Public Humanities

Year 1: Understanding

Your first year experience is designed to prepare your mind for everything that follows. The courses you take will prepare you to think critically, communicate creatively, and question everything.

Featured Courses:

• ART 115 – Art History and the Birth of the Museum
• BLKST 100 – Introduction to Black Studies
• COMJ 160 – Foundations of Community & Justice Studies

Year 2: New Approaches

As a sophomore, you’ll declare your major and select your mentor. But that’s just the start of it. You’ll also be asked to choose a minor from an alternate discipline to keep your perspectives fresh and your mind wide open.

Featured courses:

• COMM 125 – Media and Culture
• COMM 241 – Media and Cultural Criticism
• FSHIS 201 – Communication in a Discipline: History

Year 3: Delving Deeper

As you delve deeper and take on a Junior Seminar, you’ll develop an even more eloquent understanding of your chosen fields. And you’ll begin to focus on improving your research skills and rhetorical ability in preparation for your Senior Comp.

Featured Courses

• COMM 320 – Media & Global Cultures
• ENVSC 365 – How Green is Green? German Environmentalisms
• POLSC 322 – Climate and Energy Policy

Year 4: The Comp

One of the accomplishments our alumni are most proud of is their Senior Comp. Every Allegheny student must research, propose, create, and defend an original creative or critical project. You’ll be paired with a mentor throughout the project, and the experience will prepare you well for any step you take after graduation.

Featured Courses

• HIST 341 – American Environmental History
• COMM 320 – Media & Global Cultures
• COMJ 460 – Community Organizing and Civic Professionalism