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1 History

The college was established in 1871 by a bequest of Sophia Smith.

1.1 Presidents

• Laurenus Clark Seelye (1875-1910)
• Marion LeRoy Burton (1910-1917)
• William Allan Neilson (1917-1939)
• Elizabeth Cutter Morrow (acting president 1939-1940)
• Herbert Davis (1940-1949)
• Benjamin Fletcher Wright (1949-1959)
• Thomas Corwin Mendenhall (1959-1975)
• Jill Ker Conway, first woman president (1975-1985)
• Mary Maples Dunn (1985-1995)
• Ruth J. Simmons, first African-American president (1995-2001)
• John M. Connolly (acting president 2001-2002)
• Carol T. Christ (2002-present)

1.2 Notable Deans, Administrators and Faculty

• Laura Woolsey Lord Scales, Dean of Students (1922-1944)

2 Academics

Smith College is the first and only women's college in the U.S. to grant its own degrees in engineering. The Picker Engineering Program offers a single Bachelor of Science in engineering science, combining the fundamentals of multiple engineering disciplines.

The Ada Comstock Scholars Program is a bachelor's degree program for nontraditional-aged students.

2.1 Undergraduate majors and minors offered

Both major and minor are offered in each subject unless otherwise noted.

2.1.1 Arts

• Art
  • Architecture
  • Graphic ArtGraphic design is the applied art of arranging image and text to communicate a message. It may be applied in any media, such as print, digital media, motion pictures, animation, product decoration, packaging, and signs. Graphic design as a practice can be (minor)
  • History of Art
  • Studio ArtStudio art when considered as an academic discipline, is the making of visual art (such as painting, drawing or sculpture), contrasted to the study of art history, for instance. The term can be used more generally just to refer to visual art that is made,
• DanceDance generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. Dance is also used to describe methods of non-verbal communication between humans or animals ( bee dance, mating dance
• MusicMusic often an art/ entertainment, is a total social fact whose definitions vary according to era and culture," according to Jean Molino. 1 It is often contrasted with noise. According to musicologist Jean-Jacques Nattiez: "The border between music and no
• Theatre

2.1.2 Humanities and language

• ClassicsClassics particularly within the Western University tradition, when used as a singular noun, means the study of the language, literature, history, art, and other aspects of Greek and Roman culture during the time frame known as classical antiquity. As a p
• Comparative LiteratureComparative literature colloquially abbreviated "comp. is critical scholarship dealing with the literatures of several different languages. Students and professors of comparative literature (who are called "comparativists") are typically fluent in several (major)
• East Asian Languages and Cultures
  • Chinese
  • Japanese
  • Korean (minor)
• English Language and Literature
• French Studies (major)
• German Studies
• Greek ( language, literature)
• Italian Language and Literature
• Latin ( language, literature)
• Philosophy
• Religion and Biblical Literature
• Russian Literature (major)
• Spanish ( language, literature)

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