A virtually unlimited array of academic opportunities await you in the College of Arts and Sciences, but the curriculum will frame them for you, and our extensive advising network will help you navigate them. Don't worry if you're still unsure of the path that lies before you. A majority of students are undecided about their major when they arrive at Penn. After exploring our extensive offerings, many others will change their minds and begin a course of study they never considered before. That's why this education is so fulfilling: it has the power to change you, to enable you to cultivate interests you did not know you had, to lead you to find yourself through exploring the complex world we study in the College of Arts and Sciences at Penn.
In this community of scholars, you'll match your mind against the best that's been thought in any time and place. Not only will you gain knowledge about the world, but you'll also develop the critical, creative and conceptual tools needed to add to that knowledge for yourself and others. You will develop an appreciation for a broad range of human endeavors and a deep understanding of a select few. You will learn to view a problem from a variety of perspectives and convey your understanding to others. Most of all, you will develop the skills that underlie a lifetime of learning.
