{"id":9729,"date":"2019-07-22T09:34:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T13:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/?page_id=9729"},"modified":"2025-07-09T14:09:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T18:09:54","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p>Since the founding of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College in 1855, the academic curriculum has continually evolved under the expertise of the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Faculty, allowing the college to fulfill its mission of providing an exceptional undergraduate liberal arts education. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/bates-college-curricular-timeline\/\">Curricular Timeline of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College<\/a> illuminates various highlights.<\/p>\n<h4>Department and Program Curricula<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/policy-on-changes-to-majors-or-minors-in-departments-and-programs\/\">Propose Changes Major or Minor Requirements<\/a>: Use this form to submit changes to your major or minor curriculum by <strong>March 15<\/strong> for the following academic year. The AAC will review your request and respond by April 1st.<\/li>\n<li>Course and Catalog Management &#8211; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/registrar\/\">Registrar&#8217;s Office<\/a> maintains the <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/\">college catalog<\/a> which contains, among other things, department\/program descriptions and major\/minor requirements. The <a href=\"_wp_link_placeholder\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">Curriculum Review Committee<\/a> approves courses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>General Education<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/general-education\/\">The General Education Curriculum<\/a>: All students are required to complete general education requirements as part of their degree.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Study Abroad<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/faculty\/fall-semester-abroad-program\/\">Fall Semester Abroad<\/a>: The Fall Semester Abroad (FSA) programs provide an exceptional opportunity to teach and work with students overseas.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/faculty\/stu\/\">Off Campus Short Term<\/a>: These courses provide excellent opportunities for faculty and students to work together off-campus, away from the temptations of Short Term campus life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the founding of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College in 1855, the academic curriculum has&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_hide_page_title":false,"_header_override":"","_template_width_override":"","_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"_sidebarChoice":"","footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-9729","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9729"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18935,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9729\/revisions\/18935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}