.
- INDC 238. Sexuality Movements.
- INDC s18. Wilde Times: Scandal, Celebrity, and the Law.
- MUS 394. Junior-Senior Seminar in Musicology: Music, Business, and the Law.
- PHIL 213. Biomedical Ethics.
- PHIL 258. Philosophy of Law.
- PHIL 268. Capitalism and Its Critics.
- PHIL 324C. Liberty, Equality, and Community.
- PLTC 115. American Political Institutions and Processes.
- PLTC 191. Western Political Theory.
- PLTC 214. Constitutional Law III: Voice and Liberties.
- PLTC 216. Constitutional Law I: Balance of Powers.
- PLTC 230. The U.S. Congress.
- PLTC 328. Representation in Theory and Practice.
- PLTC 351. Politics of Judicial Power.
- PLTC s23. Simulating the Legislative Process.
- PSYC 317. Psychology and Law.
- PT/WS 282. Constitutional Law II: Rights and Identities.
- PY/SO 371. Prejudice and Stereotyping.
- SOC 211. Crime, Justice, and Society.
- SOC 217. Correcting and Controlling Behavior: A Sociological Perspective on Corrections and Social Control.
- SOC 395M. Race, Crime, and Punishment in America.
- SOC 395R. Crime and Justice over the Life-Course.
- SOC s27. Studies in Crime Prevention.
Learning and Teaching (C084)
This concentration is designed for students who wish to explore K–12 teaching, but do not wish to commit to the full Teacher Education minor. The concentration integrates practical experience with a framework that connects the teacher, student, and subject matter. B. Sale.
Requirements
Four courses including EDUC 343, one other course in education specified in the list below, and two courses from departments listed below in a subject other than education. The field placement associated with EDUC 343 is at a grade level determined by the student's teaching interest. The two non-education courses are selected according to what the student proposes to teach. Students interested in listed fields other than the natural sciences must take their additional two courses from the same department. Students interested in the natural sciences may take any two courses from the following list: NS/PY 160 and any biology, chemistry, geology, and physics courses, one of which must be designated [L]. Up to two non-Bates courses in disciplines outside of education may count toward the concentration with prior approval. Not open to students who declare a minor in teacher education.
Courses
- Any Bates Anthropology course.
- Any Bates Art and Visual Culture course.
- Any Bates Biology course.
- Any Bates Chemistry and Biochemistry course.
- Any Bates Economics course.
- Any Bates English course.
- Any Bates French and Francophone Studies course.
- Any Bates Geology course.
- Any Bates German course.
- Any Bates History course.
- Any Bates Mathematics course.
- Any Bates Music course.
- Any Bates Physics course.
- Any Bates Politics course.
- Any Bates Psychology course.
- Any Bates Sociology course.
- Any Bates Spanish course.
- DN/ED 265. Teaching through the Arts.
- ED/SO 242. Race, Cultural Pluralism, and Equality in American Education.
- EDUC 231. Perspectives on Education.
- EDUC 235. Teaching in the Sciences.
- EDUC 243. Issues in Early Childhood Education.
- EDUC 245. Literacy in Preschool and Elementary Years.
- EDUC 255. Adolescent Literacy.
- EDUC 343. Learning and Teaching: Theories and Practice.
- EDUC 362. Basic Concepts in Special Education.
- EDUC s27. Literacy in the Community.
- NS/PY 160. Introduction to Neuroscience.
Material Culture (C083)
Material culture has been defined from numerous perspectives most notably anthropology, archaeology, art history, cultural theory, and history. Since the 1970s in particular, scholars in these and other disciplines have used material culture sources of evidence to explore the everyday lives of ordinary citizens. The term material culture refers both to the psychological role, the meaning, that all physical objects in the environment have to mean something to people in a particular culture and to the range of manufactured objects that are typical within a socio-culture and form an essential part of cultural identity. Generally speaking, the phrase "material culture" refers to the "things" of our daily lives. This can mean things we purchase, create, or otherwise come by. Our material lives range from our bodies to the clothes we wear, the specific objects we use, the food we eat, and the places we go. In essence, it is the "stuff" of our daily lives—products of culture. M. Beasley.
Requirements
ACS 100 or 280 and three additional courses. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
Courses
- AA/AC 119. Cultural Politics.
- AA/AC 375. Curatorial Studies and Contemporary Culture.
- AC/HI 248. Back East, Down South, Out West: Regions in American Culture.
- AC/WS 353. Critical Theory/Critical Acts.
- ACS 100. Introduction to American Cultural Studies.
- ACS 280. Story of Things: Introduction to Material Culture.
- ANTH 101. Cultural Anthropology.
- ANTH 103. Introduction to Archaeology.
- AS/JA 232. Japanese Popular Culture in the Age of Globalization.
- AV/AS 236. Japanese Arts and Visual Culture.
- AV/AS 243. Buddhist Arts and Visual Cultures.
- AV/AS 245. Architectural Monuments of Southeast Asia.
- AV/CM 252. Art of the Middle Ages.
- AV/CM 376. Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Art.
- AV/WS 295. The Decorated Body.
- AVC 361. Museum Internship.
- AVC 374. Methods in the Study of Art and Visual Culture.
- AVC s32. The Photograph as Document.
- ES/RE s25. Food and the Sacred.
- FRE 207. Introduction to Contemporary France.
- FYS 135. Women in Art.
- HIST s41. Introduction to Archives and Archival Science.
- INDC 130. Food in Ancient Greece and Rome.
- INDC 222. History of American Popular Culture.
- INDC 267. Blood, Genes, and American Culture.
- INDC 301L. Exhibiting American Culture.
- INDC s19. Food, Culture, and Performance.
- INDC s30. Visual Narratives: The City, Ethnography, and Cultural Politics.
- MUS 165. Music, Media, Technology: A History.
- PLTC 202. Garbage and the Politics of Disposition.
- PLTC s21. Practicing Postconsumption.
- THEA 235. Dress and Adornment in Western Culture.
- WGST 355. Gender and Technology.
Medieval Worlds (C051)
An interdisciplinary exploration of the medieval West, medieval Islam, and Byzantium, 300–1500 C.E. S. Federico.
Requirements
Any four courses. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval. A college-level Latin course may be substituted for one of the four required courses.
Courses
- AV/CM 241. The Art of Islam.
- AV/CM 251. The Age of the Cathedrals.
- AV/CM 252. Art of the Middle Ages.
- AV/CM 376D. Crusader Art and Architecture.
- AV/CM 376E. The Medieval Manuscript.
- CM/EN 103. Introduction to Classical and Medieval Studies.
