Academics

Educating the whole person

From left, Marissa Maliwanag '11 and Natalie Ruppertsberger '11 study outdoors for a biology class.

If you ask Bates graduates what they value most about their time here, as often as not they’ll say something like, “Bates taught me how to think.”

Supported by a dedicated faculty, Bates students learn to explore broadly and deeply, to cross disciplines and to question rigorously.

"The problems facing the world today are so complicated that it is going to take people who can talk across boundaries and work across boundaries to solve them" — Mimi A.R. Koehl; Doctor of Science '09; Professor of Biology, University of California, Berkeley; MacArthur Fellow

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A Bates Education
- Learning to navigate - and expand - a universe of ideas
  
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Majors, minors, courses
- Breadth of knowledge, depth of study
  
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Collaboration & research
- Contribute to world-class research at Bates and beyond
  
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Arts, events, culture
- Expresssing shared humanity through visual and performing arts
  
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Off-campus study
- Immerse yourself in your neighborhood, or another culture
  
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