Monday, June 29, 2026
Syracuse Drops 84 Majors Including Classics, Ceramics and Italian
The New York Times: Syracuse University is closing or halting enrollment in about 20 percent of its academic programs, in a move that the school’s provost said was designed to create a university that would be “more focused, more distinctive and more aligned with student demand.”
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From reading the article it seems like there are two potential outcomes of this decision. While it is possible that this change will lead to decreased study in the arts and humanities, that is not necessarily the case. As the article states the course work isn't going away, only the specifically defined major. Especially in the arts what's written on the diploma is far less important than the coursework pursued and knowledge learned during the degree. If this change is handled properly I think that it could foster the arts rather than harm them. So long as the more general degrees exist I believe that allowing students to define their own pathways to learning a subject rather than following a predefined major. In many ways the arts and humanities need not have have as strictly defined majors as STEM. Of course everything I've said is contingent on the idea that there is enough flexibility in the remaining majors for students to pursue fields of study that interest them that aren't strictly organized in a degree path.
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