The Humanities concentration is baked into every student’s academic program. This required humanities minor can be in music This means every student is studying the equivalent of 18 semester hours in the humanities. For the most part I believe these are “academic” classes. Participating in a group is an extra-curricular activity as done with a sport. Despite popular rumors to the contrary, there is room here to get serious about your minor.
Many WPI students do get serious about their genuine interests in the arts.
Some students will use this part of the program to select a mix of humanities courses which may fit a theme of interest to them. See Humanities minors at https://www.wpi.edu/academics/departments/humanities-arts