Skidmore is a highly ranked, residential, liberal arts college situated on 1,000 acres of natural beauty in Saratoga Springs, New York. With 2,500 students from 40 states and 70 countries, 43 majors, more than 100 student clubs, funded research and internship opportunities, and 118 study abroad programs, it offers a dynamic college experience.

Consistently acclaimed in national rankings, Skidmore has been recognized as one of “America’s Most Entrepreneurial Colleges,” a “Best Value” school and a “Hidden Ivy.”

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American Studies is an interdisciplinary major that focuses upon life and culture in the United States, past and present, using a variety of resources, techniques, and methodological approaches. The major examines the diversity of Americans, as well as their commonly shared experiences and incorporates race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, and ability as categories of analysis. The major is structured to allow students to take courses about the United States and related topics in different departments and to integrate that material into the courses that the American Studies faculty teach.

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BA in American Studies

Anthropology is the study of the human condition, past and present. Our anthropology program concentrates on three sub-areas within anthropology: cultural anthropology, which studies the ways of life of different groups and communities in the present; archaeology, which studies the human past through its physical remains; and biological anthropology, which focuses on the adaptations, variability, and evolution of humans and their living and fossil relatives.

BA in Anthropology

Art History cultivates observation, critical thinking, and communication skills that are applicable to many kinds of careers, including business, law, media, medicine, museum work, and more. Our majors combine a wide range of academic and co-curriculum interests while at Skidmore, then pursue diverse professional opportunities after graduation.

BA in Art History

The Asian Studies Program offers an interdisciplinary and global approach to examining the multiple facets of cultures, traditions, and contemporary realities of Asian countries and peoples. Asian Studies courses are taught by Skidmore faculty from various departments and programs with research expertise across Asia. The program offers an extraordinary breadth of classes from the social sciences, humanities, and visual and performing arts exploring topics such as political histories, development and economy, war and peace, language and literature, music, art history, philosophical and religious traditions, ecologies and environmentalism, and pop culture.

BA in Asian Studies

Chemistry is at the heart of modern scientific and technical inquiry — from the composition of distant stars, to geochemical transformations taking place deep within our own planet, to modern pharmaceuticals and high-performance materials, to our own bodies. Not surprisingly, chemistry is often dubbed the "central science," given it is key to advances in fields as diverse as geology, neuroscience, molecular biology, and materials science. The Chemistry program at Skidmore College is certified by the American Chemical Society (ACS). Students can major in Chemistry or Chemistry with a biochemistry concentration, and earn an ACS certified degree.

BA in Chemistry

Classics, the study of ancient Greece, Rome, and the Mediterranean world at large, offers a rich interdisciplinary experience predicated on history, material culture, language, literature, philosophy, and much more. The Classics major and minor enable students to hone their analytical, creative, and literary abilities, and prepare them for a wide range of careers, including the dramatic arts, law, museum curating, medicine, publishing, editing, political science, teaching, and business. In short, Classics provides a solid foundation for life after Skidmore.

BA in Classics

Computer Science is an academic discipline that is fascinating to study in its own right and has extensive applications throughout the modern world. Our faculty are all skilled and dedicated teachers and active scholars; we strive to make each course we offer engaging and challenging.

BA in Computer Science

The mission of the Dance Department is to link critical thinking, historical perspective, and creative discovery with the distinct skills derived from physically-sound studio practice, performance, and research. Skidmore provides a rigorous four-year experience that enables students to pursue the major or minor in a way that effectively supports their personal goals and ambitions.

BA in Dance

Many of humanity's most perplexing challenges, from poverty and inequality to environmental degradation and climate change, have economic roots. Through the examination of human behavior, institutions, markets, and government policies, the methods and models of economic theory provide crucial insights into how the global world works.

BA in Economics

The Education Studies Department at Skidmore College offers a major in education studies that leads to initial teaching certification in New York State for elementary grades 1–6. Skidmore College is a member in good standing of the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP). The college is working toward accreditation of its educator preparation programs under the AAQEP standards with an anticipated Quality Assurance Review in fall 2022.

BA in Education Studies

Environmental challenges are among the most pressing issues facing citizens in the 21st century. Few local, national, or international conflicts lack an environmental dimension. Understanding these environmental problems requires an interdisciplinary approach that integrates the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and the arts. We cannot adequately understand an issue like water pollution through a single disciplinary perspective; it involves anthropology, biology, business, chemistry, economics, geosciences, government, history, literature, and sociology. The mission of Environmental Studies and Sciences is to help students develop literacy at the intersection of these disciplines.

BA in Environmental Studies

Gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that draws on feminist, gender, queer and intersectional theories and scholarship to analyze the experiences, perspectives, and contributions of women, men, and nonbinary people and systems of gender relations in various cultural settings and time periods.

