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Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College
255 Maine Street
Brunswick, ME 4011


Fax number: (207) 725-3101
Website: https://www.bowdoin.edu/
Screen last updated on: January 2024
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 96%
Student:Faculty ratio: 9:1
Total faculty: 108 men, 116 women
Full-time faculty: 92 men, 105 women
Part-time faculty: 16 men, 11 women
Graduation rate: 94% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, independent study, accelerated program
Combined 3-2 programs available:
Institution offers 3-2 degree programs.
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.

LIST OF MAJORS
Bachelor's Degrees

  • African Studies
  • Anthropology, General
  • Archeology
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Asian Studies/Civilization
  • Biochemistry
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Chemical Physics
  • Chemistry, General
  • Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Computer Science
  • Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
  • Economics, General
  • Education, General
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • Environmental Studies
  • Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General
  • French Studies
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • German Language and Literature
  • History, General
  • Human Computer Interaction
  • Italian Studies
  • Latin American Studies
  • Mathematics and Computer Science
  • Mathematics Teacher Education
  • Mathematics, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Music, General
  • Neuroscience
  • Philosophy
  • Physics Teacher Education
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Psychology, General
  • Religion/Religious Studies
  • Research and Experimental Psychology, Other
  • Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Russian Language and Literature
  • Secondary Education and Teaching
  • Sociology, General
  • Spanish and Iberian Studies
  • Theatre and Dance
  • Theatre Literature, History and Criticism
  • Visual and Performing Arts, General

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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