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 2024
Fall 2024 COM 201-001: Introduction to Communication and Media, Eugene Snyder
Fall 2024 COM 225-001-003: Intro to Mandarin, Kuanlin Pan
Fall 2024 COM 303-001: Video Narrative, Andrew Klobucar
Fall 2024 COM 310-001: Organizational and Group Communication, Yao Sun
Fall 2024 COM 312-001-003: Oral Presentation, William Kramer
Fall 2024 COM 312-005-011-013: Oral Presentation, John Esche
Fall 2024 COM 312-007: Oral Presentation, Louis Kornfeld
Fall 2024 COM 312-009-015-019: Oral Presentation, Julie Teicher
Fall 2024 COM 312-021-025: Oral Presentation, James Lipuma
Fall 2024 COM 312-023-103: Oral Presentation, Louise Castronova
Fall 2024 COM 312-025: Oral Presentation, Laura Stanik
Fall 2024 COM 312-027: Oral Presentation, Zackary Kellett
Fall 2024 COM 312-101: Oral Presentation, Michael Edmonson
Fall 2024 COM 312-105-107: Oral Presentation, Nigora Raufova
Fall 2024 COM 312-H01-H03: Oral Presentation, Risa Gorelick
Fall 2024 COM 313-001: Technical Writing, Davida Scharf
Fall 2024 COM 313-003-005-007: Technical Writing, Kevin Hall
Fall 2024 COM 313-009-011-013: Technical Writing, Benjamin Apatoff
Fall 2024 COM 313-015-019-021: Technical Writing, John Egan
Fall 2024 COM 313-017-107-455-457: Technical Writing, Andres Crespo-Solis
Fall 2024 COM 313-459-451-453: Technical Writing, Gabriella Wilson
Fall 2024 COM 313-461: Technical Writing, Jake Slovis
Fall 2024 COM 313-H01: Technical Writing, Michael Laudenbach
Fall 2024 COM 325-001: ST: Computational Thinking, Yao Sun
Fall 2024 COM 325-003: ST: Creative Writing and the Moving Image, Rebekah Rutkoff
Fall 2024 COM 337-001: Photojournalism, Carol Johnson
Fall 2024 COM 339-001: Practical Journalism, Miriam Ascarelli
Fall 2024 COM 341-001: Documentary Film and Media, Rebekah Rutkoff
Fall 2024 COM 353-101: Applied Visual Communication, Thomas Carlson
Fall 2024 COM 355-001: Digital Media Futures, Andrew Klobucar
Fall 2024 COM 381-001: Electronic Music in Practice, David Rothenburg
Fall 2024 ENGL 099-001: Reading, Writing, Language, Roberta Blender
Fall 2024 ENGL 099-003: Reading, Writing, Language, Kim Chen
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-001-055: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Lionel Wynter
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-003-029-088: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Jeni Lozauskas
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-005: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Margaret Chiappetta
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-007-023-076: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Vivian Aladren
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-009-039-090: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Kaitlyn Lavander
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-011-070-084-096: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Carol Brunzzano
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-013-037: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Nicole James
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-015-043-093: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Claire Sasko
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-017: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Crystal Hamai
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-019-094: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Roberta Blender
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-021: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Sabrina Mahfouz
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-025-074-091: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Michael Coppola
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-027: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Celina Thomas
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-031-089: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Benjamin Delloiacono
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-033: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Renia White
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-035: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Catherine Siemann
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-041: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Tyler Leli
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-045-057-071: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Shirli Sela-Levavi
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-047: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Annette Apuzzo
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-049-065-077: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Taylor Michael
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-051-075: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Camille Roberts
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-053-H01: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Grisele Gonzalez-Ledezma
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-059-098-099: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Cynthia Sobreiro
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-061-082: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Bingyao Xie
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-067-069: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Markita Schulman
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-072-092: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Christina Crovetto
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-073-078-080: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Jennifer Fischl-Kruger
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-079: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Kyle Mednick
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-081: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Galen Faison
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-083-097: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Josh English
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-085-095: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Dawn Smith-Henry
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-086-087: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Larry Bernstein
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-101: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, David Tress
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-H03: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Drew Ciccolo
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-H05-H09: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Johanna Deane
Fall 2024 ENGL 101-H07: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing, Jake Slovis
Fall 2024 ENGL 102-001-H03: English Composition: Introduction to Writing for Research, Drew Ciccolo
Fall 2024 ENGL 102-003: English Composition: Introduction to Writing for Research, Kim Chen
Fall 2024 ENGL 102-005-007-033: English Composition: Introduction to Writing for Research, Crystal Hamai
Fall 2024 ENGL 102-009-029-031: English Composition: Introduction to Writing for Research, Nancy Burke
Fall 2024 ENGL 102-011-013-017: English Composition: Introduction to Writing for Research, Tina Gonzalez
Fall 2024 ENGL 102-015: English Composition: Introduction to Writing for Research, Lionel Wynter
Fall 2024 ENGL 102-019-025-027: English Composition: Introduction to Writing for Research, Maryann Aita
Fall 2024 ENGL 102-021-023: English Composition: Introduction to Writing for Research, Tyler Leli
Fall 2024 ENGL 102-101-103: English Composition: Introduction to Writing for Research, Sabrina Mahfouz
Fall 2024 ENGL 102-H05-H09: English Composition: Introduction to Writing for Research, Johanna Deane
Fall 2024 ENGL 102-H07: English Composition: Introduction to Writing for Research, Jake Slovis
Fall 2024 ENGL 621-001: Technical Writing for Graduate Students, Jerome Paris
Fall 2024 HSS 404-021-023: Happiness and the Good Life, Narendra-Neel Khichi
Fall 2024 HSS 404-027-037: Lifelong Learning With Audiobooks, Carol Johnson
Fall 2024 HSS 404-029-047: Memes: Rhetoric, Genres, Applications, Johanna Deane
Fall 2024 HSS 404-031-H07: The Brick City, How Newark Became Newark, Miriam Ascarelli
Fall 2024 HSS 404-033: The Social Meida Dilemma, Theresa Hunt
Fall 2024 HSS 404-035: Speculative Technologies in Science Fiction, Catherine Siemann
Fall 2024 HSS 404-039: Medicine and Globalization, Gareth Edel
Fall 2024 HSS 404-041-043: Food Narratives: Dumplings, Gumbo, Burgers and More, Risa Gorelick
Fall 2024 HSS 404-045: How Legends Become Myths: A Journey Through Classic Greek Literature, John Egan
Fall 2024 HSS 404-049: Monsters: Humanity's Hidden Face, Drew Ciccolo
Fall 2024 HSS 404-051: Cyborg Anthropolgy, Charles Brooks
Fall 2024 HSS 404-053-055: Philosophy of Animal Minds, Adam See
Fall 2024 HSS 404-057-059: Graphic Novels, Comics and Cartoons, Jake Slovis
Fall 2024 HSS 404-061-067: AI Ethics, Daniel Estrada
Fall 2024 HSS 404-063-H09-H11: Newark Narratives: Art/Culture/Site Literacies, Jonathan Curley
Fall 2024 HSS 404-069-071: The Art of Film: Love, War, and Comic Relief, Louise Castranova
Fall 2024 HSS 404-107: Fake News and Misinformation in the Post-Truth Era, Andres Crespo-Solis
Fall 2024 HSS 404-109: Mystery Writers on Screen, John Esche
Fall 2024 HSS 404-451-453: Becoming and Effective Expert: How to Communicate to Diverse Audiences, James Lipuma