The Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences ( CAS or A&S ) is an academic college at Cornell University . It has been part of the university since its founding in 1865, although its name has changed over time. It is the largest of Cornell University's colleges and schools with 4,251 undergraduate and 1,301 students and 526 faculty.
16-603: The college grants bachelor's degrees, and masters and doctorates through affiliation with the Cornell University Graduate School . Its major academic buildings are located on the Arts Quad of Cornell University's main campus in Ithaca, New York , which includes some of the university's oldest and most historic buildings. When it was founded in 1865, Cornell University 's faculty was initially undifferentiated. With
32-529: A Bachelor of Science in Applied Economics and Management and three graduate degrees, M.S., M.P.S. and Ph.D, in Applied Economics and Management. As of 2017, the Dyson School has 64 full-time faculty and 17 lecturers or adjunct faculty. In 2015, there were 104 graduate students and 735 undergraduates in the Dyson School. The department offers one undergraduate major, Applied Economics and Management, which
48-482: A professor of psychology and expert on Gestalt psychology , served as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. As of 2009, the College of Arts and Sciences teaches 4,100 undergraduates, with 600 full-time faculty members plus a number of lecturers, who teach 2,200 courses. In June 2018, Ray Jayawardhana was named the 22nd dean. On July 13, 2023, Rachel Bean succeeded Jayawardhana as interim dean. The Arts Quad on
64-469: Is an AACSB accredited undergraduate business program. Dyson earned a 6th-place ranking in Poets & Quants Best Undergraduate Business Programs of 2016. In fact, U.S. News & World Report ranked Dyson's business program #7 in its 2018 rankings of top undergraduate business programs. In addition, BusinessWeek's 2014 "Best Undergraduate Business Schools" rankings placed Cornell as the third best program in
80-730: Is the Bachelor of Arts . However, students may enroll in the dual-degree program, which allows them to pursue programs of study in two colleges and receive two different degrees. The faculties within the college are: *Africana Studies was an independent center reporting directly to the Provost until July 1, 2011. *The English department was renamed the Department of Literatures in English in October 2020 in response to national anti-racism movements. Admission into
96-520: The Cornell S.C. Johnson College of Business at Cornell University , a private Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York . The school was officially named in 2010 after a $ 25 million gift from John Dyson ’65, of Millbrook Capital Management, to establish the department in honor of his father Charles H. Dyson. The school focuses on business, agribusiness , environmental and resource economics, and international and development economics offering
112-543: The Fall of 2015, the school had 92 incoming freshmen, and approximately 110 transfer students, 45 external transfers and 75 Intra-Cornell transfers. The admittance rate in Fall of 2018 for freshmen, being the most selective at Cornell University, was 2.9%. The program is endowed by a $ 25 million gift from the Dyson family. It also receives annual state appropriations through the SUNY budget. As
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144-672: The campus of Cornell University is the site of the university's original academic buildings, which are associated with most of the College of Arts and Sciences' classes and programs. On the western side of the quad, at the top of Libe Slope , are Morrill Hall (completed in 1866), McGraw Hall (1872) and White Hall (1868). All of these buildings are built with native Cayuga bluestone to reflect Ezra Cornell 's utilitarianism and are known as Stone Row. The statue of Ezra Cornell , dating back to 1919, stands between Morrill and McGraw Halls. Across from this statue, in front of Goldwin Smith Hall, sits
160-537: The college is extremely competitive. The undergraduate program's 7.9% acceptance rate is below Cornell's 8.7% overall undergraduate acceptance rate. Furthermore, Arts and Sciences has the second lowest acceptance rate of any Cornell college, behind the Dyson School (2.9%). 42°26′57″N 76°29′1″W / 42.44917°N 76.48361°W / 42.44917; -76.48361 Cornell University Graduate School Too Many Requests If you report this error to
176-681: The country (a ranking it has held for 3 years). Historically, the program has undergone a series of developments regarding the focus of its studies. Originally conceived as an agriculturally-centered program, it has developed over the years to focus on both resource economics, applied economics, international and development economics, as well as general management. Undergraduate students may choose one of eleven specializations: Accounting, Agribusiness Management, Applied Economics, Business Analytics, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Energy, and Resource Economics, Finance, Food Industry Management, International Trade and Development, Marketing, and Strategy. Also,
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#1732868797766192-657: The founding of the Cornell Law School in 1886 and the concomitant self-segregation of the school's lawyers , however, departments and colleges began to be formed at the university. In 1903, the academic division that ultimately became the College of Arts and Sciences was renamed as the Academic Department. The College endowed the first professorships in American history , musicology , and American literature . From 1923 to 1945, Cornell professor Robert Morris Ogden ,
208-526: The graduate field of Applied Economics and Management (AEM) in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management offers 3 degrees: the research-based doctor of philosophy (PhD) degree, master of science (MS) degree, and master of professional studies (MPS) degree. Graduate students may choose from four subject areas: Environmental, Energy, and Resource Economics; Food and Agricultural Economics; International and Development Economics; and Management. In
224-457: The offices of Comparative Literature and Romance Studies. The building is connected to, and surrounded on three sides by, Goldwin Smith Hall and fronts East Avenue. Legends and lore about the Arts Quad and its statues can be found at Cornelliana . The College of Arts and Sciences offers both undergraduate and graduate (through the Graduate School ) degrees. The only undergraduate degree
240-643: The southern end of the quad. Olin Library replaced Boardman Hall (1892), the original location of the Cornell Law School . In 1992, an underground addition was made to the quad with Kroch Library, an extension of Olin Library that houses several special collections of the Cornell University Library , including the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. Klarman Hall, the first new humanities building at Cornell in over 100 years, opened in 2016. Klarman houses
256-612: The statue of Andrew Dickson White , Cornell's other co-founder and its first president. Lincoln Hall (1888) also stands on the eastern face of the quad next to Goldwin Smith Hall. On the northern face are the domed Sibley Hall and Tjaden Hall (1883). Just off of the quad on the Slope, next to Tjaden, stands the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art , designed by I. M. Pei (1973). Stimson Hall (1902), Olin Library (1959) and Uris Library (1892), with Cornell's landmark clocktower, McGraw Tower, stand on
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