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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Department News

Teresita Levy Named Associate Provost for Experiential Learning, Executive Director for Industry Partnerships

Will lead new CUNY Beyond pilot program centering job readiness in core academics

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Modern expectations have a lot to do with it

Summer Takes Students Far Beyond the Classroom, and the Bronx

Explorations of careers, cultures, and communities

Lehman College Earns Top Rankings for Social Mobility and Public Education

Lehman College continues to lead in student success and upward mobility. In U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best Colleges rankings

AI Futures features Jonah Brucker-Cohen on Machines and Control

Our devices shape memory, behavior, and user relationships

José Higuera-López Offers Insight on Staten Island’s Mexican Community for ABC 7

As borough celebrates Mexican Independence Day, MSI director notes community's growth

Upcoming Events

October 16, 2025

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Spanish Teaching Information Session

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October 22, 2025

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

The Dance program at Lehman College presents Dance in Dialog

Dance in Dialog is an annual series aiming to start conversations about dance and explore making dances.

October 28, 2025

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Spanish Literature Information Session

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November 12, 2025

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

The Theatre Program at Lehman presents, New Voices: The Student Playwriting Festival

A performance of new plays by Lehman student playwrights.

November 19, 2025

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

The Theatre Program at Lehman presents Sweat, a play by Lynn Nottage, directed by Felix Otero

Sweat is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Lynn Nottage. Set in Reading, Pennsylvania, it explores the lives of factory workers through the lens of a group of friends who work at the Olstead's steel tubing factory. Nottage examines themes of class, race, labor, and the American Dream.

November 19, 2025

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

English M.A. Information Session

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