Academics

We encourage you to embrace the newness of your college experience by exploring a broad range of liberal arts courses during your first year. Eugene Lang College’s required first-year seminars and writing courses are vital to your overall academic success, helping you develop the skills to grapple with challenging material and diverse perspectives. Your studies this year will be guided by your faculty advisor who also teaches your first-year seminar. No doubt your advisor will encourage you to leave your comfort zone and choose topics you wouldn’t ordinarily decide to study.

Lang offers academic freedom balanced with the structural support of faculty advising as you make decisions about declaring a path of study, including a major and possibly a minor. We also encourage sophomores to begin exploring internships , study abroad , and civic engagement opportunities.

You will hone your focus as you take upper-level courses for more in-depth study of your academic interests. This is also when many Lang students take part in engaged learning opportunities such as study abroad and the Eugene Lang College Dean’s Honors Symposium . Some students also begin their graduate studies as part of our Bachelor's-Master's program . All seniors complete a capstone requirement and meet with advisors to prepare for life after Lang.

Lang-sponsored fellowships, grants, and symposia offer our students opportunities to connect their interests with real-world experiences outside of the classroom.

Build on Lang’s legacy of CESJ work by participating in programs at The New School and throughout NYC that support social justice during the year and over the summer.

Lang's academic summit celebrates student work including class projects, internships, study abroad experiences, senior capstones, and independent work in the community. #LangDHS