- CM/EN 104. Introduction to Medieval English Literature.
- CM/EN 121A. Monsters, Magicians, and Medievalism.
- CM/EN 121D. The Many Lives of King Arthur.
- CM/EN 206. Chaucer.
- CM/EN 344. Chaucer and His Context.
- CM/EN s14. Medieval Re-enactment: The Battle of Maldon.
- CM/HI 102. Medieval Worlds.
- CM/HI 209. Vikings.
- CM/HI 301D. Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
- CM/HI 301I. Anglo-Saxon England.
- CM/RE 221. Venice to Istanbul and Cairo: Religion and Trade in the Medieval Mediterranean.
- CM/RE 240. History of Christianity: Conflict, Self-Definition, and Dominance.
- CM/RE 242. History of Christian Thought II: The Emergence of Modernity.
- ENG 395Y. Medieval London.
- FYS 324. The Celtic World: Archaeology and Ethnohistory.
- FYS 420. Reading Lord of the Rings.
- INDC 208. Introduction to Medieval Archaeology.
- INDC 219. Environmental Archaeology.
Middle East in Global Context (C090)
This concentration focuses on the Middle East and Middle Eastern identities in non-Middle Eastern contexts, including Africa, Europe, and the United States. S. Aslan.
Requirements
Any four courses. If studying abroad in the Middle East and North Africa, up to two non-Bates courses may be applied to the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval. Not open to politics majors.
Courses
- AC/EN 247. Contemporary Arab American Literature.
- AV/CM 241. The Art of Islam.
- CM/HI 283. Rome and the East: Digitizing and Communicating History .
- CM/RE 221. Venice to Istanbul and Cairo: Religion and Trade in the Medieval Mediterranean.
- CM/RE 238. Jews and Judaism in Antiquity.
- CM/RE 264. Islam in a Global Context: Culture and Arts.
- FR/WS 377. Colon/Colonisé: Récits de l'Expérience Nord-Africaine.
- FRE 240E. Le Maghreb: Vue de l'Enfance.
- HI/RE 320. Religion and Government in the Middle East: Colonialism to the Arab Spring.
- PLTC 160. Politics of the Modern Middle East.
- PLTC 205. State-Society Relations in the Modern Middle East.
- PLTC 260. Nationalism and Nation Building.
- PLTC s24. Politics of Imagery in the Middle East.
- REL 112. Introduction to Islam: Religion, Practice, and Culture.
- REL 120. Islam, Christianity, and Judaism of the Middle East: Texts, Institutions, and Law.
- REL 274. Quran: Text, Culture, Arts.
- REL 320. Religion and Government in the Middle East: Colonialism to the Arab Spring.
Modern Europe (C024)
This concentration encourages students to improve their ability to communicate in one of four languages spoken in Europe, and to increase their knowledge of the dynamic nature of European development from World War I to the present. D. Browne.
Requirements
Four courses, two courses in one European language (French, German, Russian or Spanish), and then two more courses, at least one of which must come from a department different than the one in which the student received the language credits.
One language course in French, German, Russian, or Spanish, and one course in modern European history, politics, sociology completed on a Bates-approved study-abroad program in Europe may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval of the concentration coordinator.
Courses
- AVC 279. Abstract Expressionism.
- AVC 281. Realism and Impressionism.
- AVC 282. Modern European Art.
- BSAG 009. Mapping the City: The Urban Landscape as Text.
- BSAV 001. From Habsburg to Haider: Austria in the Twentieth Century.
- BSAV 006. The European Union.
- ENG 254. Modern British Literature since 1900.
- ENG 264. Modern Irish Poetry.
- ES/RU 216. Nature in Russian Culture.
- EU/GR 220. Remembering War: The Great War, Memory, and Remembrance in Europe.
- EU/GR 254. Berlin and Vienna, 1900–1914.
- EU/GR s21. Weimar and Berlin: German Culture in European Context.
- EU/PT s22. Politics of Memory in Central and Eastern Europe.
- EUS 240. Daily Life under Hitler and Stalin.
- EUS s20. Transylvanian Journey: Myth, Reality, and the Traveler "beyond the Forest.".
- EUS s26. Russian and East European Film.
- FRE 101. Elementary French I.
- FRE 102. Elementary French II.
- FRE 201. Intermediate French.
- FRE 205. Oral French.
- FRE 207. Introduction to Contemporary France.
- FRE s36. The Evolution of French Cinema.
- FYS 135. Women in Art.
- FYS 297. The Idea of Europe.
- GER 101. Introduction to German Language and Culture I.
- GER 102. Introduction to German Language and Culture II.
- GER 201. Intermediate German Language and Culture I.
- GER 202. Intermediate German Language and Culture II.
- GER 233. Advanced German Language and Culture I.
- GER 234. Advanced German Language and Culture II.
- GER 241. German Modernisms.
- GER 270. Living with the Nazi Legacy.
- GER 350. Margins and Migrations.
- GER 356. Representing Austrian Fascism.
- GER 358. Literature and Film of the German Democratic Republic.
- HIST 104. Europe, 1789 to the Present.
- HIST 217. Fortress Europe: Race, Migration, and Difference in European History.
- PLTC 232. The Politics of Post-Communism.
- RUSS 101. Elementary Russian I.
- RUSS 102. Elementary Russian II.
- RUSS 201. Intermediate Russian I.
- RUSS 202. Intermediate Russian II.
- RUSS 301. Advanced Russian I.
- RUSS 302. Advanced Russian II.
- RUSS 306. Advanced Russian Culture and Language.
- SOC 395A. European Integration: Politics, Society, and Geography.
- SP/WS 344. Gendering Social Awareness in Contemporary Spain.
- SPAN 201. Intermediate Spanish I.
- SPAN 205. Advanced Spanish.
- SPAN 228. Screen and Media.
- SPAN 345. Twentieth-Century Spanish Drama.
- THEA 220. The Modern Stage: Ibsen to O'Neill.
- THEA s33. Central European Theater and Film.
Music and Culture (C080)
This concentration provides opportunities to examine and consider the ways that music and culture shape each other. Individually and collectively, the courses cover a vast range of musical traditions and their cultures, as well as introducing many ways of combining musical, historical, anthropological, and cultural-theoretical tools of analysis. G. Fatone.
Requirements
Any four courses. One non-Bates course may be applied to the concentration, if judged comparable to one of those below, with pre-approval by the coordinator. Not open to students who declare a major or minor in music.
Courses
- AA/MU 249. African American Popular Music.
- AS/MU 252. Musics of Southeast Asia.
