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Students must meet Smith College study abroad eligibility
requirements in order to receive approval for study abroad. Students must also meet admission
requirements set by their chosen study abroad program and be accepted to
the program. Smith approval does not guarantee admission into any study abroad program.
For Smith approval, students must:
- Have a 3.0 overall grade point average, and be in good academic standing and good standing in student conduct matters
at the time of application and when the program starts
- Declare a major; discuss self-designed majors with a class dean
- Demonstrate language proficiency for languages taught at Smith
- Have no credit shortage when the program starts
- Meet transfer credit limit requirements: No more than 32 transfer credits when starting a year-long program or no more than 48
transfer credits when starting a semester-long program. Students attending Smith JYA programs do not have transfer credit limits as students earn Smith credit on Smith JYA programs.
- Students may study abroad only once, for either a semester or a full year
Approval for study abroad is also dependent on the following Smith rules:
- “Candidates for a degree must complete at least 4 semesters of academic work, a minimum of 64 credits, in academic residence in Northampton; two of these must be completed during the junior or senior year.” (Smith College Bulletin)
- Students may not be away from the college for more than one year. “A student who wishes to be away from the college for more than one year must withdraw.” (Smith College Bulletin)
- Students who take a short-term or full semester medical leave are not eligible to study abroad the following semester.
- All Smith bills must be paid in full.
Ada Comstock Scholars and Transfer Students
Ada Comstock Scholars and transfer students interested in study abroad should review Study
Abroad for Ada Comstock Scholars and Transfer Students and meet with the Dean
of Ada Comstock Scholars or their class dean.
International Students
International students are required to meet with the Associate Dean for International
Students in order to verify their visa status for re-entry into the United States
after a year or semester abroad.
In all instances, Smith College reserves the right to
approve, retract or deny a student's participation in study abroad.
Language Proficiency Requirements
Students must demonstrate proficiency in host country languages when that language is taught at Smith.
French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Russian
For programs where courses are taught in the host country language: Two or more years of college study or equivalent proficiency demonstrated by two semester courses at the 200 level (three for students applying to Paris), or one semester course at an advanced 200 level or 300 level (two for Paris). Students who enter Smith at the FRN 230 level or above are required to take three semesters of French prior to study in Paris, including one course at the FRN253 level or above in the spring of their sophomore year
For programs with English-language curriculum: One year of college study of the language (or equivalent proficiency demonstrated by one semester course at an advanced 100 (intermediate) level or higher. (Exception: 1 year or intensive summer equivalent of Italian is strongly recommended, but not required, for ICCS in Rome.)
Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, or Portuguese
One year of college study or equivalent proficiency demonstrated by one semester course at an advanced 100 (intermediate) level or higher.
Students are encouraged, but not required, to learn host country languages available at other colleges prior to studying abroad. Languages taught through Five College
Center for the Study of World Languages include Czech, Hindi, Hungarian, Modern Greek, Swahili, Thai, Twi, Vietnamese, Wolof. Swahili and Hindi have mentored programs. In addition, Polish is taught at UMass. |
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