Mission, Vision & Values

Lehman College's School of Arts and Humanities mission is to make a significant contribution to the larger institutional mission to provide students with an excellent undergraduate and graduate liberal arts education because being broadly educated is a primary attribute of leading a successful life. Read More.

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Degree Programs

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Majors

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Minors

Welcome to the School of Arts and Humanities. The School of Arts and Humanities offers over thirty majors and forty minors. You can choose from majors in which you create original works, like Art, or Film and TV Studies, or Computer Graphics and Imaging (CGI); majors in which you perform on stage or in front of the camera, like Music, or Theatre, or Dance, or Multimedia Performing Arts; majors in which you develop your skills at writing and conducting your own research, like English, or History, or Journalism, or Philosophy, or Africana Studies; and majors in which you deepen your knowledge of languages and cultures, like Spanish, or French, or Italian, or Linguistics, or Latino Studies.

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New English translation of Argentinian comic Malfada

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Kevin McIntosh-McEwen Shares His Journey on Lite FM

Lehman Prof Brings Dominican Music to The Conversation

The history and evolution of Bachata

Upcoming Events

September 25, 2025

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Project Esther and the Epstein Conspiracy: How They May Not Be Good for American Jews

Project Esther and the Epstein Conspiracy may have ominous implications for American Jews. Naomi Zack discusses leading definitions of antisemitism as applied to these two current initiatives. Naomi Zack is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Lehman College and affiliated member of CUNY Graduate Center’s Philosophy Department. College Senate Committee on Academic Freedom Chair David Manier will moderate.

October 8, 2025

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

English M.A. Information Session

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November 19, 2025

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

English M.A. Information Session

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