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CURRICULAR REQUIREMENTS

Each first-year student is required, during her first or second semester at Smith, to complete at least one writing-intensive course. (The list of such courses, approved by the Committee on Academic Priorities, is made available at the time of registration for each semester.)

For the bachelor of arts degree, there are no further required courses outside the student’s field of concentration. The college does, however, make two demands of the student: that she complete a major and that she take at least half of her courses outside the department or program of her major. The curricular requirements for the bachelor of science degree in engineering are listed in the courses of study section under Engineering.

Furthermore, 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 listed above. Each student has the freedom and responsibility to choose, with the help of academic advisers, a course of studies to fit her individual needs and interests. The curricular expectations and requirements for the degree therefore allow great flexibility in the design of a course of study leading to the degree.

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