Overview
Code as a Liberal Art is an undergraduate minor offered through Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts.
Students in this minor deepen their understanding of code and
computational thinking as part of a liberal arts education. Through disciplinary-based projects, you gain coding skills and investigate questions of access, equity, and social justice in relation to technological systems. Learn more about the Code as a Liberal Art program.
Curriculum
The curriculum for this minor draws on undergraduate courses offered at Lang and Parsons. Electives must be chosen in consultation with the director of this program. See the university course catalog for fall 2024 Code as a Liberal Art courses that fulfill these requirements.
The minor in Code as a Liberal Art requires completion of five courses, distributed as shown below, totaling a minimum of 18 credits:
- LCOD 2000 Code as a Liberal Art (formerly LCST 2436) (4 credits)
- LCOD 201x Code Toolkit (3 credits)
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Any other LCOD courses or approved electives (11-12 credits)
Total credits: 18-19
Students must receive a grade of C or better in all courses taken to fulfill the minor.
Eligibility
Minors are available to undergraduate students across The New School.
Please meet with your Student Success advisor to discuss how a minor will fit in with your overall degree requirements. If you have additional questions about requirements for the Code as a Liberal Art that cannot be answered by your Student Success advisor,
please consult:
Rory Solomon
Director and Assistant Professor of Code as a Liberal Art
[email protected]
How to Declare or Change a Minor
General guidelines for declaring a minor are available here. Current students can declare or change a minor by logging in to my.newschool.edu, clicking on the Academics tab,
and then clicking on the link to Major/Minor Declarations.