Continuing Education

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The American system of continuing education originated at The Cooper Union with its founding in 1859. Peter Cooper, inventor, industrialist, and philanthropist, wanted to bring first-class educational opportunities to adults in New York and devoted his entire fortune to that goal. For over 150 years, The Cooper Union has maintained this tradition of outstanding courses for adults in its Department of Continuing Education. We invite you to take part in our courses this fall.

Among our Fall course offerings are:

  • Green Building Design
  • Book Arts
  • Calligraphy and Typography
  • Collage and Mixed Media
  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Photography
  • Printmaking
  • Knitting and Crochet
  • Art History and Contemporary Art Issues
  • New York City History
  • Writing
  • Foreign Languages

Fall is the perfect time to learn a new skill, a new language, or a new art form, or to advance in one you have already.

David Greenstein,
Director Department of Continuing Education

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.