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Be surprised by what you learn and engaged in how you learn it. Creativity, curiosity, and connection are at the center of the Skidmore academic experience.

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At Skidmore, you’ll explore more than 40 majors and minors, work one-on-one with professors, and connect ideas across disciplines. Whether you double major or design your own major, it’s a custom experience for a flexible future.

Where will curiosity take you?

What sets our top-ranked liberal arts education apart? An emphasis on creative and relevant courses, community-building through small class sizes, and high-impact opportunities.

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Majors and Minors

Browse the degree programs that make up our internationally recognized and ranked liberal arts curriculum.

What will you study?

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Curriculum

Find out why a Skidmore liberal arts education is different from any other, and how we specialize in creative thinking.

Learn why it matters

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Opportunities

Get inspired by the variety of experiential opportunities you can enjoy – from exciting student-faculty research to internships abroad.

How will you explore?

Students in a Classics course collaborate on laptops to build a historically inspired Roman town in Minecraft, applying creative thinking and digital tools to bring ancient history to life.

CC 230: Romans in Their Environment

Classics Professor Amy Oh uses the popular video game Minecraft to help her students learn about ancient Romans through world-building.

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Meet your professors

At Skidmore, faculty ask “Why?”, “Why not?”, and “What if?” — and they encourage you to do the same. Exploration is part of the process. Whether they’re bringing wit to wisdom or guiding you through virtual worlds, professors spark curiosity and turn learning into an immersive experience.

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My therapist is a robot

Can a machine offer empathy? Assistant Professor of Psychology Luc LaFreniere explores that question in his Scribner Seminar, where students tackle mental health in the age of AI.

Visit Luc's class

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Welcome to the stage

By day, Professor of American Studies Beck Krefting leads Skidmore’s Center for Leadership, Teaching, and Learning. By night, she takes the mic as a standup comedian — proving that humor is a powerful tool for connection and insight.

Laugh with Professor Krefting

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Disruptive innovation

Educators like Assistant Professor of English Jamie Parra and Instructional Technologist Ben Harwood use virtual reality to immerse students in everything from 19th-century life to the workings of the human heart.

Explore classroom VR

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Serious(ly cool) scholars

With an 8:1 student-to-faculty ratio, you’ll work closely with professors who’ve earned top honors — from MacArthur, Guggenheim, and Pulitzer awards to research grants from the NSF, NIH, Fulbright, and NEH. You’ll also see how they bring their passions into the classroom — as BMX riders (like Sociology Associate Professor Emeka pictured here), touring musicians, memory champs, and baking legends.

Inspiration in every corner

In addition to traditional classrooms, labs, and lecture halls, our campus offers unique venues and resources that allow creative thought to flourish.

Arthur Zankel Music Center

Zankel Music Center is home to the Music Department, practice and recording studios, and a 600-seat concert hall.

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Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum

Both a teaching and a public art museum, the Tang is at the intersection of academic and artistic discovery.

Explore the exhibitions

Lucy Scribner Library

The library is a comfortable and productive space designed for research and collaboration, with an expansive catalog.

Check it out

John B. Moore Studies Collaborative DOCLab

DOCLab features cutting-edge media, storytelling, and documentary tools in a collaborative environment.

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Schupf Family IdeaLab

Housed inside the Billie Tisch Center for Integrated Sciences, the IdeaLab is a hub of “learning through making.”

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Wyckoff Center

Located in Case Student Center, Wyckoff Center is a space dedicated to fostering connection and cross-cultural understanding.

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Challenge yourself. We have your back.

With attentive professors, advisors, mentors, and peers at your side, you’ll discover more about who you are, what you want to learn, and the life and career you want to develop.

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