Academics

At Smolny, the advising system plays a very important role in creating each student's individual curriculum. Every student, including international students, is provided with an advisor from among  Smolny's faculty. The Associate Dean of International Students  typically acts as the advisor for international students, but you may  also request to have an advisor from a particular academic field.  Students meet with their advisor early in the semester for course  selection and regularly thereafter.

While at Smolny, students typically take between 12 and 18 credits each semester, eight of which are normally in the Russian as a Second Language program. (Heritage and other high proficiency speakers may sometimes have this requirement reduced or waived). With the help of your academic advisor you will choose a mixture of classes taught in Russian and English, based on the level of your language proficiency.

Please follow the links for more information about the Russian as a Second Language Program as well as Academics at Smolny. You may also want to take a look at the academic calendar for the 2008-2009 academic year at Smolny College, the course schedule for the 2008 Fall semester, as well as the Bard-Smolny Study Abroad Program Dates.