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College of Arts and Sciences, Liberal Arts at Cornell University

The opportunities come in a variety of sizes at the Schwartz Center. A student can partake in extracurriculars from a three-hour workshop to a two-month commitment on a mainstage production. Classes are open to all students and there is a wide selection to choose from.

Brandon Imp ’10

Academics

A liberal arts education at Cornell will change the way you think, challenge your assumptions, and make you take a deeper look at the world around you. It will help you understand the foundations of knowledge, inquiry, and creativity, and prepare you for a lifetime of intellectual growth and adventure.

Explore the Majors

There are 42 majors to choose from and countless opportunities to develop your own path. Create unique combinations of double majors, majors and minors and even explore courses and minors in other colleges. Match your interests to majors.

Special Academic Opportunities

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These programs offer students ways to enhance their academic experience in a variety of ways ... from creating a narrowly focused, self-defined major, to digging deeply into research to enriching course work through study abroad.
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