First-year class dean Tom Riddell talks about academic choices at Smith.

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Overwhelmingly, women choose Smith for its outstanding academic reputation. That’s as it should be; as one of the nation’s top liberal-arts colleges, Smith exists to promote the life of the mind. If you want intellectual challenge, you are free to choose from more than 1,000 course offerings in more than 50 areas of study in the social sciences and history, the arts, languages, literature, mathematics and the natural sciences. And whether you come to Smith with a specific career goal in mind or are unsure of your educational direction, you’ll be encouraged to explore many fields of knowledge.

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African Studies Afro-American Studies American Studies Ancient Studies Anthropology Archaeology Art (history of art, art studio, architecture) Astronomy (astronomy, astrophysics) Biochemistry Biological Sciences Chemistry Classical Languages and Literatures (classics, classical studies, Greek, Latin) Comparative Literature Computer Science Dance East Asian Languages and Literatures East Asian Studies Economics Education and Child Study Engineering English Language and Literature Environmental Science and Policy Ethics Exercise and Sport Studies Film Studies French Studies		Geology German Studies Government History History of the Sciences International Relations Italian Language and Literature Jewish Studies Landscape Studies Latin American and Latino/a Studies Logic Marine Sciences Mathematics and Statistics Medieval Studies Music Neuroscience Philosophy Physics Political Economy Psychology Public Policy Religion Russian Language and Literature Sociology Spanish and Portuguese Theatre Third World Development Studies Urban Studies Study of Women and Gender

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