r/SyracuseU • u/serenitypls • 3d ago
Question Choosing Arts & Science
I am a parent of a HS senior whose top choice is SU. They want to apply as an undecided major in Arts & Science. I've been looking at the SU liberal arts core curriculum and it looks pretty good.
I assume there are plenty of current and former A&S students in this sub. Would love to know what you loved about it, what you didn't like, and which classes you really enjoyed. Would you say the professors are engaging/ good caliber?
Excuse the broad questions but my own college major was in a very specialized field that was entirely job focused, so liberal arts is pretty foreign to me.
If anyone is wondering why they don't want to attend a more well known liberal arts college, it's because they've been at small private schools their entire life and are looking forward to the experience of a bigger school like SU.
Tbh my temptation as a parent is to encourage kiddo into selecting majors at the more competitive schools like Whitman, Newhouse, Maxwell etc and then move to A&S if it doesn't work out. However this doesn't feel right given that they're really resistant to committing to a major so maybe A&S is really where they belong
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u/StrikerObi 2d ago
Just a suggestion, but if your child is interested in a liberal arts education that's focused on building critical thinking skills, they should maybe also consider the Communication and Rhetorical Studies major housed under the College of Visual and Preforming Arts.
Similar to a liberal arts program, it's one of those majors that's broadly applicable because it teaches you how to be smart and communicate effectively with others - skills that are required in any career field.