Who We Are

Home to six major programs, seven minors, three dual degree, and two certificate programs, the department of Integrative Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) offers students boundary-crossing curricula of study that integrate the arts, humanities, and social sciences to research, understand, respond to, and thrive in twenty-first century life.

The IHSS community prepares for the future by engaging with an array of cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives on artistic, societal, scientific and technological issues that are often international and historical in scope. We do so through creativity, community-making, and globally-minded critical thinking and analysis.

As adaptable thinkers invested in interdisciplinary perspectives and inquiry, the IHSS community contributes to solutions-oriented scholarship and engagements. In IHSS, students and faculty develop and disseminate widely transferable skills applicable to a range of academic fields and industries, as well as across the public and private sectors.

Our Academic Offerings

Six Majors

• Africana Studies
• Arts Studies
  • Film Studies
  • Music
  • Theater
  • Visual Arts
• International Studies
• Science, Technology and Society
• Self-Design
• Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Seven Minors

• Africana Studies‌
• Arts Studies‌
• International Studies‌
• Jewish Studies‌
• Native American Studies‌
• Science, Technology and Society‌
• Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies‌

Two Certificates

• Advanced Critical and Creative Thinking
• Global Perspectives

Three Dual Degree Programs

• Benjamin Franklin Scholars, with the College of Engineering
• Alexander Hamilton Scholars, with the Poole College of Management
• Thomas Jefferson Scholars, with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Graduate Programs

• Master of Arts in Liberal Studies
• Master of Arts in English (film studies concentration)
• Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities