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Certificate Requirements

All students must enroll in the two foundational courses and then choose at least 2 classes in a specific pathway to complete the certificate.

Foundational/Required Courses:

HUM 101 (GH/IL) /Transformative Texts I (Antiquity to Modern Times):  Students will read texts from a variety of humanities disciplines alongside appropriate historical context to learn how ideas transformed, and were transformed, by social, economic, political, and historical events and institutions. The course supports open dialogue and critical engagement among students and faculty, to promote curiosity, reflexivity, and mindfulness, while cultivating the spirit of life-long learning. 

HUM 102 (GH/US)/Transformative Texts II (Modern Times to the Present):  This second course of the Keystone sequence explores critical issues from the modern era through texts and visual materials. The course supports open dialogue and critical engagement among students and faculty, to promote curiosity, reflexivity, and mindfulness, while cultivating the spirit of life-long learning. Students will also learn how issues of intersectionality, history, interculturalism, global perspectives, democratic and ethical decision making, and many other areas covered in the humanities will make them better citizens at work and in their local, national, and global communities. 

Pathway Options

(minimum of two courses from one pathway)

Pathway 1: Science and Technology

AMST 100: Intro to American Studies
GAME 180N: The Art and Science of Virtual Worlds
GEOG 2N: Apocalyptic Geographies: How can we prevent the end of the world?
GEOG 30N: Environment and Society in a Changing World
EARTH 104N: Climate, Energy and Our Future
HIST 6N/METEO 6N: History and Weather: How Weather Played an Instrumental Role in Great World Events
HIST 111: Intro to US Food History
HIST 151N: Technology and Society in American History
INART 3: Reception of the Arts
IST 110: Information, People and Technology
SC 60N: Art in the Natural World

SC 125N: History of Infectious Disease and Epidemiology
 
SUST 150N - The Science of Sustainable Development 

Pathway 2: Environment and Sustainability

ANTH 2N: World Archaeology 
GEOG 2N: Apocalyptic Geographies: How can we prevent the end of the world?
GEOG 30N: Environment and Society in a Changing World
EARTH 103N: Earth in the Future: Predicting Climate Change and Its Impacts Over the ext Century
EARTH 104N: Climate, Energy, and Our Future
EARTH 107N: Coastal Processes, Hazards and Society
EARTH 111N: Water: Science and Society
GEOG 30N: Environment and Society in a Changing World
HIST 6N/METEO 6N: History and Weather: How Weather Played an Instrumental Role in Great World Events
SC 60N: Art in the Natural World
SUST 150N - The Science of Sustainable Development 

Pathway 3: Medical Humanities

AMST 100: Intro to American Studies
APLNG 220N: Multilingual Lives: Stories of Language and Culture Learning
ART 175N: Intersections Between Art and Psychology

CAS 101N: Introduction to Human Communication

CAS 271N: Intercultural Communication
COMM 100N: The Mass Media and Society
 
ENGL 184: The Short Story
ENGL 135: Alternative Voices in American Literature
ENGL 194/WMNST 194: Women Writers
ENGL 228: Introduction to Disability Studies in the
Humanities
HDFS 108N: Art and Science of Human Flourishing
HIST 111: Intro to US Food History
HIST 114N: Historical Perspectives on Healthcare Innovations
INART 3: Reception of the Arts
IST 110: Information, People and Technology

LTNST 315N: Spanish and Spanish-speakers in the U.S.
PHIL 1: The Great Questions
PHIL 103: Ethics

PHIL 242N: Happiness and Well-Being
RHS 100: Introduction to Disability Culture

RLST 1: Introduction to World Religions

RLST 3: Intro to Asian Religions
SC 125N: History of Infectious Disease and Epidemiology

SOC 119N: Race, Ethnicity and Culture

WMNST 1: Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies

Pathway 4: Management and Organizations

AMST 100: Intro to American Studies
APLNG 220N: Multilingual Lives: Stories of Language and Culture Learning

Art 10: Introduction to Visual Studies

ART 175N: Intersections Between Art and Psychology 
ARTH 307N: American Art and Society

