Through its degree-granting programs of study as well as its responsibilities for teaching both basic and advanced courses that are part of the General Education Requirements (GER), the Humanities department is dedicated to enlightening students about the world and inculcating in them the ability to think critically and communicate effectively in their professional and personal lives.
The Humanities department teaches courses in:
- Communications and Media (COM)
- English (ENG)
- Humanities (HUM) including the Senior Seminar (HSS)
- Literature (LIT)
- Philosophy (PHIL)
- Science, Technology and Society (STS)
- Theatre Arts (THTR)
Submissions from 2025
Fall 2025 HSS 404-045: Senior Seminar - How Legends Become Myths: A Journey Through Classic Greek Literature, John Egan
Fall 2025 HSS 404-049: Senior Seminar - Monsters: Humanity’s Hidden Face, Drew Ciccolo
Fall 2025 HSS 404-051: Senior Seminar - Cyborg Anthropology, Charles Brooks
Fall 2025 HSS 404-055, 063: Senior Seminar - The Philosophy of Animal Minds, Adam See
Fall 2025 HSS 404-057, 059: Senior Seminar - Graphic Novels, Comics and Cartoons, Jake Slovis
Fall 2025 HSS 404-061: Senior Seminar - AI Ethics, Daniel Estrada
Fall 2025 HSS 404-065, H09, H11: Senior Seminar - Newark Narratives: Art/Culture/Site Literacies, Jon Curley
Fall 2025 HSS 404-067: Senior Seminar - Cult Films: Counterculture and the Rise of Cinematic Revolution, Grisele Gonzalez-Ledezma
Fall 2025 HSS 404-069: Senior Seminar - Literary Journalism: Fact and Truth, Burt Kimmelman
Fall 2025 HSS 404-107: Senior Seminar - Fake News And Misinformation In The Post-Truth Era, Andres Crespo-Solis
Fall 2025 HSS 404-109: Senior Seminar - Films of G. Bernard Shaw, John Esche
Fall 2025 LIT 355-101: Poetry in Perspective and Practice, Jonathan Curley
Fall 2025 PHIL 334-001, 003, 451: Engineering Ethics, Daniel Estrada
Fall 2025 PHIL 334-005, 009, 011, 013: Engineering Ethics, Andrew Burnside
Fall 2025 PHIL 334-007: Engineering Ethics, Gareth Edel
Fall 2025 PHIL 334-015, 017, 019: Engineering Ethics, Manail Anis
Fall 2025 PHIL 334-023: Engineering Ethics, Renan GoncalvesLeoneldaSilva
Fall 2025 PHIL 334-101: Engineering Ethics, Peter Heap
Fall 2025 PHIL 334-453, 455, 457:, Amber George
Fall 2025 PHIL 334-H01: Engineering Ethics, Britt Holbrook
Fall 2025 PHIL 337-001: World Religions, Charles Brooks
Fall 2025 PHIL 351-451, 453, 455: Biomedical Ethics, Andrew Deek
Fall 2025 PHIL 351-H01: Biomedical Ethics, Britt Holbrook
Fall 2025 PSY 201-001: Introduction to Psychology as a Behavioral Science, Julia Hyland Bruno
Fall 2025 PSY 210-001, 003: Introduction to Psychology, Andrea DiLorenzo
Fall 2025 PSY 210-005, 011: Introduction to Psychology, Delina Lyons
Fall 2025 PSY 210-007, 009: Introduction to Psychology, Stephen Maret
Fall 2025 PSY 210-013: Introduction to Psychology, Nurys DeLaCruz
Fall 2025 PSY 210-015, 017: Introduction to Psychology, Kaitlin Cohen
Fall 2025 PSY 210-019: Introduction to Psychology, Jadwiga Victoria Laszlo
Fall 2025 PSY 210-021, 023, H01: Introduction to Psychology, Laura Dickerman
Fall 2025 PSY 210-025: Introduction to Psychology, Jessyka Lombana
Fall 2025 PSY 210-101, 103: Introduction to Psychology, Aruba Anjum
Fall 2025 PSY 210-105, 107: Introduction to Psychology, Jill Hall
Fall 2025 PSY 210-109: Introduction to Psychology, Nicholas Jones
Fall 2025 PSY 210-111: Introduction to Psychology, Brian Oland
Fall 2025 PSY 304-001: Qualitative Research Methods I, Theresa Hunt
Fall 2025 PSY 307-001: Quantitative Research Methods II Lab, Leonore Morgenstern
Fall 2025 PSY 321-001: Social Psychology, Abriana Gresham
Fall 2025 PSY 325-003: Special Topics in Psychology - Stress Performance Management, Kaitlin Cohen
Fall 2025 PSY 325-005: Special Topics in Psychology - Child Psychology, Kelly Conover
Fall 2025 PSY 339-001: Psychology of Diversity, Neel Khichi
Fall 2025 PSY 359-001: Intro to Cyberpsychology, John Wolf
Fall 2025 PSY 389-001: Psychopathology, Jessyka Lombana
