Tech for Humanity Minor

Students begin with a two-course foundation centered on artificial intelligence: The Skeptic’s Guide to AI​ and AI, Creativity, and the Art of Being Human.​ Together, these courses build the critical and creative grounding to ask what AI systems actually do, what they cannot do, and what remains distinctly human.

At the mid-level, students take Innovation in Context​ and choose two electives that match their interests and career goals, exploring topics such as technology ethics, public interest technology, internet governance, cybersecurity politics, data in social context, technology and disability, science fiction, video games and human behavior, and the history of technology.

Students complete the minor with a capstone experience of their choosing: a transdisciplinary studio in which teams tackle real technological challenges, a field study placing their learning in a professional setting, or an undergraduate research project. This flexibility lets students shape the minor’s culminating experience around their own goals, whether those point toward industry, public service, or graduate study.

The minor combines humanities and social science perspectives with applied learning, making it a strong complement to diverse majors across the university. Students in technical programs gain the human context that employers increasingly demand, and students in humanistic fields gain critical fluency with the technologies reshaping their disciplines.