Chair

Professor Ann Delilkan
Library Building, room L-630
Phone: 718-260-5018

Description

The Humanities Department maintains a unique position within our college of technology. The department offers courses in art history, communication, world languages, music, and theatre, providing students with laboratories for creative expression, cultural and historical understanding, and practical tool sets for work and living. These enriching competencies help students appreciate multiple perspectives and synthesize ideas, ultimately laying the groundwork for a sense of possibility and a clearer recognition of an individual's place in society.

Our courses complement the study of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and human services. The integration of the arts and communication studies into a general education curriculum produces demonstrably positive results in academic performance. By engaging with the humanities, students become more deeply invested in learning, cultivate a sensitivity to cultural difference, think more critically, and develop superior problem-solving and entrepreneurial skills.

Beyond the classroom, our courses prepare students for a multi-faceted and fast-changing job market, where multilingualism, effective communications skills, and advocacy of human and environmental concerns have become preeminent. The practice and appreciation of the visual and performing arts have concrete applications not only in the STEM disciplines but also in a range of real-world careers.

Our courses fulfill general education requirements and, in some cases, degree requirements as well.

Explore the Department of Humanities on the City Tech website.

Degree Programs

Bachelor of Science in Health Communication: This 120-credit degree is a nonclinical communication studies program that explores specialized health concepts, theories, and the practice of human communication. As a versatile and interdisciplinary degree, it is unique among CUNY communication programs due to its focus on health. The curriculum prepares graduates with essential communication skills applicable across healthcare settings, public health, government agencies, media, education, communication technology, and other industries.

The Health Communication degree requires an internship in a relevant organization. Our internship coordinator assists students with placement, to improve their career prospects post-graduation.

Academic Minors--available to all baccalaureate students:

program: This 12-credit minor includes coursework from the Humanities, Social Science, and Architectural Technology. It is designed to provide students with the necessary and sufficient Arabic language skills to explore Arab history and culture, thus improving their competitiveness on the international job market.

program: This 12-credit minor includes coursework from the Humanities Department and the Architectural Technology Department. It provides students with an introductory knowledge of the discipline of art history and the opportunity to explore new professional possibilities, in art education, museum work, visual resources libraries, and art gallery and auction house work.

program: This 12-credit minor provides students with an in-depth comprehension of the various existing literatures, cultures, and languages in the 21 Hispanic countries, as well as of the different dialects of Spanish. These skills and knowledge will further enhance students' career prospects, including the fast-growing, specialized fields of technology, health care, social services, paralegal, etc.

program: This 12-to-18-credit minor provides students with a better understanding of Spanish language and culture to enhance their bilingual skills in their professions and augment their career opportunities in the country’s multilingual settings and in other parts of the world. This program would be beneficial both to individuals interested in studying Spanish as a foreign language and to heritage speakers of Spanish who have prior knowledge of the language.

program: This 12-credit minor fosters an appreciation of the arts and provides access to New York City's professional theater world. In so doing, it introduces students to many career paths, including playwriting, directing, dramaturgy, stage management, design, technical theatre, and interactive media. The minor supports two existing bachelor’s degree programs at City Tech—Entertainment Technology and Emerging Media—and lays the foundation for studies at post-baccalaureate level.

Advisory Commission

P. Christopher Palmedo, Clinical Professor, CUNY School of Public Health

Name	Degree	Type	NYSED Code	HEGIS Code	CIP Code
Art History & Visual Culture	-	Minor	-	-	50.0703
Arabic Language and Cultural Studies	-	Minor	-	-	16.1101
Communication Studies	-	Minor	-	0601.00	09.0100
Hispanic Studies	-	Minor	-	-	05.0134
Spanish Language	-	Minor	-	-	16.0905
Theatre Studies	-	Minor	-	-	36.0117

Department: Humanities