GEC Coordinator: Eden Osucha

This concentration introduces students to a range of literatures written in English, and to various genres and critical methods.

Complete any four full-credit courses offered by the English department. Three of the chosen courses must be taught by different faculty members in the department. Students must take one 100-level course (with a maximum of two). Only credits in U.S., British, or Commonwealth literature, or creative writing count toward the concentration —not literature from a foreign language. Short Term courses do not count toward the concentration. One non-Bates credit may be applied toward this concentration if determined to be equivalent to a Bates English credit, or if with prior approval judged appropriate by the concentration coordinator. This concentration is not open to students who have declared a major in English.