Technological Humanities (TechHum for short), a unique program that trains you to use technology and critically examine its social, cultural, philosophical, and artistic implications, arms you with a dynamic set of qualitative and quantitative analytic skills.
Digital technologies are transforming the Humanities with smarter ways of analyzing and interpreting cultural and historical data. This new academic field helps fulfill the urgent need for professionals with technical skills like data analysis, web development, and new media communications.
All kinds of careers are open to graduates with these skills: user experience researcher/analyst, market researcher, business manager, marketing communications and advertising executive, journalist, lawyer, national security analyst/advisor, nonprofit organization executive, social media planner and content writer, and public policy analyst.
At LTU, you can create an individualized and flexible curriculum that combines foundational computer science courses, advanced courses in history, philosophy, and literature, and courses in a technological focus of your choice. Possible study areas include the social impact of artificial intelligence (AI), big data, bioengineering, or sustainable design. Your degree culminates in an original interdisciplinary research project that offers excellent preparation for industry work and/or graduate studies.
AI technology is already creating new jobs, destroying old jobs, creating new efficiencies, and causing new forms of dysfunction. This will surely continue as AI models develop, and we find new applications for them in our work and in our lives.
To be successful in this dynamic time, it is essential to develop a technological literacy, and also develop the intellectual tools to understand the historical, cultural, ethical, and social implications of these technologies. The next generation of leaders needs to understand how technology has always shaped the world we live in, while also understanding the ways in which the AI revolution is truly something new.
The Technological Humanities curriculum is designed for this moment. All Tech Hum majors will develop basic programming skills, and pursue greater depth in a technological field of their choice. They will also take a series of courses in the fields of communications, literature, history, and philosophy which will help them develop a deeper understanding of this technology. For example, in History of Technology students will develop a broad understanding of the role of technology in American and world history, and in Ethics of Computation students will evaluate the ethical implications of the latest AI developments.
Course Name
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College Composition develops students’ acquisition of the fundamental principles of academic writing. This course focuses on the development of writing thesis statements and main arguments, topic sentences, transitional words and phrases, supporting paragraphs, use of evidence, essay organization, and research skills. Extensive writing and research practice is required.
COM 1103
3
A historical survey that develops students’ abilities to critically engage texts of the ancient global world, placing an emphasis on the way these texts reflect their context and human experience. Readings may draw from philosophy, history, literature, visual art, and more. Class activities include reading of primary sources, seminar discussion, and writing in various genres. May be taken concurrently with COM 1103.
HUM 1213
3
Course not found.
GLG/PSC xxx3
3
Course not found.
GLG/PSC xxx1
1
Quadratic equations, functions and graphs, systems of equations, inequalities, logarithms, trigonometric functions, identities, equations. No credit after completion of MCS1224 or MCS1414. Calculus
MCS 1074 -OR-
MCS 1224
4
Total Credits:
14
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Credits
Principles of individual and group speaking, with emphasis on structure, content, and delivery of ideas and arguments. This course may be taken concurrently with COM1103 English Composition.
COM 2113
3
Course not found.
LLT 2603
3
Prerequisite: None. Introduction to the study of motives at work in human behavior; understanding of perception, reasoning, memory, consciousness, intelligence, psychopathology, and individual differences. Lecture 3 hours. 3 hours credit
PSY 1213
3
A historical survey that develops students’ abilities to engage texts of the modern global world, placing an emphasis on the way these texts reflect their context and human experience. Readings may draw from philosophy, history, literature, visual art, photography, film, digital media, and more. Class activities include reading of primary sources, seminar discussion, and writing in various genres. May be taken concurrently with COM 1103.
HUM 1223
3
Course not found.
MCS 1243
3
Total Credits:
15
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History and philosophy of architecture in a context of related arts, crafts, and designed setting, studied in significant periods of the western world of antiquity, the Middle Ages (including Byzantine and Islamic extensions), and the Renaissance and Baroque eras.
COM 2103
3
Course not found.
LLT 2xx3
3
Course not found.
MCS 1514
4
This course covers descriptive statistics, probability, and probability distributions with an emphasis on statistical inference such as confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression, chi-square tests, t-and F-distributions, and selected nonparametric tests.
MCS 2124
4
Course not found.