- INDC 256. Rites of Spring.
- MU/RE 104. Music and Religion.
- MU/WS 256. Opera and Gender.
- MUS 103. Music in World Cultures.
- MUS 165. Music, Media, Technology: A History.
- MUS 210. Classical Music in Western Culture.
- MUS 212. Introduction to Ethnomusicology.
- MUS 247. History of Jazz.
- MUS 248. Music in Contemporary Popular Culture.
- MUS 254. Music and Drama.
- MUS 266. Miles Davis.
- MUS 396. Junior-Senior Seminar in Musicology: Music History and Cultural Politics.
- MUS 397. Junior-Senior Seminar in Musicology: Texts, Performances, Recordings.
- MUS 398. Junior-Senior Seminar in Ethnomusicology.
- MUS s24. History of Electronic Dance Music.
North Atlantic Studies (C045)
An interdisciplinary study of the societies and physical environments of the North Atlantic, whose regions are parts of a complex and historically dynamic maritime system linked by interactions among peoples of both world hemispheres. M. Jones.
Requirements
Four courses, two of which must be from list A (Environment) and two of which must be from list B (Society).
List A: BI/GE 113; BIO 313; ENVR 240; GEO 103, 109, 240; INDS 219.
List B: ANTH 222, 247, s32; ES/HI 301M; CM/HI 209;INDS 208, 219; PLTC 125, 248, 312.
One approved co-curricular component may be applied toward this concentration with prior approval. Two non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
Courses
- ANTH 222. Archaeology and Colonial Entanglements in North America.
- ANTH 247. New World Archaeology.
- ANTH s32. Introduction to Archaeological Fieldwork.
- BI/GE 113. Marine Science.
- BIO 313. Marine Ecology/Lab.
- CM/EN 103. Introduction to Classical and Medieval Studies.
- CM/HI 209. Vikings.
- ENVR 240. Water and Watersheds/Lab.
- ES/HI 301M. Maine: Environment and History.
- GEO 103. Earth Surface Environments and Environmental Change/Lab.
- GEO 109. Global Change/Lab.
- GEO 240. Environmental Geochemistry/Lab.
- HIST s28. Wabanaki History in Maine.
- INDC 208. Introduction to Medieval Archaeology.
- INDC 219. Environmental Archaeology.
- PLTC 125. States and Markets.
- PLTC 248. The Arctic: Politics, Economics, Peoples.
- PLTC 312. Ocean Governance: Local, National, and International Challenges.
Co-curricular Activities
Research project, internship, or supervised fieldwork.
Supervised by concentration coordinator.
Philosophy (C042)
This concentration introduces students to the reflective enterprise that is philosophy. There is a sense in which Philosophy is the original interdisciplinary subject. In the words of the twentieth-century American philospher Wilfrid Sellars: "The aim of philosophy, abstractly formulated, is to understand how things in the broadest possible sense of the term hang together in the broadest possible sense of the term." As such, philosophy attempts to understand how all of the many descriptions and explanations of things that are given by the other disciplines are related to one another. D. Cummiskey.
Requirements
Any four courses. Two non-Bates courses may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval. This concentration is not open to students who have declared a philosophy major or minor.
Philosophy and Psychology (C031)
This concentration is intended to acquaint students with scholarly work on questions of interest to both philosophers and psychologists, and to facilitate students' own clear thinking on such issues. Given the breadth of the disciplines of philosophy and psychology, a wide variety of issues is addressed in these courses. Topics include moral judgment, moral responsibility, sensation and perception, the self, theory of mind, and the relationship between mind and brain. Students consider such issues from both disciplinary perspectives. D. Cummiskey.
Requirements
Four courses from the list below, two of which must be from philosophy and two of which must be from psychology. FYS 288, 352, 362, 380, or 382 may be substituted for one of the philosophy courses and FYS 308 or 455 may be substituted for one of the psychology courses. Two non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
Courses
- AS/PY 260. Cultural Psychology.
- EXDS s21. Life Architecture: Designing Your Future Work.
- FYS 288. Luck and the Moral Life.
- FYS 427. Ecopsychology: The Human-Nature Relationship.
- FYS 438. Animats, Minds, and Mobots.
- FYS 455. Neuroscience Fiction.
- MU/PY 253. Music and the Embodied Mind.
- NS/PY 330. Cognitive Neuroscience/Lab.
- NS/PY 361. Topics in Affective Neuroscience.
- NS/PY 363. Physiological Psychology/Lab.
- PHIL 195. Introduction to Logic.
- PHIL 210. Philosophy of Cognitive Science.
- PHIL 211. Philosophy of Science.
- PHIL 213. Biomedical Ethics.
- PHIL 227. Philosophy of Art.
- PHIL 233. On Being Human.
- PHIL 234. Philosophy of Language.
- PHIL 235. Philosophy of Mind.
- PHIL 236. Theory of Knowledge.
- PHIL 245. Metaphysics.
- PHIL 255. Human Nature and Politics, and Morals.
- PHIL 256. Moral Philosophy.
- PHIL 257. Moral Luck.
- PHIL 272. Philosophy from Descartes to Kant.
- PHIL 295. Logic: Possibility, Probability, and Proofs.
- PHIL 321H. Computational Modeling: Autonomous Robots and Embodied Cognition.
- PHIL 321J. Topics in the Contemporary Philosophy of Mind and Language: Self-Knowledge.
- PHIL 323C. The Metaphysics of Action.
- PHIL 324E. Virtue Ethics.
- PHIL s22. Moral Luck.
- PL/RE 260. Philosophy of Religion.
- PL/RE 304. The Problem of Evil.
- PSYC 101. Principles of Psychology.
- PSYC 211. Psychology of Personality.
- PSYC 215. Medical Psychology.
- PSYC 222. Applied Cognitive Psychology.
- PSYC 230. Cognitive Psychology.
- PSYC 235. Abnormal Psychology.
- PSYC 240. Developmental Psychology.
- PSYC 302. Sensation and Perception.
- PSYC 311. Psychology of Religion.
- PSYC 317. Psychology and Law.
- PSYC 341. Advanced Topics in Developmental Psychology.
- PSYC 372. Racial and Ethnic Identity Development.
- PSYC 374. Psychology of Language.
- PSYC 380. Social Cognition.
- PSYC 381. The Self.
- PY/SO 210. Social Psychology.
Physics of the Large and Small (C056)
Physics is the study of matter and energy. A very small number of fundamental physical principles provide a coherent and unified understanding of an enormous variety of phenomena, ranging in scale from the subnuclear to the cosmological. Any set of physics and astronomy courses illustrates these principles and their coherence. J. Smedley.
