School of Arts and Humanities
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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Department News
Lehman Alumna Aminata Gueye ’25 Performs at the Guggenheim
Poet and writer takes the stage as part of Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers performance series
English Professor Mario DiGangi Takes a New Look at Shakespeare
Close reading reveals connection between physical depiction and reader perception
Lehman College Music Professor Honored for Brain Health Innovations
Concetta Tomaino named to 2025 Fierce 50 list
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Graphics speak to NYC's cultural richness
Lehman Faculty Join Institute for Citizens & Scholars Retreat
Ohmer, Sall advance early-career scholarship
New York City Mayor’s Office celebrates Day of the Dead with Lehman
CUNY Mexican Studies Institute Receives Mayoral Honor at Gracie Mansion
Upcoming Events
December 7, 2025
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Winter Concert Lehman College & Community Chorus Lehman Symphony Orchestra
Master works for chorus and orchestra including Vivaldi’s Gloria in D Major, additional works by Mozart, Brahms, Rutter, and Handel, as well as multicultural seasonal selections and a holiday sing-along for the audience.
December 8, 2025
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Lehman Jazz Ensemble Lehman Guitar Ensemble December Concert
These two ensembles showcase the versatility and creativity of Lehman’s student musicians. The Jazz Ensemble will perform an eclectic mix of styles, including jazz, Latin jazz, and hip hop. The Guitar Ensemble will present contemporary arrangements inspired by the instrument’s rich traditions in blues, jazz, pop, and rock.
December 8, 2025
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Film Screening: "A Portrait of Michel" (Remembering Disappeared Syrians)
December 8 will be the 1-year anniversary of the fall of the Hafez al-Assad regime. Jennifer MacKenzie (English & Journalism and Media Studies) will be screening a short (43-minute) documentary, "A Portrait of Michel", by Christine Gedeon, a Syrian-American filmmaker, about her disappeared uncle, Dr. Michel Saadé, a young Paris-trained doctor who was abducted and imprisoned during the rule of Hafez al-Assad. Director Gedeon will answer questions about the documentary after the screening.
December 9, 2025
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Experience exhilarating Latin jazz in the spirit of legends such as Machito, Tito Puente, Mario Bauzá, and Cal Tjader. For this performance, the ensemble will present selections from the iconic repertoires of Mongo Santamaría, Mario Bauzá, Poncho Sanchez, and Eddie Palmieri, celebrating the artists who helped shape the genre.
December 14, 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A festive mix of holiday selections and wind-band classics, including perennial holiday favorites Christmas Festival and Sleigh Ride, a medley of traditional tunes in Hanukah Festival Overture, the lively Dreidel Dance, and by popular demand, Minor Alterations, a playful game of musical hide-and-seek. Rounding out the program will be two movements from British composer Philip Sparke’s Sinfonietta No. 4, a vibrant work offering a modern salute to grand band masters of the past.