Step into Academic Excellence
Housing the Accounting, Business, Communications, Economics, Finance, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Language & Letters departments, the Smith building provides an incredible educational atmosphere. This building was also named for the 10th President of the Church.
Business for a Global Stage
The Smith Building houses the departments of accounting, business, economics, interdisciplinary studies, and language and international studies.
ESL Students Welcomed
The BYU-Idaho English Translation Center (ETC) helps ESL students improve their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, and find success in their classes.
Improve Your Language Skills
The foreign language department offers classes in Chinese, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. An international studies program allows students to further develop linguistic and international competency within a disciplinary specialty.
"English isn’t my first language and I was very scared to start school in America. My first class was an English class in the Smith Building. The professor was so patient. To this day I’m grateful for the foundation that class and the professor helped build."
"IBC gives students real business situations that they can talk about with potential employers. "
Did You Know?
BYU-Idaho supports student-led Integrated Business Core (IBC) companies. Students receive hands-on experience with marketing, managing, and operating a real business as part of their business studies.
BYU-Idaho supports student-led Integrated Business Core (IBC) companies. Students receive hands-on experience with marketing, managing, and operating a real business as part of their business studies.
Joseph Fielding Smith Building Features
• Accounting Tutor Lab
• Economics Tutor Lab
• Foreign Language Conversation Lab
• IBC Groups
• Language Centers
• Presentation Practice Center
• Economics Tutor Lab
• Foreign Language Conversation Lab
• IBC Groups
• Language Centers
• Presentation Practice Center