Humanities at Northeastern - Question for current science students

PengsPhils
Sun, 23 Apr 2017 17:49:06 +0000

@nanotechnology may be best for this one, but I’ll share my experience with it.

Northeastern allows students to take courses over any college, so it’s very easy to get a broad curriculum if you choose to. For example, next semester, I’m taking 3 courses in CSSH as a CCIS student, and I didn’t have to tell anyone anything. Same would go for if I wanted to take a course in business or engineering, so long as it wasn’t restricted to majors only. Many popular intro courses have major and non-major sections to guarantee spaces for those who need the classes first.

My experience is mostly with the philosophy/sociology departments, and a good friend in communications, but all of the professors have been really good for me, and I’ve really enjoyed the classes. They are very practical, as you would expect at Northeastern. If you take a look at the course offerings in the fields and browse the course titles, that will help you get a feel for what’s offered. I’ve found the courses to be on quite interesting and often specific subjects. I’ve taken a comparative ethics course, social and political philosophy, a current moral issues course, and am lined up to take a sociology course on problems in cities and suburbs as well as a film/philosophy course on ethical analysis in science fiction films.

The departments may not be as in depth as a good LAC for example, but they serve very well for minors, as the department likely knows they may get as many minors as majors at Northeastern. For a major in one of these subjects, I think co-op/practicality is usually an important factor, but I think they are more than sufficient for minors.

It also varies based on the field. I know Political Science is well known here at least internally (admissions always makes a big deal about how Dukakis is a prof here), while literature or history is probably the weakest of those listed. Art and film would be in the middle.

Link for looking up classes:

https://wl11gp.neu.edu/udcprod8/NEUCLSS.p_disp_dyn_sched

For an example, select Fall 2017, pick one department from the Subjects list and then browse.