The Department of Humanities offers the following Bachelor Programs:
Program Name
Communication (B.S.)
As a communication major, you’ll hone your writing and editing skills, be trained on the latest communication technologies, and choose one specialization area: professional and technical communication, journalism of science, or journalism of technology and business.
Digital Humanities (B.S.)
Students examine the impact of technology on human life, studying traditional humanities disciplines—history, philosophy, linguistics, rhetoric, literature, and art history—in the context of practical, hands-on work in the digital world. Graduates go on to diverse careers requiring digital skills.
Humanities (B.S.)
This degree offers a broad background in a number of traditional humanities subjects—history, philosophy, communications, literature, art, and architectural history—while also teaching the strong analytical and problem-solving skills needed in today’s careers, as technology continues to shape the human experience.
About Illinois Institute of Technology
Based in the global metropolis of Chicago, Illinois Tech is the only technology-focused university in the city. It offers degrees in engineering, science, architecture, business, design, human sciences, applied technology, and law. Illinois Institute of Technology is ranked 117* nationally and is positioned in the top 2% of all U.S. universities. Illinois Tech’s mission statement captures explicitly the character of the education paradigm that Illinois Tech’s academic units are contributing in both education and research. The key word is relevant: embracing the faculty’s commitment to providing an education that focuses on preparing our students for fulfilled lives after graduation and for careers that contribute to solving important problems facing humanity. There has never been a better time to study, live and work in Chicago, home to dozens of accelerators, incubators and co-working spaces. Illinois Tech educates students to become part of the wave of innovation that is driving Chicago forward, gaining global recognition as an international hub for talent and infrastructure.
