<p>Hey Bustles! I’m a first year at Smith and I wanted to mirror what SmithieandProud said about the language courses. I’m taking an Intro to Japanese course right now and believe me, one language course is plenty. Not only that, but language courses here at Smith are usually five credit hours a piece, and tend to be four to five days a week.</p>
<p>As far as studying abroad, if you want to do JYA (Junior Year Abroad) you’ll probably have to start taking language classes in either Arabic or Spanish your first year. Smith usually requires four semesters of language to go overseas, this is regardless of level. For instance: if you test out of Spanish 110, you still have to take Spanish 220 and Spanish 300 to be qualified to go overseas. </p>
<p>Hope that helps! :)</p>