The Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Communication exemplifies Lawrence Technological University’s College of Arts and Sciences’ mission to foster creative minds and critical thinkers through effective teaching and real world experiences.
LTU offers you a substantial assortment of courses from:
- Victorian and Modern Literature
- Broadcast Studio Technique
- Abnormal Psychology
- Business Law
The diverse course work takes you beyond the classroom, whether it is a study abroad trip to Paris or the set of a newsroom – giving you the experience you need in today’s competitive working world.
Student Experience
Idea Factory is a speaker series that showcases course-based research experiences.
Humanity + Technology is a lecture series offering an interdisciplinary conversation about the world we make and what it means.
Grand Challenge Scholars Program seeks students to work on projects researching humanity's technological challenges.
Degrees:
| Major/Program | Type of Program |
|---|---|
| Economics | Minor |
| English | Minor |
| General Studies | Two-year Associate |
| History | Minor |
| Industrial/Organizational Psychology | Undergrad Certificate |
| Media Communication | Minor |
| Media Communication | Four-year Baccalaureate |
| Philosophy | Minor |
| Pre-Dental | Pre-Professional |
| Pre-Law | Pre-Professional |
| Pre-Medical | Pre-Professional |
| Psychology | Four-year Baccalaureate |
| Psychology | Minor |
| Radio and Television Broadcasting | Two-year Associate |
| Technical and Professional Communication | Minor |
| Technical and Professional Communication | Undergrad Certificate |
| Technological Humanities | Four-year Baccalaureate |
| Television and Video Production | Undergrad Certificate |
| Major/Program | Type of Program |
|---|---|
| Media Communication | Four-year Baccalaureate |
| Psychology | Four-year Baccalaureate |
| Technological Humanities | Four-year Baccalaureate |
| Major/Program | Type of Program |
|---|---|
| Economics | Minor |
| English | Minor |
| History | Minor |
| Media Communication | Minor |
| Philosophy | Minor |
| Psychology | Minor |
| Technical and Professional Communication | Minor |
| Major/Program | Type of Program |
|---|---|
| Industrial/Organizational Psychology | Undergrad Certificate |
| Technical and Professional Communication | Undergrad Certificate |
| Television and Video Production | Undergrad Certificate |
News
Specs Howard School of Media Arts to become part of Lawrence Technological University
Lawrence Technological University will become the new home of the Specs Howard School of Media Arts. Specs Howard has offered courses in radio and television broadcasting, graphic design, and digital media arts since 1970, and has graduated more than15,000 alumni in these fields.Read more
Race, Technology, and the City: A Humanity+Technology Symposium
Uniting community organizers, activists, and academics, this special Humanity+Technology event will investigate the intersections of identity, infrastructure, and the urban imagination.Read more
CoAS students and instructors excel on Research Day 2021
The judging has been completed for the Research Day Undergraduate Poster Awards, and the Research Day Entrepreneurial Potential Awards.Read more
Idea Factory: "Understanding the Disproportionate Lack of Diversity and Inclusion in Professional Nursing"
The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified the long-known disparities in care for the marginalized in our society, including the poor and vulnerable and racial and ethnic minorities.Read more
LTU Society for Dramatic Arts to present online play
The Lawrence Technological University Society of Dramatic Arts (SODA) will present “The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon” in three online performances Thursday, April 8, Saturday, April 10, and Sunday, April 11.Read more
Idea Factory: "Models and Modeling - A Framework for Moving Towards a More Inclusive STEM"
In an interdisciplinary team seeking to work across boundaries to create new knowledge, we found we had an obstacle that proved bigger than we estimated – language and culture around what we defined as models and modeling.Read more
From Prototyping to Worldbuilding
How and to what effects is prototyping a mode of inquiry in humanities research and teaching? In this talk, I survey examples across labs and classrooms and then attend to one project in particular: "Remaking the Reading Optophone" at the University of Victoria (UVic).Read more
Teaching Classic Lit Helps Game Designers Make Better Stories
Are you game? See how Homer, Faulkner, and Ibsen can help.Read more
Idea Factory: "The Problem with Diversity and Inclusion"
These days "diversity, equity, and inclusion" have become big buzzwords, from universities to for-profit corporations.Read more