ARTH 326: Art since 1940

CAS 101N: Introduction to Human Communication
CAS 271N: Intercultural Communication
CMLIT 153: International Cultures: Film and Literature
COMM 100N: The Mass Media and Society
CRIM 225N: Organized Crime in Film and Society
CRIMJ 159: History of the FBI
GEOG 30N: Environment and Society in a Changing World
HIST 11: World History since 1500
HIST 21: American Civilization since 1877
HIST 114N: Historical Perspectives on Healthcare Innovations
HIST 121: History of the Holocaust 1933-1945
HIST 151N: Technology and Society in American History

HIST 173: Vietnam in War and Peace
INART 001: The Arts
INART 3: Reception of the Arts
IST 110: Information, People and Technology
PHIL 1: The Great Questions

PHIL 3: Ethical Life
PHIL 103: Ethics
PHIL 123: Media Ethics

RHS 100: Introduction to Disability Culture
SOC 119N: Race, Ethnicity and Culture
WMNST 1: Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies

​Pathway 5: Conflict and Justice

AMST 100: Intro to American Studies
APLNG 220N: Multilingual Lives: Stories of Language and Culture Learning
ART 175N: Intersections Between Art and Psychology 
ARTH 307N: American Art and Society
ARTH 326: Art since 1940
CAS 101N: Introduction to Human Communication
CAS 271N: Intercultural Communication

CMLIT 191N/GAME 160N: Introduction to Video Game Culture
COMM 100N: The Mass Media and Society
COMM 222N: - Social Justice and the Image 
CRIMJ 159: History of the FBI

ENGL 129: Shakespeare
ENGL 135: Alternative Voices in American Literature

ENGL 184: The Short Story

ENGL 194/WMNST 194: Women Writers
ENGL 228: Introduction to Disability Studies in the Humanities
HIST 10: World History to 1500
HIST 11: World History since 1500

HIST 12: History of Pennsylvania
HIST 20: American Civilization to 1877
HIST 21: American Civilization since 1877

HIST 121: History of the Holocaust
HIST 144: The World at War
HIST 173: Vietnam in War and Peace

IST 110: Information, People and Technology
LTNST 127: Introduction to U.S. Latina/o History
LTNST 315N: Spanish and Spanish-speakers in the U.S.

PHIL 1: The Great Questions

PHIL 3: Ethical Life
PHIL 103: Ethics
PHIL 123: Media Ethics
PLSC 291: Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies
RHS 100: Introduction to Disability Culture
SOC 119/N: Race, Ethnicity and Culture
WMNST 1: Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies

WMNST 117: Women in US History

Pathway 6: Culture and Globalization

AMST 100: Intro to American Studies
ANTH 2N: World Archaeology 
APLNG 220N: Multilingual Lives: Stories of Language and Culture Learning
Art 10: Introduction to Visual Studies
ART 175N: Intersections Between Art and Psychology 
ARTH 100: Introduction to Art

ARTH 111/U: Ancient to Medieval Art

ARTH 112: Renaissance to Modern Art

ARTH 226: The Comic Book: A History of Sequential Art 
ARTH 307N: American Art and Society
ARTH 326: Art since 1940
CAS 101N: Introduction to Human Communication
CAS 271N: Intercultural Communication

CMLIT 153: International Cultures: Film and Literature

CMLIT 191N: Introduction to Video Game Culture

COMM 100N: The Mass Media and Society
COMM 222N: Social Justice and the Image 

CRIM 225N: Organized Crime in Film and Society

ENGL 129: Shakespeare

ENGL 135: Alternative Voices in American Literature

ENGL 184: The Short Story
ENGL 194/WMNST 194: Women Writers

GAME 160N: Introduction to Video Game Culture

INART 3: Reception of the Arts
INART 115: The Popular Arts in America: Popular Music
LLED 215N: Children's Picture Books as Multimodal
Texts
LTNST 127: Introduction to U.S. Latina/o History
LTNST 315N: Spanish and Spanish-speakers in the U.S.
Music 5: An Introduction to Western Music
Music 7: Evolution of Jazz
Music 9: Intro to World Musics
Music 207N: Jazz and the African American Experience
RHS 100: Introduction to Disability Culture
RLST 1: Introduction to World Religions

RLST 3: Intro to Asian Religions
SOC 119N: Race, Ethnicity and Culture
THEA 105: Introduction to Theater
WMNST 1: Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
WMNST 117: Women in US History 

For further information please contact:
Dr. Margaret Christian 
mrc1@psu.edu.

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