Humanics Minor
Program Overview
The 15-credit minor in Humanics is designed to prepare students for decision-making and creative problem solving in complex, human-centered environments. The interdisciplinary minor requires five courses, each of which emphasize one or more of the five core Humanics competencies: agility, empathy, critical thinking, cultural competency, and creativity.
The minor draws on existing courses across humanities, social sciences, psychology, communication, arts, education, and applied fields to facilitate interdisciplinary critical thinking and real-world application of skills.
Curriculum (15 Credits)
Choose one course from each of the five categories; two of the courses must be at the 2000-level or above.
- Critical Thinking Pillar (3 credits)
- Empathy (3 credits)
- Cultural Competency and Communication (3 credits)
- Creativity (3 credits)
- Agility and Applied Problem Solving (3 credits)
Critical Thinking (3 credits)
- HUMN 1100 Methods in Humanities
- HUMN 1151 / PHIL 1151 AI and Critical Thinking
- Any course with the LITS prefix
- PHIL 1101 Introduction to Logic
- PHIL 1102 Introduction to Philosophy
- PHIL 1112 Critical Thinking for College and Life
- PHIL 2103 Philosophy of AI
- PSYC 3331 Theories of Learning
Empathy (3 credits)
- CJUS 2208 Victimology
- CJUS 3012 / PSYC 3012 Crisis Intervention (confirm permission with Psych)
- CJUS 3326 Rehabilitation & Reentry Strategies
- EDUC 3601 Equity, Ethics & Education
- HUMN 2700 Medical Humanities
- LANG 2023 Language & Discrimination
- LITS 2701 Health & Healing
- LITS 2702 Literary Perspectives on Mental Health and Mental Illness
- LITS 2703 Literary Perspectives on Disability
- LITS 2704 Literary Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Death
- LITS 2705 Literary Perspectives on Aging
- PHIL 1103 Ethics
- PHIL 1440 Biomedical Ethics
- PHIL 2008 Ethical Issues in the Movies
- PSYC 2234 Social Psychology
- PSYC 3015 Theories of Personality
- THEA 1110 Intro to Acting
- THEA 2204 Intermediate Acting
Cultural Competency and Communication (3 credits)
- AFAM 1100 / HUMN 1100 Intro to African American Studies
- ARTH 1103 Principles of Art Appreciation
- CJUS 1112 Race and Gender in Criminal Justice
- CJUS 1130 Working with Children & Families
- CJUS 1135 Intro to Social Justice
- CJUS 3320 Interviewing & Counseling Strategies
- COMM 2102 International Communication
- COMM 2204 Intro to Human Communication
- COMM 3006 The Power of Storytelling
- CREW 2022 Storytelling and Justice
- EDUC 3551 Hip Hop, Education, and Culture
- EPS 2202 NYC: One City, Many Cultures
- HIST 2202 Intro to African History
- HIST 2503 Indigenous People of Americas
- HUMN 2710 Traditions of Medicine and Health
- LANG 2024 Latino Voices in the US
- LITS 2050 Voices of India
- LITS 3073 Irish Literature
- PSYC 3339 Psychology of Prejudice
- PSYC 3372 Case Management w/ Underserved Communities
- Any course with the SOCI prefix
Creativity (3 credits)
- Any courses with prefix ANIM, ARTS, CGD, CREW, DAN, FILM, MUSI, THEA
Agility & Applied Problem-Solving (3 credits)
- Internship in any discipline
- COIL course in any discipline
- Study abroad course(s)
- APEX 3941 Global Career Accelerator
- CJUS 3327 Digital Forensics
- CSCI 1205 Intro to Programming / CSCI 1201 Intro to Programming
- CSCI 2100 Mobile App Development
- CSCI 3311 Python for Data Science
- GEOG 1102 / GOVT 1102 Geography and World Issues
- GEOG 2700 Environmental Geography
- GOVT 2216 Current Events in Politics
- HIST 2297 History of Science and Technology
- MIS 1135 Introduction to Computers / CSCI 1105
- MIS 2245 Current Technology Issues
- MIS 1045 Info Tech for Business
- MIS 3142 Information Security
- PSYC 3014 Psychology in Film
- PSYC 4391 Techniques of Psychotherapy
- SOCI 2500 Food and Society
- THEA 1115 Solo Performance