BA in Gender Studies

The mission of Skidmore's Health and Human Physiological Sciences Department is to provide engaging pedagogies that allows undergraduate students to gain an understanding of physiology and how it impacts human health and performance. Embedded within our teaching is a pursuit of new knowledge that uncovers previously unknown connections among physiology, health, and performance.

BA in Health and Human Physiological Sciences

History as a discipline interrogates the past recorded in human texts, material artefacts, media, oral traditions, and other evidence in order to render its complexity accessible to audiences in the present. More than the mere “study of past events,” whether local, national, or international, History is a public pursuit aimed at the preservation and dissemination of collective memory and the diversity of human experience across times, places, contexts, and communities.

BA in History

International Affairs is an interdisciplinary major and minor program that stresses the importance of a broad-based international education and prepares students for careers or graduate study in the global arena. The major examines the relations between and among nation-states, regions, and other international actors as influenced by culture, history, politics, business, economics, and the environment.

BA in International Affairs Program

Our program is unique in that we provide a first-rate management and business curriculum in conjunction with Skidmore’s quintessential liberal arts tradition. Thus, our majors and minors enjoy the richness of a broad-based, traditional liberal arts education while also being immersed deeply in the functional areas of business such as accounting, marketing, finance, and organizational behavior. We can think of no better educational combination to prepare students for the complex, multidisciplinary challenges facing our societies today. So please explore our site to gain a better sense of who we are and what we are about, and feel free to contact us with any questions you may have.

BA in Management and Business

The Skidmore Music Department is rooted in the liberal arts tradition: we believe that music is an essential component of human experience and a unique vehicle for artistic, intellectual, and personal growth. By offering a range of opportunities, including classes, ensembles, lessons, and events, we strive to equip students of all backgrounds to experience, explore, and understand human culture and creativity through musical study.

BA in Music

Neuroscience is the scientific community's effort to understand the mechanisms that give rise to thoughts, motives, and behavior. The study of the nervous system can be pursued from biological, biochemical and psycho- logical perspectives; as such, neuroscience is a thoroughly interdisciplinary endeavor that blurs the traditional barriers between such specialties. Neuroscientists investigate the connections between events that occur at the subcellular level (molecular genetics and molecular biology), the cellular level (electrophysiology, cell histology), the systems level (developmental biology, neurophysiology, functional anatomy) and the behavior of the whole organism (animal behavior, cognitive psychology). Addressing the fundamental questions of neuroscience thus requires the collaboration of specialists in diverse fields.

BA in Neuroscience

The members of the Philosophy Department at Skidmore College condemn the killings by police and vigilantes of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, among many others. We also condemn structural racism and the entrenched systems of inequality of which these killings, perpetrated amid a pandemic that has disproportionally affected communities of color, are only the most recent and virulent symptoms. We support the social movements that highlight these injustices and work for change.

BA in Philosophy

Hello and welcome to the Department of Psychology at Skidmore College! Our goal is to help students understand the exciting and quickly changing field of psychological science. We provide psychology majors a foundation in experimental methodology and scientific writing early in their curriculum to prepare them for the advanced-level courses and research experiences that are critical to understanding and conducting psychological science.

BA in Psychology

It is impossible to comprehend the world around us without understanding that religion is a vital, dynamic, and irrepressible element of cultural life, both nationally and globally. One simply cannot comprehend our pluralistic and increasingly interconnected world without knowledge of the various religious traditions that inform cultural identities and contribute to distinctive outlooks on life. Indeed, the contemporary need to understand religious diversity has become more urgent, rather than less, contradicting what many observers predicted a generation ago. Now, more than ever before, the study of religion is a necessary and integral part of a truly well-rounded liberal arts education.

BA in Religious Studies

Our major has two primary objectives: to prepare students for beginning-level generalist social work practice and to prepare students for graduate study in social work. The social work curriculum integrates knowledge of human behavior, social welfare policy, and research with the values and skills of the social work profession. Our department boasts some of the highest rates of students studying off campus. Recently, over 75% of social work majors have studied off campus in Denmark, Thailand, Spain, Italy, and England, and in other states within the U.S.

BA in Social Work

Some say that “there is a sociology of everything,” and, indeed, sociology is perhaps the single most diverse discipline of them all. Sociology explores every intricacy of our social worlds, from the ways we interact in small groups to crime and deviance, from race and gender relations to love and divorce, from the role of religion in everyday life to environmental justice, and more. Sociology majors graduate with the ability to gather data independently about these phenomena, to analyze them statistically and qualitatively, and to apply theories to explain them. Perhaps most importantly, sociology deepens students’ awareness of the social forces affecting their lives and those of others, enabling them to address a host of social issues critically and constructively.

BA in Sociology

The study of languages has become essential to the education of global citizens as the world grows more and more internationally connected, and as nations become increasingly diverse. The ability to communicate effectively with people from different parts of the world not only enhances our capacity to think outside the boundaries of our native culture, but it is also a practical skill that can be applied to any career path.

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