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This catalog contains policies and program descriptions and should be used solely as an informational guide. The General Information section is accurate as of July. All announcements herein are subject to revision. Students are responsible for informing themselves of current policies and meeting all relevant requirements.

This section details instructors, requirements for the majors and minors, and course offerings for the year (the data is updated annually). The Search for Courses tab enables you to search for courses based on interests and criteria. This tab will enable you to identify if a course can count toward a major, minor, concentration or a certificate.

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Select Select a Department or ProgramAfrican StudiesAfrican Studies, Five College Certificate ProgramAfricana StudiesAmerican StudiesAncient StudiesAnthropologyArchaeologyArchives ConcentrationArtArts and TechnologyAsian/Pacific/American Studies, Five College Certificate ProgramAstronomyBiochemistryBiological SciencesBio-Mathematical Sciences, Five College Certificate ProgramBook Studies ConcentrationBuddhist StudiesBuddhist Studies, Five College Certificate ProgramChemistryClassical Languages and LiteraturesCoastal and Marine Sciences, Five College Certificate ProgramCognitive Neuroscience, Five College Certificate ProgramCommunity Engagement and Social Change ConcentrationComputer ScienceCulture, Health and Science, Five College Certificate ProgramDanceEast Asian Languages and LiteraturesEast Asian StudiesEconomicsEducation and Child StudyEngineeringEnglish Language and LiteratureEnvironmental Concentration: Climate ChangeEnvironmental Concentration: Sustainable FoodEnvironmental Science and PolicyEthicsEthnomusicology, Five College Certificate ProgramExercise and Sport StudiesFilm and Media StudiesFilm Studies, Five College MajorFirst-Year SeminarsFrench StudiesGeosciencesGerman StudiesGlobal Financial Institutions ConcentrationGlobal South Development StudiesGovernmentHistoryHistory of Science and TechnologyInterdepartmental and Extradepartmental Course OfferingsInternational Relations, Five College Certificate ProgramItalian StudiesJewish StudiesLandscape StudiesLanguages, Five College Center for Study of World LanguagesLatin American and Latino/a StudiesLatin American Studies, Five College Certificate ProgramLinguisticsLogicLogic, Five College Certificate ProgramMarine Science and PolicyMathematics and StatisticsMedieval StudiesMiddle East StudiesMiddle East Studies, Five College Certificate ProgramMuseums ConcentrationMusicNative American Indian Studies, Five College Certificate ProgramNeurosciencePhilosophyPhysicsPoetry ConcentrationPsychologyPublic PolicyQuantitative Courses for Beginning StudentsQueer and Sexuality Studies, Five College Certificate ProgramReligionRussian, East European and Eurasian StudiesReproductive Health, Rights, and Justice, Five College Certificate ProgramRussian, East European and Eurasian Studies, Five College Certificate ProgramSociologySouth Asian StudiesSpanish and PortugueseStatistical and Data SciencesStudy of Women and GenderTheatreTranslation Studies ConcentrationUrban StudiesWorld Literatures

 

The information contained in the Courses of Study documents is accurate as of July. Smith College reserves the right to make changes to the Courses of Study, including changes in its course offerings, instructors, requirements for the majors and minors, and degree requirements. Course information contained herein is compiled by the Office of the Provost/Dean of the Faculty from data submitted by departments and programs. All data listed are as officially and formally approved by the Office of the Provost/Dean of the Faculty, the Committee on Academic Priorities, and the faculty-at-large. Additional information may be available on the individual Web sites of departments and programs.

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General Information contains an overview of the college's history, the academic program, the campus and student body; information on admission, fees and financial aid; graduate programs; and a key for deciphering course listings.

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Course listings in this catalog indicate in curly brackets which area(s) of knowledge a given course covers. Please note that certain courses do not indicate any designation as decided by the department, program or instructor involved. Students who wish to become eligible for Latin Honors at graduation must elect at least one course (normally four credits) in each of the seven major fields of knowledge. (If a course is less than four credits but designated for Latin Honors, this will be indicated.)

The search will return courses with any one of the selected distributional groups. For example, if you select distributional groups Literature and Mathematics, you will select courses in Literature or courses in Mathematics or courses in Literature and Mathematics.

Writing Intensive available
Certain courses in Smith College place special emphasis on writing in one or more sections. These courses have the designation "Writing Intensive". Each first-year student is required, during her first or second semester at Smith, to complete at least one writing-intensive course.

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