The insider's guide to Smith? Ups and downs

photodad
Sat, 12 Apr 2014 03:32:22 +0000

I think you’ll find that since Smith is on the larger end of LACs, it will have more areas of study (and majors) than many other LACs, and will also have more depth. In the larger majors, such as biology, students may end up not taking any consortium courses. In the smaller majors, such as film studies, students will take advantage of consortium courses. Almost half of the students study abroad, so they have access to another set of courses while away. My daughter has been very happy with the quality and quantity of courses in the areas she’s been studying.

In your example of history, it’s such a broad field that students may well be taking consortium courses. It’s also possible that courses and seminars are not repeated every year, so you may not be seeing the full range of courses. There’s also a breadth requirement, so a student concentrating in American history will be taking almost half her history courses in areas outside the US.