Requirements
Any four courses. Two non-Bates courses may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval. One independent study, pre-approved by the coordinator, may also count toward the concentration. Students may not use both CHEM 301 and 302 toward the concentration. Not open to students who declare a major or minor in physics, or the energy concentration within environmental studies.
Courses
Popular Culture (C040)
This concentration encourages students to explore different genres of popular culture from a variety of cultures in order to understand the powerful impact they have on shaping peoples' values and attitudes. L. Danforth.
Requirements
Any four courses. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
Courses
- AA/AC 119. Cultural Politics.
- AA/MU 249. African American Popular Music.
- AA/RH 162. White Redemption: Cinema and the Co-optation of African American History.
- AA/RH 242. Passing/Trespassing.
- AA/RH 281. Black Pride and the 1970s.
- AC/AV 288. Visualizing Race.
- AN/RE 134. Myth, Folklore, and Popular Culture.
- ANTH 255. Cinematic Portraits of Africa.
- ANTH s28. Worlds and Temporalities: Anthropologies of Time.
- AS/JA 232. Japanese Popular Culture in the Age of Globalization.
- AV/AS 245. Architectural Monuments of Southeast Asia.
- CM/EN 121A. Monsters, Magicians, and Medievalism.
- EN/WS 395P. Worldly Women as Artists: Transnational Women Writers.
- ENG 121K. Frankenstein's Creatures.
- ENG 260. Passages to and from India.
- FYS 432. Disney Demystified: Race, Gender and Sexuality in the Magic Kingdom.
- HIST s20. Visions of the Past: Political Film and Historical Narrative.
- INDC 222. History of American Popular Culture.
- INDC 301L. Exhibiting American Culture.
- MUS 248. Music in Contemporary Popular Culture.
- RHET 391A. The Rhetoric of Alien Abduction.
Post/Colonial Issues in French and Spanish (C032)
The French and Spanish empires left linguistic, cultural, and sociopolitical legacies throughout the world. Colonial territories and postcolonial nations have responded to colonial power structures through self-inquiry and contestation. The courses included in this concentration approach colonial and postcolonial issues in French and Spanish through various critical perspectives. The concentration requires intermediate proficiency in both French and Spanish. K. Read.
Requirements
Four courses, at least one of which must be from French and at least one of which must be from Spanish. Students are expected to have at least an intermediate level of proficiency in both languages. An approved co-curricular project may substitute for one course or two non-Bates courses may be applied toward this concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval. This concentration is not open to students who have declared a major or minor in French or Spanish.
Courses
- AC/FR 240I. French in Maine.
- FR/WS 377. Colon/Colonisé: Récits de l'Expérience Nord-Africaine.
- FRE 207. Introduction to Contemporary France.
- FRE 208. Introduction to the Francophone World.
- FRE 240. Introduction to French Studies.
- FRE 374. Écrire la Révolution: French Literature in the Nineteenth Century.
- FRE 376. Writing Gender in French.
- FRE 378. Voix francophones des Antilles.
- FRE 379. Documenting the Genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda.
- FRE s38. Learning with Orphans of the Genocide in Rwanda.
- FYS 318. Through the Eyes of Children.
- INDC 321. Afroambiente: Writing a Black Environment.
- SP/WS 323. Gendered Experiences in the Américas Borderlands.
- SPAN 224. Protest and Justice.
- SPAN 230. Readings in Spanish American and Caribbean Literature.
- SPAN 368. Realismo.
Co-curricular Activities
Community-based Project.
An approved community-based project may replace one course Supervised by concentration coordinator.
Premodern History (C048)
The historical study of peoples and cultures to 1500 C.E. M. Jones, S. Federico.
Requirements
Any four courses. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
Courses
- AS/HI 171. China and Its Culture.
- AV/CM 251. The Age of the Cathedrals.
- AV/CM 252. Art of the Middle Ages.
- AV/CM 265. Florence to Bruges: The Early Renaissance in Europe.
- AV/CM 376D. Crusader Art and Architecture.
- CM/EN s14. Medieval Re-enactment: The Battle of Maldon.
- CM/HI 100. Introduction to the Ancient World.
- CM/HI 102. Medieval Worlds.
- CM/HI 108. Roman Civilization: The Republic.
- CM/HI 109. Roman Civilization: The Empire.
- CM/HI 112. Ancient Greek History.
- CM/HI 209. Vikings.
- CM/HI 231. Litigation in Classical Athens.
- CM/HI 283. Rome and the East: Digitizing and Communicating History .
- CM/HI 301D. Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
- CM/HI 301I. Anglo-Saxon England.
- CM/HI 345. Writing the World: An Introduction to Classical Geography.
- ENG 395Y. Medieval London.
- FYS 324. The Celtic World: Archaeology and Ethnohistory.
- HI/LS s29. Montezuma's Mexico: Aztecs and their World.
- INDC 208. Introduction to Medieval Archaeology.
Producing Culture: Arts and Audience (C061)
Composers, choreographers, directors, curators, and producers often interact with performing artists, studio artists, and writers in order to engage audiences. What is produced, for whom, and in support of which values? Work in this concentration considers the interrelationship between cultural producers and cultural consumers. T. Nguyen.
Requirements
Any four courses from at least two departments/programs. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
Courses
- AA/AC 119. Cultural Politics.
- AA/DN 252. Contemporary Issues in Dance.
- AA/MU 249. African American Popular Music.
- AA/RH 162. White Redemption: Cinema and the Co-optation of African American History.
- AS/MU 252. Musics of Southeast Asia.
- AV/AS 229. Modern Vietnamese Culture through Film.
- AV/AS 246. Visual Narratives: Storytelling in East Asian Art.
- AV/AS 247. The Art of Zen Buddhism.
- AV/AS s29. Modern Vietnamese Culture through Film.
- AVC 229. Modern Vietnamese Culture through Film.
- AVC 361. Museum Internship.
- AVC s26. Museum Studies.
- AVC s29. Modern Vietnamese Culture through Film.
- DANC 250. Early Modern Dance History.
- DANC 300. Bates Dance Festival.
- EN/WS 395P. Worldly Women as Artists: Transnational Women Writers.
- ENG 260. Passages to and from India.
- ENG s26. Naming Jhumpa Lahiri: Canons and Controversies.
- EXDS s15M. Short Term Practicum: Business of the Arts.
- INDC s30. Visual Narratives: The City, Ethnography, and Cultural Politics.
- MU/RE 104. Music and Religion.
