At Lawrence Tech, we prioritize teaching and student success above all else. Our faculty are dedicated to educating, mentoring, and guiding students on their academic and professional journeys. In the Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Communication, youโll experience personalized support and unparalleled opportunities to thrive.
With class sizes of 20 students or less, youโll never get lost in the crowd. Your professors will know your name long before the end of your freshman year. Youโll receive academic and career guidance from a faculty member in your discipline, ensuring your goals are always a priority.
Your courses and labs will always be taught by expert teaching faculty, never graduate student teaching assistants. In your classes, studios, and labs, youโll gain practical experience with the methods, ideas, and technologies shaping the worlds of psychology, media communication, and human society.
Internships, leadership opportunities, and hands-on coursework will help prepare you with the professional skills you need for careers in media, psychology, or industry. Whether your next step is graduate school, professional school, or your first job, LTU Humanities, Social Sciences, and Communication will set you up to succeed.
All Humanities, Social Science, and Communication students have the opportunity to participate in psychological research projects, client-based media production, or interdisciplinary research projects. In addition to a senior research or production experience, you can also participate in course-based research experiences or the Quest undergraduate student researcher program as early as freshman year.
Students in the Humanities, Social Science, and Communication programs are immersed in an active community of scholars and media professionals exploring our world through cutting-edge techniques of research and production. In our psychology labs, students can join our internationally recognized faculty in investigating the role of sensation and perception, studying such topics as VR/AR environments or the use of language in social media. In our work in the social sciences and humanities, students collaborate with faculty to gather data on public policy or examine the ethics of computation. Our media faculty take students into the studio and the field to shoot original educational documentaries or investigate the way media supports local communities. Students have a chance to share their work through LTUโs Research Day symposium, national and regional conferences, publications in scholarly journals, or in media broadcasts.
In the Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Communication, every student has the opportunity to complete a senior project under the guidance of a dedicated faculty mentor. In addition, students have the option to participate in internships, course-based research experiences, and our Quest undergraduate student researcher program as soon as their freshman year.
A degree in media communication, psychology, or technological humanities is the first step to many great careers in production, industry, or graduate training, and the careers listed below are just some of excellent options. Through a commitment to hands-on learning, individual attention from faculty mentors, and real-world experiences through research and production, the Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Communication helps prepare you to succeed in whatever your next step may be.
By learning how to blend technological sophistication, creative storytelling, and marketing savvy, you can meet the exciting challenges of an expanding and evolving industry.
A psychology degree opens a variety of career pathways, whether through industry applications of psychological principles or in mental health care.
Digital technologies are transforming the humanities by providing smarter ways of analyzing and interpreting cultural and historical data.
In Humanities, Social Sciences, and Communication, we explore what makes us uniquely human. Through ancient and modern texts, social norms, and communication, we uncover how these fields are essential to all careers and human endeavors.
In a world of programming, proofs, and unending figures and unfeeling facts, is there room for a touch of magic? Data drives discovery, innovation redefines intelligence, and when curiosity meets logic, mathematics can be miraculous.
Curiosity drives discovery in biology, chemistry, and physics, guiding us from molecular interactions to chemical reactions and the fundamental laws of nature. Explore what makes you curious.
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