SSC 2xx3
3
Total Credits:
17
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Introduction to programming with C++. Binary, two’s complement, decimal, hex, and octal representations. Variable types. Simple, iterative, and conditional statements. Procedure and functions with parameters by value and reference with or without a returning value. Arrays and vectors, multidimensional arrays, bubble and selection sorts, linear and binary search. Pointer and dynamic memory allocation, character and C-strings, file input/output (sequential). Classes, friends, array of objects, and operators’ overloading. Inheritance, polymorphism, virtual function, and recursion.
COM 2443
3
Introduction to programming with C++. Binary, two’s complement, decimal, hex, and octal representations. Variable types. Simple, iterative, and conditional statements. Procedure and functions with parameters by value and reference with or without a returning value. Arrays and vectors, multidimensional arrays, bubble and selection sorts, linear and binary search. Pointer and dynamic memory allocation, character and C-strings, file input/output (sequential). Classes, friends, array of objects, and operators’ overloading. Inheritance, polymorphism, virtual function, and recursion.
PSY 3713
3
Course not found.
PSY 2113
3
Survey of macroeconomics and microeconomics, with emphasis of fundamental tools of economic analysis and policy. Introduction of supply and demand, national income determination, theory of the firm, and market structure. Lecture 3 hours. 3 hours credit. The following courses can be taken concurrently with this course: MCS 0054, MCS 0055, MCS 1113, MCS 0083, MCS 0085, MCS 0093, MCS 0074, MCS 1414.
ECN 2303
3
Course not found.
GLG/PSC xxx3
3
Total Credits:
15
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Credits
Course not found.
COM 3XX3/4XX3 -OR-
MCO 3XX3/4XX3
3
Course not found.
LLT 3XX3/4XX3
3
Course not found.
SSC3743 OR SSC 3223
3
Course not found.
SSC 3XX3/4XX3
3
Course not found.
MCS 1111
1
Course not found.
XXX xxx3
3
Total Credits:
16
Course Name
Course #
Credits
Course not found.
LLT 4533
3
The application of creative writing techniques through various literary genres: poetry, fiction, drama, screenwriting, non-fiction, and critical evaluation. The following courses can be taken concurrently with this course: LLT 1213, LLT 1223.
LLT 3623
3
Course not found.
LLT 3XX3/4XX3
3
Course not found.
SSC 3XX3/4XX3
3
This one credit course will focus on programming languages such as Scratch, Python, Javascript, Ruby, R, PHP, C# or Matlab. Students will be expected to work in groups on coding projects that will focus on syntax and semantics with application to a specific language.
MCS 1111
1
Course not found.
XXX XXX3
3
Total Credits:
16
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Credits
Examination of the origins and cultural significance of this oldest form of literature with emphasis on commonality of themes and continued influence in modern society. Readings in classical, Norse, Native American, and African myths. Lecture 3 hours. 3 hours credit
COM 3XX3/4XX3 OR
MCO 3XX3/4XX3
3
Examination of the origins and cultural significance of this oldest form of literature with emphasis on commonality of themes and continued influence in modern society. Readings in classical, Norse, Native American, and African myths. Lecture 3 hours. 3 hours credit
LLT 3XX3/4XX3
3
Course not found.
SSC 4513
3
Investigation of the place and technology in society. Topics vary by semester, but may include the history of technology from ancient times to modern, the development of technology in American and the tension in Western thought between technological and philosophy. Lecture 3hrs
SSC 4733
3
Course not found.
XXX xxx3
3
Total Credits:
15
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ID Senior Thesis course is an opportunity for students to develop a self-directed thesis project in a 3D design subject under the guidance of faculty. The project must be approved by the Design Faculty and will be reviewed by visiting critics and academic staff. A semester-long project will be concluded with a thesis exhibition. At the end of the semester, students present their work in a public exhibition. Research, innovation, and dissemination are emphasized.
XXX 3XX3/4XX3
3
ID Senior Thesis course is an opportunity for students to develop a self-directed thesis project in a 3D design subject under the guidance of faculty. The project must be approved by the Design Faculty and will be reviewed by visiting critics and academic staff. A semester-long project will be concluded with a thesis exhibition. At the end of the semester, students present their work in a public exhibition. Research, innovation, and dissemination are emphasized.
SSC 4903
3
Course not found.
XXX 3XX3/4XX3
3
Course not found.
XXX XXX3
3
Total Credits:
12
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