Academics
Eugene Lang College is the liberal arts college of New York City's The New School, where students are allowed to customize their curriculum using resources throughout The New School, including Parsons School of Design, The College of Performing Arts, and a range of other colleges and schools. Classes at Lang itself are readingand writing-intensive and typically conducted seminar-style, with the curriculum inherently cross-disciplinary (dual degrees and cross-university minors are readily available). All students complete a First Year Seminar and writing courses as well as some light general requirements (though "the bare credit minimum to graduate for each kind of course is flexible and forgiving"), and are encouraged to look into study abroad and internships as early as their sophomore year. The school understands that "not everyone learns the same way," and so the highly specific courses on offer "are all unique and crafted with care and deliberateness," and most take high advantage of the locale, with "field trips almost every class around New York City." Career Services also taps into the city to connect students with moments for growth: "internships and opportunities are truly out there."
Professors "put effort into creating comfortable atmospheres for student discussion" and "their knowledge comes from real world experience rather than pure theory." As one student says: "You can tell they always come to class ready and excited (in their own way) to discuss the topic they teach." Unique projects often replace exams and assignments, with students citing "graphic arts or musical pieces or performance art in lieu of written essays," or a class in which "we created a zine which was shared with the Lang community." There's "a level of freedom across all disciplines of study," and students appreciate that the texts used "discuss different perspectives on the topics" come from "authors of all different types of backgrounds, rather sticking to the traditional canon."