Macaulay Honors College

Macaulay Honors College students take advantage of New York’s rich cultural and intellectual resources. A unique “Cultural Passport” gives Macaulay students free (or greatly reduced) entrance to many of New York’s cultural landmarks and educational institutions, where students extend classroom learning into primary resources of every shape and kind – plays, museums, interactive exhibits, and much more.

The Cultural Passport opens minds as well as doors, helping students understand their own potential for growth and development within the context of this extraordinarily diverse and vital city. The curriculum of Seminar One, "The Arts in New York City," provides many opportunities for students to use the Cultural Passport at concerts, operas, theatrical events, and museum exhibits. They continue their exploration through successive semesters as the focus of the seminars moves from the arts to other aspects of the city. Once familiar with Cultural Passport institutions and organizations through their course work, University Scholars continue to use the Passport on their own throughout their four years at Macaulay Honors College.

"The arts and culture are no longer a world outside of me but are now a part of who I am."