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Bates College: Complete List of Majors Offered

Majors with graduates in 2018-19

Name As Major As Minor
TotalMenWomen Total
Natural Resources And Conservation
Environmental Studies 29 9 20 4
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies
American/United States Studies/Civilization 1 0 1 1
European Studies/Civilization 4 2 2 1
African-American/Black Studies 1 1 0 1
Women's Studies 4 1 3 4
Engineering
Engineering, General 2 2 0 1
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
Chinese Language and Literature 7 4 3 2 0
Japanese Language and Literature 1 0
German Language and Literature 2
French Language and Literature 1 0 1 7
Spanish Language and Literature 2 2 0 4
English Language And Literature/Letters
English Language and Literature, General 31 15 16 5
Rhetoric and Composition 16 8 8 3
Biological And Biomedical Sciences
Biology/Biological Sciences, General 28 11 17 1
Biochemistry 19 10 9 0
Neuroscience 18 6 12 1
Mathematics And Statistics
Mathematics, General 25 14 11 4
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
Ancient Studies/Civilization 9 1 8 6
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 3 1 2 0
Philosophy And Religious Studies
Philosophy 13 8 5 5
Religion/Religious Studies 2 0 2 3
Physical Sciences
Chemistry, General 8 5 3 0
Physics, General 12 11 1 2
Psychology
Research and Experimental Psychology, Other 51 12 39 1
Social Sciences
Anthropology, General 10 4 6 2
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 50 39 11 13
Political Science and Government, General 67 36 31 7
Sociology, General 20 6 14 1
Visual And Performing Arts
Dance, General 4 0 4 1
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General 3 3 0 1
Art/Art Studies, General 15 3 12 5
Music, General 2 2 0 1
History
History, General 12 7 5 6

Majors with no graduates in 2018

  • East Asian Studies
  • Latin American Studies
  • Japanese Language and Literature
  • German Language and Literature
  • General Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Geology/Earth Science, General