Funding

Disciplines: All

The Humanities Connection program supports innovative curricular approaches that foster productive partnerships among humanities faculty and their counterparts in the social and natural sciences and in pre-service or professional programs (such as business, engineering, health sciences, law, computer science, and other technology-driven fields), in order to encourage and develop new integrative learning opportunities for students. The Humanities Connections program includes two funding levels: Planning and Implementation.

Planning:

Faculty from two or more separate departments or schools (a minimum of one in and one outside of the humanities) can collaborate to design a new curricular program or initiative with Planning Grants. Funded projects have supported plans for interdisciplinary courses and experiential activities that explore the changing landscape of suburban Philadelphia; examine the life and legacy of African American writer Paul Laurence Dunbar; integrate language and cultural training with engineering curriculum; and bring together humanities and public health disciplines in a health humanities certificate program.

Implementation:

Implementation Grants support interdisciplinary collaboration by faculty to implement a sustainable curricular program or initiative. Creating a curriculum teaching business and labor history to art and design students, and developing a three-course sequence in  focused on Boston Harbor for pre-professional undergraduate students are among this grant’s funded projects.

To learn more about this program, click here.