Concentrations

Humanities and Arts with Environmental Studies Concentration

This interdisciplinary concentration combines course work from the humanities and arts, social sciences, and other areas to examine environmental issues.

  1. 3/3 units from List 1 ("Designated Environmental Courses in Humanities")
  2. 2/3 units from List 2 ("Related Environmental Courses in Social Sciences"). These may not include courses taken to fulfill the Social Science Requirement.
  3. 1/3 units from List 3 ("Environmental Courses in Other Areas")
  4. MQP in Environmental Studies

List 1. Designated Environmental Courses in Humanities:

AR 2113 Topics in 19th- and 20th-Century Architecture
EN 2237 American Literature and the Environment
HI 1311 Introduction to American Urban History
HI 1341 Introduction to Global History
HI 2353 History of the Life Sciences
HI 2401 U.S. Environmental History
HI 3331 Topics in the History of European Science and Technology
HI 3333 American Technological Development
HI 3335 Topics in the History of Non-Western Science and Technology
PY 2712 Social and Political Philosophy
PY 2713 Bioethics
PY 2717 Philosophy and the Environment

List 2. Related Environmental Courses in Social Sciences:

ECON 2117 Environmental Economics
ECON 2125 Development Economics
GOV 2312 International Environmental Policy
ENV 2400 Environmental Problems and Human Behavior

List 3. Environmental Courses in Other Areas:

BB 2040 Principles of Ecology
CHE 3910 Chemical and Environmental Technology
CHE 3920 Air Quality Management
CE 3059 Environmental Engineering
CE 3070 Urban and Environmental Planning
CE 3074 Environmental Analysis
ME 3422 Environmental Issues and Analysis

Humanities and Arts with Humanities Studies of Science and Technology Concentration

This interdisciplinary concentration enables students to apply the methods of the humanities and social sciences to the study of science and technology.

  1. 2/3 units from List 1 ("Designated HSST Courses")
  2. 2/3 units from List 1 or List 2 ("Closely Related Courses in Humanities")
  3. 2/3 units from List 3 ("Science-Technology-Studies Courses in Other Areas"). These may not include courses taken to fulfill the Social Science Requirement.
  4. MQP in Humanities Studies of Science and Technology

List 1: Designated HSST Courses

AR 2113 Topics in 19th- and 20th-Century Architecture
EN 2252 Science and Scientists in Modern Literature
EN 3215 Genres of Science Writing
HI 1331 Introduction to the History of Science
HI 1332 Introduction to the History of Technology
HI 2331 Science, Technology, and Culture in the Early American Republic
HI 2332 History of Modern American Science and Technology
HI 2352 History of the Exact Sciences
HI 2353 History of the Life Sciences
HI 2354 History of the Physical Sciences
HI 2401 U.S. Environmental History
HI 2402 History of Evolutionary Thought
HI 3317 Topics in Environmental History
HI 3331 Topics in the History of European Science and Technology
HI 3335 Topics in the History of Non-Western Science and Technology
PY 2713 Bioethics
PY 2717 Philosophy and the Environment

List 2: Closely Related Courses in Humanities

AR 3112 Modernism, Mass Culture, and the Avant-Garde
HI 1311 Introduction to American Urban History
HI 2324 Industry and Empire in British History
HI 3311 American Labor History
HI 3323 Topics in the Western Intellectual Tradition
PY 2711 Philosophical Theories of Knowledge and Reality

List 3: Science-Technology-Studies Courses in Other Areas

AR/ID 3150 Light, Vision and Understanding and the Scientific Community
STS 1207 Introduction to the Psycho-Sociology of Science
STS 2208 The Science-Technology Debate
GOV 2302 Science-Technology Policy
GOV 2304 Governmental Decision Making and Administrative Law
GOV 2312 International Environmental Policy

Double Major in Humanities and Arts

Students may pursue a double major in Humanities and Arts and any area of study at WPI. To pursue the double major, a student must satisfy the degree requirements of both disciplines including an MQP and Distribution Requirements. The double major in Humanities and Arts requires 6 units of studies in the Humanities and Arts, including the MQP and Inquiry Seminar or Practicum. Students interested in pursuing this option should contact Prof. B. Addison, Salisbury Labs, for additional information.

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