The Syracuse College of Arts and Sciences was established in 1870 as the founding college at Syracuse University

Syracuse University

Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...

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It houses three academic divisions: Sciences and Mathematics, the Humanities, and the Social Sciences. The Social Science division is jointly administered with Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs is the public policy school of Syracuse University...

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Academics & Research

Syracuse University is a highly selective and renowned liberal arts college.. It is also home to research centers like the the Center for Health and Humanities Center. It also houses research institutes: Moynihan Institute for Global Affairs, Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute,and the Biomaterials Institute. It also sponsors the Africa Initiative.

Departments

Departments in within the three divisions include African American Studies

Department of African American Studies - Syracuse University

The Department of African American Studies at Syracuse University is a leading Africana studies department in the United States. It is a prominent independent department at Syracuse University that has had a long history of activism and scholarship in Black and Pan African Studies...

, Biology, Chemistry, International Relations, Political Science, Sociology, Mathematics and the College of Visual and Performing Arts, Women's and Gender Studies. Syracuse's College of Visual and Performing Arts placed its mark on history as the nation's first degree-granting college of fine arts.

Majors & Minors

Undergraduate Majors and Minors Offered
African American Studies	Anthropology	Art History	Arts and Sciences/Art
Arts and Sciences/Music	Biology	Biochemistry
Chemistry	Classics	Communication Sciences and Disorders	Earth Sciences
Economics	English and Textual Studies	English Education	Fine Arts
French and Francophone Studies	Geography	German Language, Literature, and Culture	History
International Relations	Italian Language, Literature, and Culture	Linguistic Studies
Mathematics	Mathematics Education	Music History and Cultures	Philosophy
Physics	Policy Studies (Public Affairs)	Public Affairs Program	Political Philosophy
Political Science	Psychology	Religion	Russian Language, Literature, and Culture
Science Education (Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Physics)	Selected Studies	Social Studies Education	Sociology
Spanish Language, Literature, and Culture	Women's and Gender Studies	Writing and Rhetoric	The Writing Program