Paul Smith's College of Arts and Sciences

Paul Smith’s College is a private, four-year, co-ed college which offers Bachelor's and Associate degrees. The college is located on the shores of Lower St. Regis Lake, in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains of Northern New York State. There are two schools including the School of Natural Resource Management and Ecology and the School of Commercial, Applied and Liberal Arts. Degree programs include: School of Natural Resource Management and Ecology: general biology (BS); ecological restoration (BS); environmental sciences (BS); forestry with the following concentrations: biology (BS), ecological forest management (BS), and forest operations (BS); fisheries and wildlife sciences with concentrations (BS) in fisheries or wildlife; natural resources conservation & management (BS); park and conservation management (BS); sustainable communities & working landscapes (BS); arboriculture and landscape management (AAS); forest technology (AAS); surveying technology (AAS). School of Commercial, Applied and Liberal Arts: baking arts and service management (BPS); communication (BS); culinary arts and service management (BPS); entrepreneurial business studies (BS); environmental studies (BA); food service management (BPS); hotel resort and tourism management (BS); integrative studies (BA, BS, AA, AS); recreation, adventure education and leisure management (BS); baking and pastry arts (AAS); culinary arts (AAS); hotel restaurant management (AAS). Active, hands-on learning is the central component of every program offered at Paul Smith’s College. Students use state-of-the-art culinary, baking and science labs; train in on-campus restaurants, and connect with several restaurants, hotels and resorts for externships, make maple syrup at the Sugar Bush; help run the campus sawmill; learn surveying with the latest GIS equipment; conduct real world practicums, and utilize the six-million-acre Adirondack Park and hundreds of connections world-wide for meaningful internships.