<p>I'm applying to the College of Arts & Sciences at Cornell, and I read somewhere on CC that you can take courses at any of the other colleges at Cornell, even if you're a student at the A&S college, but I can't seem to confirm this on the website. Can anyone confirm this for me? It's one of the biggest reasons I'm applying to the college, and I don't want to write something incorrect in my supplementary essay.</p>
<p>In order to graduate from CAS you need 120 credits - and 100 need to be in the Arts School. That allows you 20 credits (or more if you’d like as long as you meet the 100) to take classes in other schools at Cornell, to import AP credits or credits from a CC. The caveat is that certain classes in/at other schools will not count towards major or filling breadth/core requirements and that you can not obtain a double major outside CAS but you CAN obtain a minor.</p>
<p>Some classes in other colleges are cross-listed in CAS and thus count towards the required 100 CAS credits.</p>
<p>Yes, you can take basically any course you want. At least 1/3 of mine are going to be engineering courses.</p>
<p>Being a CAS student affords one incredible choices. There are over 2,000 classes in CAS, plus another 2,000 courses offered in the other undergrad colleges at Cornell.</p>
<p>True, but the cross listing can be a little tricky when being used to fulfill breadth and distribution requirements.</p>
<p>Yes, you can take courses at any other college, but I don’t think it’s a distinguishing feature of Arts and Sciences versus any other college. For instance, many engineers were in my history class in Arts and Sciences this semester since engineers have to fulfill liberal arts requirements.</p>
<p>You can take any course at Cornell, but most students are restricted by their college in some fashion. People wind up taking most of their classes in their college or even major depending on the goals of students in each department.</p>