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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.
Africana Studies
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Overview
As an Africana studies major, you’ll have the chance to explore the centrality of Africa and the African Diaspora to the modern world and previous eras in the fields of literature, history, philosophy, international relations, cultural studies, music, and the visual arts.
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American Sign Language/Deaf Studies
minor
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With the American Sign Language (ASL)/Deaf Studies minor, students can pursue an interdisciplinary course sequence focusing on American Sign Language and Deaf culture. Courses offered range across a variety of different disciplines, to provide a broad and compelling perspective on ASL and the Deaf community.
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American Studies
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minor
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In American Studies, you’ll embark on an interdisciplinary study of the themes, trends and patterns that characterize the American past and present. You’ll use multiple perspectives and methodologies, learn to synthesize knowledge and develop the critical thinking skills needed for rigorous, complex analysis. American Studies majors have the flexibility to define their own area of concentration, such as visual studies, cultural studies, race and ethnicity, legal and constitutional studies, the American environment, American capitalism or class and social structure.
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Anthropology
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graduate
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As an anthropology major, you’ll study the complex social and cultural relationships that define human communities and learn how to conduct engaged, collaborative, field-based research. You’ll be able to investigate topics ranging from identity politics and globalization to the origins of agriculture and the rise of empires. The settings you’ll explore can take you from the lowland rain forest of ancient Mesoamerica to the mountains of the Himalayas, from prisons in Latin America to a synagogue on New York City’s Lower East Side, from medical research centers in Tanzania to the colonial era Finger Lakes.
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Arabic
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The undergraduate minor in Arabic is intended for Cornell students who wish to broaden and deepen their competence in the Arabic language and knowledge of Arab culture. Such linguistic competence and knowledge have helped Cornell students in the past obtain positions in government agencies and think tanks and to enroll in the most competitive Arabic programs in this country.
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Archaeology
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graduate
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As an archaeology major, you’ll benefit from an interdisciplinary approach to a broad range of cultures, with courses in classical archaeology and art, Near Eastern studies, and the archaeology of Eurasia, the Americas and Africa. You’ll gain hands-on experience through lab-based courses in zooarchaeology, ceramics, dendrochronology and in the material cultures of Native Americans and Euro-Americans, and will have opportunities for fieldwork both in the U.S. and abroad. The Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies (CIAMS) is one of the leading archaeology groupings in the U.S. and offers one of the few majors in archaeology in the country.
DetailsAn innovative and unique liberal arts curriculum
Open An innovative and unique liberal arts curriculum configuration options
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.
2/3
of your curriculum is taken outside your major
3000
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.
Student Life
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.
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