Bachelor in History (Bachelor's)

For Bachelor in History (Bachelor's), tuition fees are 61,260 USD per year.

This program cultivates a critical understanding of past and present human societies, preparing students to be informed and engaged participants in the world. It focuses on historical inquiry, enabling students to discover the past through primary sources and place their analyses within broader historical and interdisciplinary scholarship. The curriculum helps students understand their place in contemporary society and the relationships between long-term political, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural currents in a globalized world.

Focus areas include Race, Ethnicities and Resistance, Women, Gender, Sexuality, Global and Transnational Encounters, Social Movements, Order and Revolution, Culture, Ideas and Emotions.

The major requires eleven courses, including HST 250, five courses in a chosen thematic field of emphasis, and five electives. It also mandates geographic and temporal breadth requirements and a pre-seminar research colloquium.

For international students, tuition is well above the median for US programmes. The institution admits about 20% of applicants.

Residential life is central to Smith. The college has 40 self-governing houses rather than conventional dorms, and most students live on campus throughout their college career. House communities bring together students from all four class years and sustain traditions such as Friday afternoon tea. The campus includes Paradise Pond, formed in the 18th century by a dam on the Mill River. It serves as a campus attraction and a living laboratory for science students. Smith is in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Smith’s open curriculum gives students room to shape an education across disciplines. Current students combine fields such as computer science and psychology, sociology and landscape studies, or neuroscience and chemistry. The college supports paths into STEM, the humanities, graduate study, professional school, and service programs. Career support begins when students arrive, with nine career advisers, internship opportunities, conference funding, fellowships advising, and access to Smith Career Connect. Eighty-seven percent of graduates complete at least one internship while at Smith.

International students can draw on a worldwide alumni network of 53,000 people in more than 130 countries. Praxis grants support unpaid internships around the world, while Smith’s fellowship advising includes opportunities such as the Fulbright program. Recent student experiences have included work connected to Ghana, international taekwondo competition, and climate research in Rhode Island. The college’s location in Northampton places campus life within a Massachusetts setting while its academic and alumni networks extend well beyond the United States.