- MUS 103. Music in World Cultures.
- MUS 165. Music, Media, Technology: A History.
- MUS 254. Music and Drama.
- MUS s24. History of Electronic Dance Music.
- MUS s25. Performing Musical Art of Indonesia.
- SPAN s30. Escritura creativa: Cuento.
- THEA 231. Scene Design.
- THEA 233. Costume Design.
Public Health (C065)
This concentration explores public and community health from interdisciplinary perspectives, looking at such issues as medical practice; public policy concerning health care; sociology of race, class, and gender; and cultural constructions of health and sickness. It aims to expose students to public health issues at global, national, and local levels. It may include community-engaged learning, courses from abroad, community-based research, and internships. K. Low.
Requirements
Four courses (or three courses and one co-curricular activity) including at least one from List A (foregrounding science) and at least one course from List B (foregrounding the social sciences and the humanities). No more than two courses can come from any single department or program. Up to two non-Bates courses may be counted if judged equivalent to the courses listed below, or if they contain substantial public health content and have been approved beforehand by the concentration coordinator. One independent study, pre-approved by the coordinator, may also count towards the concentration. A co-curricular experience may substitute for one concentration requirement when the experience has a significant academic component, is supervised by a faculty member, and is pre-approved by the concentration coordinator. Students declaring this concentration may not also declare concentration C027 (The Human Body).
List A: BIO 108, 118, 127, 260, 314, 315, 321, 338, 340, 350, 351, s23, s25, s28, s40; BSAR 015; CHEM 125, 314; ENVR 203; FYS 262, 431.
List B: AA/EN s25; AA/HI 280; ANTH 220; AN/WS 276; ECON 222, 233, 335; ES/LS 350; EXDS s15I; FYS 419; INDS 267, s15; PHIL 213; PLTC 423; PSYC 303, 316, 362, 372; PY/WS 343; SOC 230, 235, s51B; WGST 335, 400C.
Courses
- AA/HI 280. Health and Healing in Africa.
- ANTH 220. Medicine and Culture.
- BC/SP s23. Intersection of Biomedicine and Human Rights: The Case of the Chilean Mining Experience.
- BIO 108. Cancer.
- BIO 127. Emerging and Reemerging Infections across the Globe.
- BIO 314. Virology.
- BIO 315. Bacteriology/Lab.
- BIO 321. Cellular Biochemistry.
- BIO 340. Introduction to Epidemiology.
- BIO 350. Immunology.
- BIO 351. Immunology/Lab.
- BIO s23. Understanding Cancer/Lab.
- BIO s25. Microbes and Everyday Life/Lab.
- BIO s28. Emerging and Reemerging Infections.
- BIO s40. Experimental Developmental and Molecular Biology/Lab.
- BSAR 015. Russian Cultures: The Microbial Perspective.
- CHEM 125. Bioenergetics and Nutrition.
- ECON 222. Environmental Economics.
- ECON 335. Health Economics.
- ENVR 203. Scientific Approaches to Environmental Issues/Lab.
- ES/LS 350. Environmental Justice in the Americas.
- EXDS s15B. Short Term Practicum: Health Care Administration.
- FYS 419. Tobacco in History and Culture.
- FYS 424. The Biology of Cancer.
- FYS 431. What's for Dinner?.
- INDC 267. Blood, Genes, and American Culture.
- PHIL 213. Biomedical Ethics.
- PLTC 423. Internships in Public Policy Research.
- PSYC 303. Health Psychology.
- PSYC 372. Racial and Ethnic Identity Development.
- PT/WS s14. Gender and Tobacco.
- PY/WS 343. Women, Culture, and Health.
- SOC 230. Sociology of Health and Illness.
- SOC 235. Global Health: Sociological Perspectives.
- SOC 239. Medicine and the People's Health: Social Movements for Health Justice .
- WGST 335. Tobacco: Gender Matters.
- WGST 400C. Understanding Disease.
Co-curricular Activities
Fieldwork.
Experiential public health community projects must be preapproved by the concentration coordinator and the Harward Center. Supervised by the concentration coordinator.
Queer Studies (C009)
Queer studies looks at sexuality and gender while foregrounding non-normative or anti-normative perspectives. Queer studies includes considerations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and genderqueer history, culture, and politics, with mindful attention to the limits and alternatives to those time- and culture-bound terms. E. Rand.
Requirements
Four courses, one of which must be at the 300 level. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if it is determined to be equivalent to a Bates course in the list below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval. Ordinarily, a non-Bates course may not be substituted for the required 300-level course.
Courses
- AA/DN 252. Contemporary Issues in Dance.
- AC/EN 395B. Privacy, Intimacy, and Identity.
- AC/WS 353. Critical Theory/Critical Acts.
- AN/WS 275. Gender and Culture.
- AV/WS 287. Gender and Visual Culture.
- CM/WS 204. Gender and the Body in Ancient Greece.
- EN/WS 248. Queer Studies.
- FRE 376. Writing Gender in French.
- FYS 177. Sex and Sexualities.
- FYS 191. Love and Friendship in the Classical World.
- INDC 238. Sexuality Movements.
- INDC 342. Performance, Narrative, and the Body.
- MU/WS 256. Opera and Gender.
- PT/WS 326. The Politics of Authenticity.
- PT/WS s27. Feminisms of the 1970s and 1980s.
- RE/WS 310. Gender and Judaism.
- REL 211. Religion and Sexuality.
- RHET 260. Lesbian and Gay Images in Film.
- SO/WS 270. Sociology of Gender.
- SP/WS s22. Militants, Queers, and Thugs: Latino and African American Masculinities and Social Movements.
- SPAN 332. Engendering Race and Embodying Sexuality in Afro-Latin America.
- WGST 100. Introduction to Women and Gender Studies.
- WGST 202. Queer and Trans Sports Studies.
- WGST 356. Marriage in America.
Racisms (C041)
Racism is a system of ideas and practices that deny the humanity of individuals who are ascribed to certain groups and collectivities. The practice of racism has deep historical roots and there is not one single type of racism. Religious, social, scientific, political, and cultural discourses have contributed to racist regimes. C. Nero.
Requirements
Any four courses, no more than two of which may be from the same department/program. One course should be at the 300 level. With prior permission of the concentration coordinator two non-Bates courses may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below, but, ordinarily may not be substituted for the required 300-level course.
Courses
- AA/AC 119. Cultural Politics.
- AA/AC 213. Police, Klansman, Colonizer.
- AA/AC 227. #BlackLivesMatter.
- AA/AC s16. The Wire: The City and Race in Popular Culture.
