<p>Since Cornell is know as the place for "any study," I thought it would be fun to talk about some of the less well known majors at Cornell. This is not meant to disparage any major but is simply a chance for us to talk about majors that aren't AEM, biology, or Economics for once. These can either be majors that are extremely rare, or majors that most Cornellians don't know Cornell even offers. For the first, I'd have to say Viticulture and Enology. As for the second, I'd have to say information science.</p>
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<p>atmospheric science…8 people strong.</p>
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<p>Biometry and Statistics</p>
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<p>Independent.</p>
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<p>fiber science</p>
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<p>Classics…</p>
<p>fiber science</p>
<p>I seem to have a knack for running into people with this major.</p>
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<p>I wouldn’t call classics obscure at all. The majority of colleges in the US offer classics I would guess. Impractical maybe, but certainly not obscure.</p>
<p>If we go by that criterion, then fiber science (basically involves the clothing/fashion industry) and atmospheric sciences (pretty much meteorology) wouldn’t be obscure either.</p>
<p>College Scholar</p>
<p>[College</a> of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University](<a href=“http://www.arts.cornell.edu/programs/collschl.php]College”>http://www.arts.cornell.edu/programs/collschl.php)</p>
<p>Allows up to 40 students in each class to create their own academic program, free of any degree requirement other than the number of credits, courses, a senior project and … drumroll please … the PE requirement. When Cornell says “any field of study”, they mean it literally!!!</p>
<p>@ observer4u. My roommate’s an atmospheric science guy.</p>
<p>There are a lot more than 8 Atmospheric Science majors… There’s at least 30-40, try looking harder.</p>
<p>Plus, campuses like Penn State have a much larger Meteorological program with more undergraduate majors. The subject itself is not obscure.</p>
<p>Come to think of it, I don’t know of a single other college in the country that offers my major (DSOC). A few offer rural sociology majors though, and thats pretty similar.</p>
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<p>Besides viticulture, the majors seem pretty not obscure.</p>
<p>As for minors, there’s one in “plant sciences” and another in “soil sciences”.</p>
<p>fiber science definitely isn’t obscure. The viticulture/ enology major is tiiiiiny. Like 12 people.</p>
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<p>^fiber science is somewhat obscure. the majority of people at cornell have no idea that us “apparel design” majors exist. just judging from the amount of blank stares i usually get. and theres only about 15 people a year in the major. (usually starts off at 20-25 and shrinks to 10-15)</p>
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<p>international agriculture and rural development. it’s getting bigger, but still not many people know about it.</p>