Academic Catalog

Culture and Meaning (C026)

GEC Coordinator: Jennifer Hamilton

This concentration focuses on culture and meaning, the interpretive subfield of anthropology.

Complete four courses designated with the (C026) GEC attribute; one of the four courses must be either ANTH 101 Cultural Anthropology or AMST 200 Introduction to American Studies​.

One non-Bates credit may be substituted 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.

Active course offerings include:

AFR 100Introduction to Africana
AFR 162White Redemption: Cinema and the Co-optation of African American History
AFR 227#BlackLivesMatter
AMST 125Critical Perspectives on Sport and Society
AMST 200Introduction to American Studies
AMST 227#BlackLivesMatter
ANTH 101Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 125Critical Perspectives on Sport and Society
ANTH 167Culture in the Americas
ANTH 210Ethnographic Methods
ANTH 212How Music Performs Culture: Introduction to Ethnomusicology
ANTH 333Culture and Interpretation
ASIA 250Buddhist Traditions
EDUC 263Comparative and International Education
LALS 167Culture in the Americas
MUS S25Performing Musical Art of Indonesia
MUS 103Music in World Cultures
MUS 212How Music Performs Culture: Introduction to Ethnomusicology
REL 250Buddhist Traditions
RFSS 162White Redemption: Cinema and the Co-optation of African American History