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
[email protected].