- AA/AN 148. Imagining the Caribbean.
- AA/AN 251. Imagining the Caribbean.
- AA/DN 252. Contemporary Issues in Dance.
- AA/EN 115. Introduction to African American Literature II: 1910–Present.
- AA/EN 223. Survey of Literature of the Caribbean.
- AA/EN 253. The African American Novel.
- AA/EN 268. Survey of Literatures of Africa.
- AA/HI 243. African American History.
- AA/HI 301E. African Slavery in the Americas.
- AA/MU 249. African American Popular Music.
- AA/RH 162. White Redemption: Cinema and the Co-optation of African American History.
- AA/RH 242. Passing/Trespassing.
- AA/RH 281. Black Pride and the 1970s.
- AA/WS 201. Race, Ethnicity, and Feminist Thought.
- AAS 100. Introduction to African American Studies.
- AC/AV 288. Visualizing Race.
- AC/EN 247. Contemporary Arab American Literature.
- AC/HI 141. America in the Age of the Civil War.
- AC/HI 244. Native American History.
- AC/HI 248. Back East, Down South, Out West: Regions in American Culture.
- AN/SO 232. Ethnicity, Nation, and World Community.
- ANTH 222. Archaeology and Colonial Entanglements in North America.
- ANTH 255. Cinematic Portraits of Africa.
- ANTH s27. Decoding Disney: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Animated Blockbuster.
- ED/SO 242. Race, Cultural Pluralism, and Equality in American Education.
- EN/WS 121G. Asian American Women Writers.
- FR/WS 377. Colon/Colonisé: Récits de l'Expérience Nord-Africaine.
- FRE 379. Documenting the Genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda.
- FYS 432. Disney Demystified: Race, Gender and Sexuality in the Magic Kingdom.
- GER 270. Living with the Nazi Legacy.
- HI/LS 181. Latin American History: From the Conquest to the Present.
- HI/LS 279. The Age of Independence in Latin America.
- HIST 217. Fortress Europe: Race, Migration, and Difference in European History.
- HIST 301P. Prelude to the Civil Rights Movement.
- HIST 301W. The Civil Rights Movement.
- INDC 267. Blood, Genes, and American Culture.
- INDC 290. The Afro-Hispanic Diaspora.
- INDC 301Z. Race and U.S. Women's Movements.
- INDC 321. Afroambiente: Writing a Black Environment.
- INDC 325. Black Feminist Literary Theory and Practice.
- PLTC 247. Transition and Transformation in Southern Africa.
- PLTC 320. Immigrants and Their Homelands.
- PLTC 340. Politics and Power in (South) Africa.
- PSYC 372. Racial and Ethnic Identity Development.
- PT/WS 254. Gender Matters: U.S. Women and Politics.
- PT/WS 347. Gender and the State.
- PY/SO 371. Prejudice and Stereotyping.
- REL 255. African American Religious Traditions.
- RHET 226. Minority Images in Hollywood Film.
- RHET 391E. The Interracial Buddy Film.
- RHET s32. Motown America.
- SOC 250. Privilege, Power, and Inequality.
- SOC 395M. Race, Crime, and Punishment in America.
- SOC s20. Social Inequality in Childhood and Youth.
- SP/WS 323. Gendered Experiences in the Américas Borderlands.
Religious Studies (C001)
This concentration focuses on different aspects of religious studies. C. Baker.
Requirements
Any four courses. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval. Not open to students who declare a major or minor in religious studies.
Courses
- Any Bates Religious Studies course.
- Any Bates course cross-listed in Religious Studies.
- AV/AS 243. Buddhist Arts and Visual Cultures.
- AV/AS 247. The Art of Zen Buddhism.
- AV/AS 248. The Art of Rock-Cut Architecture in Asia.
- AV/CM 251. The Age of the Cathedrals.
- AV/CM 252. Art of the Middle Ages.
- FYS 309. Matters of Life and Death.
- FYS 445. The Nature of Spirituality.
- PHIL 112. Contemporary Moral Disputes.
- PHIL 310. Buddhist Philosophy.
- REL 133. Religion, Violence, and Nonviolence.
Renaissance: Arts and Letters (C035)
The literature and visual arts from the late fourteenth through the early eighteenth centuries in Europe and its American colonies helped shape many of our contemporary cultural models. The Renaissance marked a shift in worldview: Humanism shaped the centrality of the individual; religion once again became an ideological battleground; new national states developed capitalism; slavery took hold in the Americas; technology advanced the spread of empire; and national languages acquired a new prestige. R. Corrie.
Requirements
Four courses, at least one of which must be from List A (courses in the visual arts) and at least one of which must be from List B (courses in literature and textual culture.) Two non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
List A: AVC 271, 272, 280, s18, s20; AV/CM 251, 265, 376D, 376E.
List B: ENG 213, 214, 226, 395G; FRE 250, 372, 375; HIST 140; INDS s38; INDS 301Y; SPAN 341.
Courses
- AV/CM 251. The Age of the Cathedrals.
- AV/CM 265. Florence to Bruges: The Early Renaissance in Europe.
- AV/CM 376D. Crusader Art and Architecture.
- AV/CM 376E. The Medieval Manuscript.
- AVC 271. Italian Baroque Art.
- AVC 272. Northern Baroque Art.
- AVC 280. The Art of the Eighteenth Century.
- AVC 285. Renaissance and Post-Renaissance Gardens and Landscape Architecture.
- AVC s18. Leonardo and His Heirs: High Renaissance and Mannerism.
- AVC s20. Renaissance and Post-Renaissance Gardens and Landscape Architecture.
- ENG 213. Shakespeare I.
- ENG 214. Shakespeare II.
- ENG 222. Seventeenth-Century Literature.
- ENG 226. Milton's Paradise Lost.
- ENG 395G. Arthurian Romance in Modern Literature and Culture.
- ENG s43. Shakespeare in the Theater in London.
- FRE 250. Introduction to French Literature I.
- FRE 372. Woman Writer/Women Written.
- FRE 375. The French Dis/Connection in Contemporary Literature.
- HIST 140. Origins of the New Nation, 1500–1820.
- INDC 301Y. The Spanish Inquisition.
- INDC s38. Cannibalism as an Eating Disorder in the Conquest of America.
- SPAN 341. Cervantes.
Russian Language (C069)
This concentration encourages the study of the Russian language, culture, and literature. D. Browne.
Requirements
Four of the following courses. Up to two courses in Russian language, culture, or literature taken in an off-campus study program may substitute for up to two courses with the approval by the coordinator. Not open to students who declare a major or minor in Russian, or Bates Fall Semester Abroad in Russia (C078).