Fall 2025 STS 201-001, 005, 011: Understanding Technological Society, Miran Bozicevic
Fall 2025 STS 201-003: Understanding Technological Society, Tyler Leli
Fall 2025 STS 201-007, 009-: Understanding Technological Society, Renan GoncalvesLeoneldaSilva
Fall 2025 STS 201-013: Understanding Technological Society, Teresa Keeler
Fall 2025 STS 205-001: Intro to Research Methods, Theresa Hunt
Fall 2025 STS 205-H01: Intro to Research Methods, Emily Agbenyega
Fall 2025 STS 221-001: Introduction to Sociology, Lauren Manley
Fall 2025 STS 221-003: Introduction to Sociology, Gareth Edel
Fall 2025 STS 325-001, HM1: Special Topics in STS - Medical Sociology: Pathology and Deviance, Gareth Edel
Fall 2025 STS 325-003: Special Topics in STS - Democratic Politics: Institutions, Media, and Society, Doron Shultziner
Fall 2025 STS 325-005: Special Topics in STS - From Tokyo to Taipei: K-Pop and East Asian Culture, Chia-ying Shih
Fall 2025 STS 325-H01: Special Topics in STS - Science, Technology, and Urban Transformation, Emily Agbenyega
Fall 2025 STS 342-101, HM1: Gender Techology and Society, Nancy SteffenFluhr
Fall 2025 STS 351-001, H01: Minds and Machines, Daniel Estrada
Fall 2025 STS 352-101: Race and Ethnicity, Laura Dickerman
Fall 2025 STS 360-001, 003: Ethics and the Environment, Adam See
Fall 2025 STS 363-101: Sustainability Studies, Maurie Cohen
Fall 2025 THTR 201-001: Intro to Theatre, Rodney Reyes
Fall 2025 THTR 202-001: Acting Fundamentals, Emily Edwards
Fall 2025 THTR 208-001: Movement and Voice for Theatre, Emily Edwards
Fall 2025 THTR 258-001, 101: Stagecraft 1, Jonathan Zencheck
Fall 2025 HSS 404-001: Environmental Justice in Postwar America, Neil Maher
Fall 2025 HSS 404-003: 20Th-Century International Law and the American Superpower, Elektra Kostopoulou
Fall 2025 HSS 404-101: Global Conflict Resolution, Karl Schweizer
Fall 2025 HSS 404-H01: Health, Justice, & Capitalism, Stephen Pemberton
Spring 2025 COM-225-002: Intro to Mandarin, Kuan Lin Pan
Spring 2025 COM-230-002: Introduction to Film, Calista McRae
Spring 2025 COM-303-002: Video Narative, Philip Klobucar
Spring 2025 COM-310-002, 004: Interpersonal Communication, Yao Sun
Spring 2025 COM-312-002, 004: Oral Presentation, William Kramer
Spring 2025 COM-312-010, 020, H04: Oral Presentation, Risa Gorelick
Spring 2025 COM-312-012, 110: Oral Presentation, John Esche
Spring 2025 COM-312-014: Oral Presentation, James Lipuma
Spring 2025 COM-312-016, 018, 022: Oral Presentation, Julie Teicher
Spring 2025 COM-312-024: Oral Presentation, Zackary Kellett
Spring 2025 COM-312-026: Oral Presentation, Louis Kornfeld
Spring 2025 COM-312-028, 030: Oral Presentation, Louise Castronova
Spring 2025 COM-312-102, 104, 108: Oral Presentation, Nigora Raufova
Spring 2025 COM-312-106: Oral Presentation, Michael Edmondson
Spring 2025 COM-313-002, 104: Technical Writing, Kevin Hall
Spring 2025 COM-313-004: Technical Writing, Christina Crovetto
Spring 2025 COM-313-006, 008: Technical Writing, Benjamin Apatoff
Spring 2025 COM-313-010, 458, 462: Technical Writing, Andres Crespo Solis
Spring 2025 COM-313-012, 014, 016: Technical Writing, John Egan
Spring 2025 COM-313-106: Technical Writing, Annie Chatterjie
Spring 2025 COM-313-110: Technical Writing, Kyle Mednick
Spring 2025 COM-313-452, 454, 456: Technical Writing, Gabriella Wilson
Spring 2025 COM-313-H02: Technical Writing, Michael Laudenbach
Spring 2025 COM-318-002: Com Theory and Practice, Rebekah Rutkoff
Spring 2025 COM-321-002, HM2: Technology & Tactics of Sound, Philip Klobucar
Spring 2025 COM-324-102: Podcast Practicum, Christopher Funkhouser
Spring 2025 COM-325-002: Visual Storytelling and Graphic Media, Jake Slovis
Spring 2025 COM-325-004: Video Production, Rodney Reyes
Spring 2025 COM-337-002, 004: Photojournalism, Carol Johnson
Spring 2025 COM-338-002: The Newsroom, Miriam Ascarelli
Spring 2025 COM-341-002: Documentary Film and Media, Rebekah Rutkoff
