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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Upcoming Events

December 4, 2024

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

The Lehman Jazz Ensemble and the Lehman Guitar Ensemble give their joint end-of-semester performance.

Both of these ensembles are made up of versatile student musicians enrolled at Lehman. The Jazz Ensemble will perform in a variety of genres including Jazz, Latin-Jazz, and Hip Hop. The Guitar Ensemble will perform contemporary arrangements drawing upon the rich history of the guitar and its use in Blues, Jazz, Pop, and Rock.

December 6, 2024

8:00 AM - 6:30 PM

Marathon Reading of John Milton's Paradise Lost!

The English Seminar on Paradise Lost (ENG 314 / LSP 351) is delighted to invite the Lehman community to an all-day reading of John Milton's epic poem!

December 6, 2024

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Auditions for Ti-Jean and His Brothers Friday December 6, 2024 from 12-5pm in the Apex on Lehman College Campus, Room M18 for dance, singing, and acting auditions

The Theatre and Dance programs are holding auditions for Ti-Jean and His Brothers, by Derek Walcott Friday December 6, 2024 from 12-5pm in the Apex on Lehman College Campus, Room M18 for dance, singing, and acting auditions Ti-Jean and His Brothers by Derek Walcott, music by Andre Tanker directed by Rick DesRochers, choreography by Michael Manswell A dance/theatre collaboration from the Nobel Prize-winning playwright/poet and founder of the Trinidad Theatre Workshop, Derek Walcott.

December 7, 2024

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Readings from the Poets of En La Tradición: Fall 2024 Poets' Workshop

Join the English Department for the culminating reading of the La Cocina fall poetry workshop featuring a reading from Nuyorican legend, Victor Hernandez Cruz!

December 8, 2024

2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Winter Concert: Chorus and Orchestra

Master works for chorus and orchestra including Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, additional works by Mendelssohn, Rutter, Handel, as well as multicultural seasonal selections and a holiday sing-along for the audience.

December 10, 2024

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Tribute to Mongo Santamaria

The Lehman Latin Jazz Ensemble presents a thrilling journey through the music of legendary Cuban-American percussionist Mongo Santamaria, whose groundbreaking fusion of Latin rhythms and jazz revolutionized the music world.