Courses
- Any Bates Bates Fall Semester Abroad, Russia course.
- EU/RU 213. Russian Identities and National Values in Russian Literature.
- EUS s26. Russian and East European Film.
- RUSS 101. Elementary Russian I.
- RUSS 102. Elementary Russian II.
- RUSS 201. Intermediate Russian I.
- RUSS 202. Intermediate Russian II.
- RUSS 301. Advanced Russian I.
- RUSS 302. Advanced Russian II.
- RUSS 306. Advanced Russian Culture and Language.
- RUSS 401. Contemporary Russian I.
Russian in St. Petersburg (C078)
The Bates Fall Semester Abroad in Russia concentration is an intensive, study-abroad experience based in St. Petersburg, which focuses on the study of Russian language, culture, and politics. D. Browne.
Requirements
Four courses. In the event that a student fails one of the Fall Semester Abroad courses, he or she may still earn credit for this concentration by passing a course offered in the Russian program at Bates.
Sound (C005)
This concentration is a wide-ranging exploration of the nature of sound. Topics include the physical nature of sound production, organismal perception of sound, and sonic elements in the performing arts. J. Smedley.
Requirements
Four course credits including two from list A and two from list B. Students selecting MUS 270 or 290 need to complete any two sections to receive one course credit. One music performance co-curricular component may substitute for one music course. Two non-Bates courses may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
List A: FYS 402, MUS 101, 103, 165, 231, 232, 235, 237, 238, 254, 270, 290A, 290B, 290C, 290D, 290E, 290F, s27
List B: BIO 102, 103, s31; ENG 121W; EXDS s15F; MATH 228; MU/PY 253, s11; NS/PY 200; PHYS 103; PSYC 302; THEA 236.
Courses
- BIO 102. Sensory Biology.
- BIO s31. Avian Biology/Lab.
- ENG 121W. Image and Sound: Reading and Writing Poems.
- MATH 228. Mathematics and Music.
- MU/PY 253. Music and the Embodied Mind.
- MUS 101. Introduction to Listening.
- MUS 103. Music in World Cultures.
- MUS 165. Music, Media, Technology: A History.
- MUS 231. Music Theory I.
- MUS 232. Music Theory II.
- MUS 235. Music Composition.
- MUS 237. Computers, Music, and the Arts.
- MUS 238. Contemporary Popular Composition and Arranging.
- MUS 254. Music and Drama.
- MUS 270. Applied Music.
- MUS 290A. College Choir.
- MUS 290B. American String Band Ensemble.
- MUS 290C. Gamelan Ensemble.
- MUS 290D. Jazz Band and Jazz Combo.
- MUS 290E. Orchestra.
- MUS 290F. Steel Pan Orchestra.
- MUS s27. Exploring Jazz Guitar.
- NS/PY 160. Introduction to Neuroscience.
- PHYS 103. Musical Acoustics/Lab.
- PSYC 302. Sensation and Perception.
- THEA 263. Voice and Speech.
Co-curricular Activities
Music Performance.
Participation for two consecutive semesters in one of the following ensembles: College Choir, Gamelan, Jazz Band, Orchestra, Steel Pan Orchestra; or in private instruction. Supervised by music department.
South Asian Studies (C087)
This concentration introduces students to different aspects of the history, culture, religion, literature, and art of South Asia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Southeast Asia. A. Melnick.
Requirements
Any four courses. Two non-Bates courses may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval. Participation in the SITA (South India Term Abroad) Program may be substituted for two courses with prior approval. Not open to minors in Asian studies.
Courses
- AN/RE 263. Buddhism and the Social Order.
- ANTH 240. Individual and Society in South Asia.
- ANTH 264. India and Its World: Business, Bhangra, Bollywood, and Buddhism.
- AS/MU 252. Musics of Southeast Asia.
- AS/RE 249. The Hindu Tradition.
- AS/RE 250. The Buddhist Tradition.
- AS/RE 251. Religions of Tibet.
- AS/RE 308. Buddhist Texts in Translation.
- AV/AS 243. Buddhist Arts and Visual Cultures.
- AV/AS 245. Architectural Monuments of Southeast Asia.
- AV/AS 248. The Art of Rock-Cut Architecture in Asia.
- AVC 248. The Art of Rock-Cut Architecture in Asia.
- EN/WS 121G. Asian American Women Writers.
- ENG 260. Passages to and from India.
- MUS 290C. Gamelan Ensemble.
- MUS s25. Performing Musical Art of Indonesia.
- PHIL 310. Buddhist Philosophy.
- RHET 391F. Bollywood.
Spanish in Tarragona (C089)
The Bates Fall Semester Abroad in Tarragona consists of intensive language instruction, cultural immersion in a modern European city, and focused study on the history and culture of Spain and its regions. K. Melvin.
Requirements
Successful completion of the Bates Fall Semester Abroad in Tarragona. In the event that a student fails one of the FSA courses, the student may still earn credit for this concentration by passing a course offered in the Spanish program at Bates.
Theater Arts (C028)
This concentration serves as an introduction to the study and making of theater. M. Reidy.
Requirements
Four courses in theater, one of which must be THEA 101. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
The Translated World (C067)
In this concentration, students explore national literatures as well as literatures from different historical epochs in translation. Students consider how these literatures represent culturally distinct experiences and contribute to a complex understanding of global imaginations, values, and societies. L. Maurizio.
Requirements
Any four courses. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
Courses
- AN/RE 134. Myth, Folklore, and Popular Culture.
- AS/CI 207. Traditional Chinese Literature in Translation.
- AS/CI 223. Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature in Translation.
- AS/JA 125. Japanese Literature and Society.
- AS/JA 144. The Literature of Protest in Modern Japan.
- AS/JA s22. Tokyo Central: The Modern Metropolis in Literature, Film, and Culture.
- AS/JA s24. Transfiguring Desire in Japanese Culture: The Legend of Ono no Komachi from Noh Drama to Anime.
- CM/HI 345. Writing the World: An Introduction to Classical Geography.
- CM/RE 218. Greek and Roman Myths.
- CMS s17. Readings in the Odyssey of Homer.
- ENG 260. Passages to and from India.
- ES/RU 216. Nature in Russian Culture.
- EU/GR 254. Berlin and Vienna, 1900–1914.
- EUS 248. Narratives of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
- FYS 191. Love and Friendship in the Classical World.
- FYS 318. Through the Eyes of Children.
- FYS 447. Holocaust on Stage.
