The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences offers a wide range of programs for you to select from. We offer numerous opportunities for students who are passionate about the environment, dedicated to agriculture, considering a career in business, or interested in natural sciences. Take a moment to explore the four academic priority areas for the College, think about what you like to do and what areas of study interest you. 

• Applied Social Sciences
• Environmental Sciences
  
• Life Sciences
• Agriculture and Food

Social Sciences

CALS prides itself on providing our students with an education that combines theory and practical application. This integrated approach prepares students to educate and enhance communities and foster economic development. If you are interested in business leadership, efficient use of resources, new product and service creation, agricultural and mathematics education, communication technologies, media campaigns, environmental management, community development, working with a developing nation, community or civic design, you have many choices within CALS.  Programs that might interest you are:

Environmental Sciences

Are you interested in problem-solving, research, public policy or community outreach?  Are you looking for a broad-based diversity of programs that allow you to pursue your environmental interests?  CALS students are able to apply environmental knowledge they have gained through academic research, course work, field experience, internships and public outreach to better the communities of the world.

Are you unsure of what academic program will best match your interests?  You can explore any of the academic programs listed below or you may also find this description of the Undergraduate Majors in Environment (pdf) helpful.

Other closely related programs:

Life Sciences

The New Life Sciences Initiative (NLSI) is a university wide initiative that will enhance and support research and education by accelerating the pace of promising new discoveries that can improve the quality of life.  This multi-disciplinary approach allows students to study the interaction of life at all levels, from cells to ecosystems and provides opportunities for analysis and use of new technologies.  The breadth and range of programs prepare our students to help address the concerns of the world and issues that are facing developing nations.

Agriculture and Food

CALS has a tradition of meeting society's needs.  Cornell University, a federal land-grant university, literally "grew up on the farm."  Agriculture was the catalyst for the university's founding in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and his friend Andrew Dickson White.  Their vision has evolved in to a student centered learning community dedicated to a wide access, independent learning, and new technologies that will deliver knowledge anytime, anywhere and to nearly anyone.  Through world-recognized teaching research, and extension programs CALS has made a local and global impact on the way the Earth's inhabitants live, learn and thrive.