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: This lecture series offers 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
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
Models and Modeling - A framework for moving towards a more inclusive STEM
In an interdisciplinary team seeking to work across boundaries to creat new knowledge, we found we had an obstacle that proved bigger than we estimated - language and culture around what we defined as models and modelingRead 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
Grand Challenges Poster Exhibit Contest
4th Annual Research Poster Contest ExhibitMonday, December 8th 6pm-8:30pmFaculty and Student Judges NeededRead more
Using Computing's Past to Understand Current Tech Crises
Mar Hicks, PhD, associate professor of History of Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology.Read more
Classical Physics and Somatic Meditation
Join guest speaker Zosia Krusberg, Director of Graduate Student and Senior Lecturer at University of Chicago. Zosia will present "Classical Physics and Somatic Meditation". The Zoom event will be held on Tuesday, December 1 at 7:00 pm. All are welcome to attend.Read more
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Humanity + Technology - "Finding Nature in the Games We Play"
What if starting up a game could offer us as meaningful a natural experience as going outdoors? Games, especially digital ones, are frequently dismissed as frivolous, arcane, or violent, and people tend to picture those who play them as antisocial boys sitting hunched indoors. This lecture contends that games today offer unique and playfully persuasive opportunities not only to engage directly with environmental issues, but also to foster moments of empathy, loss, care, experimentation, and optimism – ways of seeing and dealing with our troubled world anew.Read more