Liberal Arts Courses in New York

Eugene Lang College

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Lang offers more than 600 courses each year. Below are a few examples. Students also have access to many of the 1,700 courses offered throughout the university. To see degree and minor requirements, visit the Academic program pages.
Featured Spring 2025 Courses

Each semester, our faculty design hundreds of relevant courses that reflect the latest cultural, political, and social developments. Here’s a snapshot of some of the current courses that are available for you to choose from.

LLSJ 3050
Startup Journalism

Digital tools allow anyone to find new ways of meeting the information needs of communities united by geography, identity, and common interests. Entrepreneurial journalists have found ways to get paid using these tools. Paid subscribers support newsletters about everything from progressive politics ...
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LPHI 3067
Here Come the Robots

I probably could have written a passable version of this course description using ChatGPT. This raises the question of what would be lost, or gained, if I did, and, more generally, how humans fit into our technology-suffused world. Do recent rapid advances in AI and robotics represent an existential...
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LVIS 2001
Introduction to Art History and Visual Studies

This course introduces students to the foundations of Art History and Visual Studies.The class familiarizes students with key terms and debates, and methods from formal analysis to theoretical and interdisciplinary approaches, which are employed in the analysis and interpretation of art works and vi...
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UENV 3202
Food, Power & Paradox

This course deals with private interests in the food system ? from small food and farm enterprises to transnational corporations ? that encompasses half the world?s labor force, half the world?s assets, 40% of consumer purchases and produce over 25% of the world?s greenhouse gas emissions. The publ...
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UGLB 2515
International Law and Violence

International Law and Violence is a rigorous college-level course that critically examines the intersection of international law and the use of violence in a variety of contexts. We start by questioning the strict opposition between ?force? and ?law? in the domestic setting. Using a critical legal t...
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LINA 2073
Recording Change: Oral Histories, Podcasts, and the Audio Art of Social Justice

Oral history and podcasts are methods that allow people to broadcast their stories, while providing others an opportunity to listen. In this class, students will have a chance to consider the history of the two methods, dive into related theory, literature, art practices; and have opportunities to ...
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LCST 3170
Screenwriting

For students who have already learned the basics of screenwriting and film production, this course is modeled around the functioning of the Writer's Room on an episodic series. Students will participate collaboratively, write independently, and develop a series together. Emphasis will be placed on s...
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LHIS 3052
Consumer Culture

This course examines how United States became the quintessential consumer society, where citizens define `the good life' and a good political order through consumer abundance and a rising standard of living.The perspective is historical, tracing the origins of consumer culture to the colonial period...
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Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice

Social justice education is integral to Lang’s identity, mission, and values. We recognize that this learning is lifelong. In light of the global actions in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and conversations around elections, anti-Blackness, racism, and oppression, we assembled this list of current course offerings centered on equity, inclusion, and social justice.

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Civic Liberal Arts

Lang provides a rare opportunity to learn from distinguished non-faculty professionals in fields that interest you. Each semester, we offer a series of Civic Liberal Arts courses that bring community partners into Lang classrooms. This program also employs one paid Civic Liberal Arts Student Fellow.

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Featured Spring 2025 Courses

Startup Journalism

Here Come the Robots

Introduction to Art History and Visual Studies

Food, Power & Paradox

International Law and Violence

Recording Change: Oral Histories, Podcasts, and the Audio Art of Social Justice

Screenwriting

Consumer Culture

Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice

Civic Liberal Arts

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Undergraduate Adult Learners

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