Harvey Mudd is a liberal arts college of science engineering and math, meaning it takes a liberal arts approach to STEM. So, the core curriculum that all students take in their first 1.5 years, has courses in bio, chem, physics, math, computer science, a course in writing, and a course in critical inquiry from the humanities dept to provide a broad introduction to science and technology. After the core curriculum, the student decides on a major and will take most of their remaining classes in that major. Harvey Mudd does want its students to have an awareness of the world outside of stem, and so has Humanities/social sciences requirements to the tune of about 25%. Most engineering schools have some humanities requirements because it is required for ABET accreditation. Mudd has requirements regarding breadth and depth of the humanities courses and each student has a humanities advisor in addition to their major advisor because Mudd wants the student to have a cohesive plan to their humanities portion of their studies. This is to support the HMC mission: to educate engineers, scientists, and mathematicians well versed in all of these areas and in the humanities and the social sciences so that they may assume leadership in their fields with a clear understanding of the impact of their work on society."
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