morph1

Hi all,

I want to apply to the Arts and Sciences school so I can take a lot of music courses. But I'd also love to be able to take a few architecture courses as part of my BA, even as a minor, because I probably want to do architecture for grad school, although I'm not sure enough yet to commit to the architecture school.

I toured Cornell and the tour guide told us it's impossible to take courses outside your school. But on Cornell's webpage I found this: "Arts and Sciences students also enjoy access to more than 2,000 courses in the six professional and applied colleges at Cornell."

Maybe the rules vary from school to school. Can anyone speak to the specific question as to whether it's possible for a student in the Arts and Sciences school to take classes in the Architecture school? Thank you!

Cornellian2014

You can take architecture courses as a student in A&S. In fact, the architecture department even offers courses specifically for non-architecture majors. Either you heard the tour guide wrong, or the tour guide should be fired.

zenzic

You can take any class in or outside of your school, as long as you satisfy the prerequisites. There are a few exceptions, but probably not more than 10-20 out of the thousands, and those are usually focused upper-level courses that non-majors would probably never achieve the prerequisites for.