A recent production from Masque, WPI's main theatre group, combined over 20 excerpts of plays with LGBTQ+ themes that were performed at past New Voices festivals into The Showcase, which celebrated the inclusivity of WPI's campus. According to co-dramaturg Katelyne Sibley, the play is "trying to normalize being different instead of thinking about normal as meaning everyone is the same.”
Integral to the WPI Plan, the university’s signature approach to undergraduate education, the Humanities & Arts Department plays a considerable role in each student’s journey here.
The aim is to educate well-rounded, globally aware graduates with exceptional analytical skills and sensitivity to culture and context. The way is to offer a major, minors, concentrations, courses, and a required immersive experience. The result is that all WPI undergraduates get a chance to embrace their inner musician, thespian, poet, artist, linguist, or philosopher.
- Humanities & Arts (BA)
- American Studies
- Chinese Studies
- Drama/Theatre Minor
- English Minor
- History Minor
- International & Global Studies (BA)
- International & Global Studies Minor
- Language Minor
- Media Art
- Music Minor
- Philosophy & Religion Minor
- Professional Writing (BA)
- Writing & Rhetoric Minor
Degrees & Certificates
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Little Theatre
Where Creativity and Expression Meet
New Voices is the nation’s longest continuously running collegiate new and original play festival. Since 1982 the festival has featured performances of original, unpublished scripts from the WPI community. In 2006, New Voices became established in the Little Theatre, the university’s first dedicated theatrical space—an intimate 99-seat black-box-style facility.
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Music at WPI
Humanities & Arts Requirement
All WPI students complete the Humanities & Arts requirement. The goal is for every student to graduate with a broader perspective than that provided solely by the study of science and technology. Students will be exposed to art, theatre, music, and other forms of creative expression by completing six courses—including a seminar or practicum requirement—of their choice.
News & Stories
WPI wrestler Tyler Marsh practices a move under the watchful eye of Coach Matt Oney.
May 04, 2020
Career Opportunities
The skills that students acquire in the Humanities & Arts (HUA) program provide them with a distinct advantage in their chosen fields, which range from careers in environmental studies and public health to writing and performing. For more information on how students put their talents to use after graduation, see the career outlook for HUA graduates.
Announcements
April 07, 2020
WPI Today, Humanities & Arts
April 01, 2020
School of Arts & Sciences
February 06, 2020
School of Arts & Sciences
November 19, 2019
WPI Today, Humanities & Arts
Facts & Figures
100%
of undergraduates
complete the equivalent of a minor in Humanities & Arts
1 of 50
Colleges that Create Futures
The Princeton Review (2016)
Media Coverage
In addition to collecting and donating protective supplies like masks and gloves to local hospitals during the coronavirus outbreak, WPI is also offering other services, such as printing supplies via 3-D printers, MassLive reported.
WBUR mentioned Associate Professor of Interactive Media and Game Development and Humanities & Arts Joshua Rosenstock's Fermentophone exhibit at the Harvard Museum of Natural History as one of the 5 Things To Do This Weekend.