A concentration gives students a way to organize a combination of intellectual and practical experiences around an area of interest. By declaring a concentration, students receive focused advising to help them design a program in their area of interest.

The concentration allows for more flexibility than is possible within an academic minor, and students can pursue a concentration alongside a minor or a second major.

The college currently offers the Archives concentration, designed to make our histories public through research projects and professional training; Biomathematical Sciences, which allows students to integrate the study of mathematics, statistics, computer science and engineering with biology, biochemistry and neuroscience; Book Studies, which connects students with the exceptional resources of the Mortimer Rare Book Room and the wealth of area book artists and craftspeople; the Buddhist Studies concentration, which builds on Smith's unusual depth and strength in this area of study; the Environmental Concentration in Sustainable Food, which integrates knowledge in support of environmental decisions and actions; the Museums concentration, which gives students a foundation in the history of museums and the critical issues they engage; the Poetry concentration, a course of study designed to allow students to pursue work on and about poetry through a range of experiences and courses; and the South Asia concentration, which brings together areas of study to develop a sustained curricular and co-curricular focus on the region of South Asia. Other academic concentrations are under development.

• Archives Concentration
• Biomathematical Sciences Concentration
• Book Studies Concentration
• Buddhist Studies Concentration
• Environmental Concentration: Sustainable Food
• Museums Concentration
• Poetry Concentration
• South Asia Concentration