Interdisciplinary fields of study include women's studies, medieval studies, Africana studies, Judaic studies, and Latin American and Caribbean area studies. If these don't satisfy a student's intellectual cravings, the Innovational Projects Board will oversee and help students design not only their own majors but courses as well. Internship possibilities exist as do 12 different study abroad programs. Undergraduate students are also encouraged to participate in faculty research projects. For students choosing to do their studying on campus, the university provides six different libraries with excellent resources and study areas as well as a data network allowing access to computer workstations.
Students cite sociology, music and women's studies as being weak.
Although there are complaints that research sometimes receives higher priority than teaching, professors generally receive good marks from students. According to students, getting into needed courses can sometimes be difficult. Binghamton's strong academic reputation has been enhanced by a tough grading policy in which students are given an F rather than no credit, and pluses and minuses as well as straight letter grades. Students agree that the courses are challenging, yet competition among students is not heated. Binghamton ranks as one of the best public arts and sciences schools in the nation, but word of this is slow to cross state lines.