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Dare to Ask Big Questions
Learn to think and inquire deeply, solve problems, and inspire change. In Ithaca College’s School of Humanities and Sciences, you’ll learn from and collaborate with a world-class faculty consisting of researchers, change-makers, writers, artists, humanists, and scientists. You’ll join a community of H&S alumni who are making their mark in such organizations as Oxfam, NASA, Poets & Writers, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, among others.
Programs
The School of Humanities and Sciences (H&S) offers liberal arts programs in the physical sciences, social sciences, creative arts, and humanities. The centerpiece of every H&S program is hands-on research, collaboration, and creative activity.
Learn About the School of Humanities and Sciences
Find opportunities for engagement in every program. Conduct research in state-of-the-art laboratories, be mentored by dedicated faculty, apply theory in hands-on internships, and more.
Why Study the Liberal Arts?
Acquire the intellectual flexibility, confidence, and creativity to adapt to constantly changing circumstances.
Departments & Programs
Explore your passions in the social sciences, STEM, humanities, creative arts, and our uniquely flexible interdisciplinary majors.
About Us
With IC’s liberal arts approach, students engage meaningfully with today’s urgent questions while preparing for their careers.
Faculty and Staff
In the School of Humanities and Sciences, your professors are also your collaborators, your mentors, and your cocreators.
Beyond the Classroom
Encounter transformational moments in the lab or on the IC Natural Lands, in our makerspace, as a summer researcher working closely with a faculty member, or in unexpected conversations across our dynamic campus.
Student Experiences
Meet socially engaged change-makers and exuberant thinkers through clubs, societies, and events brimming with opportunity.
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Undergraduate Programs
With social science majors, preprofessional programs, humanities majors, and more — H&S positions you to learn, grow, and thrive.
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Undergraduate Students
Join a community of eager learners, thoughtful researchers, and lifelong friends.
Spotlights: The Ithaca College Story
H&S students, faculty, and alumni make an impact that reverberates through industries, schools, and communities around the world.
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Antara Sen & Beth Ellen Clark Joseph
Landing Out-of-This-World Opportunities
On a NASA mission, Antara Sen ’22 and Professor Beth Ellen Clark Joseph set national research and lifelong friendship into motion.
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Elisa Rodriguez
Reading the Future
Elisa Rodriguez ’14 is helping to shape tomorrow’s critical thinkers one student at a time.
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Lisa Corewyn & Kari Brossard Stoos
Collaborating Wildly
From IC to Costa Rica, two faculty members forged an unexpected and unwavering partnership to save an endangered species.
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Alex Wilson '77
Turning Our World Around
Alex Wilson ’77 knows the best way to prepare for climate disaster is to expect it—and plan how to bounce forward when it strikes.
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Beth Ryan
Researching Tomorrow’s Solutions
Beth Ryan is unapologetic about nerding out to biochemistry and what might just be the coolest job ever: designing the future of medicine.
Read OnNews from Our School
The science, arts, and humanities programs at IC have a lot to write home about: groundbreaking achievements in applied research, student and faculty awards, impactful student organizations, and so much more.
House of Payne
Kailee Payne ’25 reflects on her record-setting diving career and the journey that brought her home to Ithaca College.
“There’s a Book for Every Child”
Lynn Smith ’96 finds new titles and subjects to engage young readers at Scholastic and its iconic book fairs.
Rachel Wagner Confronts American Gun Violence in New Book
Ithaca College professor’s Cowboy Apocalypse investigates and challenges “good guy with a gun” myth.