- INDC 255. Modern Japanese Women Writers.
- PLTC 243. Politics and Literature.
Visible Ideas: 2D and 3D Design (C029)
A design is a plan. In art, the study of design is the study of the relationship between idea and physical form, and how this interaction expresses content. These courses emphasize ways to track and manipulate the relationship between the essential elements of visual language, including line, color, light, volume, scale, and space. E. Morris.
Requirements
Four courses, with no more than three from any one department/program. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
Courses
- AV/ES s15. Photographing the Landscape.
- AVC 202A. Painting: Color and Design I.
- AVC 202B. Painting: Color and Design II.
- AVC 203. Ceramic Design and Techniques.
- AVC 206. Ceramic Tile: Color and Design.
- AVC 207. Ceramics: Making Sculptural Form.
- AVC 212A. Drawing: From Still Life to the Model I.
- AVC 212B. Drawing: Still Life to the Model II.
- AVC 213A. Drawing: From Realism to Abstraction I.
- AVC 213B. Drawing: From Realism to Abstraction II.
- AVC 215A. Painting: Abstraction and Invention I.
- AVC 215B. Painting: Abstraction and Invention II.
- AVC 217A. Studio Pottery I.
- AVC 217B. Studio Pottery II.
- AVC 217C. Studio Pottery III.
- AVC 218. Photography I: The Analog Image.
- AVC 219. Photography I: The Digital Image.
- AVC 312A. Drawing: The Figure I.
- AVC 312B. Drawing: The Figure II.
- AVC 314A. Advanced Painting I.
- AVC 316. Etching Workshop I.
- AVC 317A. Etching Workshop II.
- AVC 318. Photography II.
- AVC 350A. Visual Meaning I: Process, Material, Format.
- AVC 350B. Visual Meaning II: Process, Material, Format.
- AVC 360. Independent Study.
- AVC 366A. Drawing the Model/Sustained Study I.
- AVC 366B. Drawing the Model/Sustained Study II.
- AVC s21. Soda Firing.
- AVC s24. Ceramics: Making Sculptural Form.
- AVC s25. The Japanese Tea Bowl.
- AVC s35. Materials and Techniques of Drawing and Painting.
- DANC 151. Introduction to Dance Composition.
- DANC 251. Dance Composition.
- PHIL 227. Philosophy of Art.
- PSYC 302. Sensation and Perception.
- THEA 130. Introduction to Design.
- THEA 132. Theater Technology.
- THEA 231. Scene Design.
- THEA 232. Lighting Design.
- THEA 233. Costume Design.
- THEA 236. Pattern Drafting and Draping.
- THEA s27. Scenic Painting.
Water and Society (C070)
Water is essential to life. Consequently, people often live along the coast, the banks of rivers, the margins of lakes or in regions with groundwater resources for drinking, irrigation, industry, recreation, and the food supply. Water is also one of the most highly politicized resources on earth and has been the source of numerous and continuing conflicts among humans. Our dependence on water necessitates that we share and preserve this resource, yet increasing pressures on our water bodies are resulting in reduced access to potable water, collapse of marine ecosystems, and a decrease in biodiversity. This concentration explores the connections between humans and water and includes scientific, aesthetic, economic, political, and ethical perspectives. B. Johnson.
Requirements
Four courses, no more than two of which are from the same department or program. Two non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
Courses
- BI/GE 113. Marine Science.
- BIO 211. Marine Invertebrates/Lab.
- ECON 222. Environmental Economics.
- ENVR 240. Water and Watersheds/Lab.
- ES/GE 226. Hydrogeology.
- ES/PL 214. Environmental Ethics.
- GE/PH 111. Polar Environment, Climate, and Ecosystems.
- GEO 103. Earth Surface Environments and Environmental Change/Lab.
- GEO 108. Global Environmental Change.
- GEO 109. Global Change/Lab.
- GEO 210. Sedimentary Processes and Environments/Lab.
- GEO 230. Earth Structure and Dynamics/Lab.
- GEO 240. Environmental Geochemistry/Lab.
- GEO s31. Limnology and Paleolimnology of Lakes in Northern New England/Lab.
- GEO s36. Coastal Hazards.
- GEO s39. Geology of the Maine Coast by Sea Kayak.
Women and Gender in Asia (C050)
Focusing on gender issues, this concentration affords students a context for studying women, men, and their interactions in an Asian context. L. Dhingra.
Requirements
Any four courses. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
Women and Writing (C060)
This concentration focuses on women's writing across cultures and in different time periods. The concentration includes both historical and theoretical perspectives on women's writing. J. Costlow.
Requirements
Four courses, one of which must be at the 300 level, and at least two of which must be from the following list: FRE 372, 376; INDS 255, 325, s37; SP/WS 344. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
Courses
- AA/EN 265. The Writings of Toni Morrison.
- AS/JA s22. Tokyo Central: The Modern Metropolis in Literature, Film, and Culture.
- EN/WS 121G. Asian American Women Writers.
- EN/WS 395Z. Arab American Feminisms.
- ENG 121H. The Brontës.
- ENG 238. Jane Austen: Then and Now.
- ENG 395F. Five American Women Poets.
- FRE 372. Woman Writer/Women Written.
- FRE 376. Writing Gender in French.
- INDC 255. Modern Japanese Women Writers.
- INDC 325. Black Feminist Literary Theory and Practice.
- INDC s37. Afrofuturism and the Black Speculative Imagination: A Study of Octavia Butler.
- SP/WS 344. Gendering Social Awareness in Contemporary Spain.
- SPAN 315. Latin American Women Writers.
Writing Spain (C018)
This concentration offers students a framework for exploring in depth the plurality and diversity of the literary production of Spanish-speaking writers from the Iberian Peninsula from the Middle Ages to the present. Courses examine writing in Spain as a mode of aesthetic expression, as a means of affirmation and contestation of individual and national identities, and as a force for revolution and reaction. D. George.
Requirements
SPAN 231 plus three additional courses. One non-Bates course which may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval. This concentration is not open to students who have declared a minor in Spanish.
Courses
- EU/SP 324. Memories of Civil War in European Film and Literature.
- EU/SP 351. Iberian Modernisms: Modernity, Literature and Crisis in Portugal and Spain.
- SP/WS 344. Gendering Social Awareness in Contemporary Spain.
- SPAN 231. Readings in Spanish Literature.
- SPAN 341. Cervantes.
- SPAN 345. Twentieth-Century Spanish Drama.
- SPAN 347. Building Memory: Narratives of the Spanish Civil War.
- SPAN 368. Realismo.