Majors and Minors
Explore majors and minors
Any person, any study
Uncommon breadth and depth of study
Arts & Sciences is a thriving environment for undergraduate students to follow their curiosity and find a course of study to match their interests. This rich diversity of academic pursuits A&S offers, opens opportunities to match students with dynamic course offerings and world class faculty.
History
Cognitive Science
Russian
Film
Innovative Curriculum
An innovative and unique liberal arts curriculum
The College of Arts & Sciences has developed an innovative curriculum that encourages a curiosity driven exploration of all of the benefits of a liberal arts education. The A&S curriculum offers a unique degree of flexibility.
The A&S curriculum is designed to take full advantage leading liberal arts faculty, as well as the resources of a world leading research university.
The ideals of exploration and discovery, are evident in the classroom, research environments, and beyond.
of your curriculum is taken outside your major
undergraduate students participating in ALI courses
Shaping the future
Milstein Program
Students in the Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity combine Cornell’s renowned liberal arts and sciences classes in Ithaca with the 21st century tech curriculum at Cornell Tech in NYC.
Education Innovation
Innovative approaches to teaching
Exciting things are happening in classrooms throughout the College of Arts & Sciences as new, research-based approaches to teaching spread through the disciplines.
Opportunities
Opportunities
Career opportunities
What will you do with a degree from A&S?
The answer to the oft-asked question is simple, “literally anything.”
A liberal arts education trains you to be a well-rounded thinker, contributor and leader. A&S students turn degrees in theatre and physics into jobs in top Wall Street banking firms. History students can be found in top law firms and government positions around the world.
The education, experiences, and exposure you will receive at A&S will open countless opportunities.
Opportunity abounds here
Expanding your opportunities
Whether are looking for chances to engage with the public, you like to travel, love spending time in a lab, or prefer to chart your own course of study, you'll find countless opportunities in the College of Arts & Sciences for engagement and learning, in the classroom and beyond.
Explore the full breadth of the A&S undergraduate experience
Take some time to explore the paths that a curiosity driven curriculum and environment open up to A&S undergraduate students. Your undergrad experience is only limited by your imagination in Cornell A&S.
Milstein students show off projects at expo
Student research
'I mapped the humanitarian impact of the Wagner Group’s arrival in Mali'
Celia Doherty: Linguistics
'I learned how to approach problems first from an intuitive understanding'
Sylvan Martin: Mathematics & Computer Science
'I've learned to be humble, open-minded and not complacent as a lifelong learner'
Feifei Hung: China and Asia Pacific Studies & Government