School of Arts and Humanities
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
Connecticut Museum Shows Work by Marisol Díaz-Gordon ’24
Alumna’s artwork highlights diverse Puerto Rican identities
Julie Maybee contributes to a new theory of ecosystems
Hochul administration allocates $1.5 million to the Institute of Mexican Studies
The funds will go toward expanding the Institute's work with academic resources for Mexican and Mexican-American students
Art and Dance Professors Create a 'Chromatic Altar' at Guggenheim
Dannielle Tegeder, Amy Larimer, and Lehman dancers reimagine museum as mystical space
John Belardo on the Six Bronx Brothers Who Shaped the City
"Sculpture Vulture" podcast highlights the Piccirilli Brothers
Penny Prince Spreads the Word about Reentry@Lehman
Committee founder interviewed on Bronx Buzz
Upcoming Events
April 29, 2025
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Bronx Borough President Candidate Forum
With the June primary approaching, join us for a live recording as two Democratic candidates discuss issues and policy with Lehman journalism students.
April 29, 2025
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
BALLADY I NIE TYLKO: TOUT CHOPIN
This recital will include all four of Chopin’s Ballades, a singular form he first made famous, as well as some interloping Nocturnes, Impromptu Fantasie and exquisite Berceuse. All are invited to attend.
April 30, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
From Son Jarocho to Música de Cuerdas: Music, Community, and Collective Roots
Son Jarocho, a string-based music tradition from southern Veracruz, Mexico is more than just a genre, it is a way of making music through shared labor, connection to place, and respect for ancestral knowledge. Learn more about it with a workshop and performance by Colectivo Altepee from Veracruz, the Jarochicanos group from Chicago and researcher and renowned guitarist Carlos Cuestas.
May 6, 2025
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
English M.A. Information Session
Hope you will join us for this session!
May 8, 2025
10:45 AM - 12:30 PM
An original musical theater adaptation of the classic tale of Rapunzel. Music composed by Professor Penny Prince, with a script written collaboratively by the cast.