Contents

• The College
• The Admission of Students
• The Academic Program
• Residential and Extracurricular Life
• Costs and Financial Aid

• Courses and Units of Instruction
  • First-Year Seminars
  • African American Studies
  • American Cultural Studies
  • Anthropology
  • Art
  • Asian Studies
  • Biological Chemistry
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Classical and Medieval Studies
  • Classical and Romance Languages and Literatures
    • Classics
    • Greek
    • Latin
    • French
    • Spanish
    • Other Foreign Languages
  • Economics
  • Education
  • English
  • Environmental Studies
    • Culture, Society, and the Environment
    • Earth and Ecosystems
    • Environmental and Natural Resource Policy
    • Geochemistry
  • Geology
  • German, Russian, and East Asian Languages and Literatures
    • Chinese
    • Japanese
    • German
    • Russian
    • Other Foreign Languages
  • History
  • Interdisciplinary
  • Mathematics and Computer Science
    • Mathematics
    • Computer Science
  • Music
  • Neuroscience
  • Philosophy and Religion
    • Philosophy
    • Religion
  • Physical Education
  • Physics and Astronomy
    • Astronomy
    • Physics
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Theater and Rhetoric
    • Theater
    • Rhetoric
  • Women's Studies
  
  
• The Trustees
• The Faculty
• The College Library
• The Administration
• The Alumni Council
• The Graduate Honor Societies
• Gifts and Bequests
• Calendar

Address correspondence to Bates College, Lewiston, Maine 04240.

Fax Number for All Offices: (207) 786-6123

Admissions and Scholarships
The Dean of Admissions, (207) 786-6000
admissions@bates.edu
Lindholm House

Request for Catalog
The Dean of Admissions, (207) 786-6000
admissions@bates.edu
Lindholm House

Matters of General College Interest
The President, (207) 786-6100
dharward@bates.edu
204 Lane Hall

Alumni Interest
The Director of Alumni Relations, (207) 786-6127
alumni@bates.edu
3rd Floor, Lane Hall

Employment of Seniors and Alumni
The Director of Career Services, (207) 786-6232
ckovacs@bates.edu
Office of Career Services

Gifts and Bequests
The Vice President for Development and Alumni Affairs, (207) 786-6245
rjoyce@bates.edu
3rd Floor, Lane Hall

This catalog constitutes the basic agreement between the College and its students and prospective students. In case of conflict between this catalog and any supplements hereto and any other written or oral statements, this catalog and its supplements shall be deemed to be the official statement. The College reserves the right to change any of the statements herein by reasonable notice in any supplemental catalog or other publication specifically setting forth any such changes.

Cover Photo: Detail of stained-glass window in the College Chapel.

Credits:
Cover photography: David Wilkinson
Catalog design: Tammy Roy Caron/Bates College and Woodworth Associates
HTML-format catalog design: Piyapriya de Silva '99 and Rob Pelkey '98

© 1997 Bates College. All Rights Reserved. Last modified: 10/21/97 by jPc