The mission of the Department of Humanities is to promote humanistic study for the purpose of understanding the cultural, social, and scientific contexts that inform contemporary culture.  The department takes as a unique focus investigation of the interrelationships among science, technology, and human values, thus aligning the department with NJIT’s role as a technological research university. Emphasis in the department is given to study in the following areas of teaching and research: the teaching of communication; the practice of ethics and applied philosophy; and the study of literature.

Because the department is committed to using the humanities as a coherent model for examining human society, it is dedicated to the university’s general university requirements (GUR) as a forum for undergraduate students to learn the value of humanistic education.  Courses in composition, cultural history, literature, history, philosophy, STS (science, technology, and society), and technical writing are designed to increase the communication skills of NJIT undergraduate students while simultaneously deepening their understanding of the global culture of the 21st century. A systematic program of outcomes assessment allows the department to engage in an iterative process of assuring a high quality of faculty teaching and student learning.

The department offers degrees in Communication and Media (BA and BS), Science, Technology and Society (BS), and Professional and Technical Communication (MS).  The department also offers English as a Second Language education to both undergraduate and graduate students as part of its mission to serve an emerging global culture in the 21st century.

Learn more at http://humanities.njit.edu/ . . .