{"id":4,"date":"2013-12-05T15:16:52","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T23:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2025-11-12T07:35:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:35:18","slug":"humanities-social-sciences-and-the-arts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-info-box info-box\" data-box-style=\"2\"><div class=\"info-box-icon-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"info-box-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/05\/hsa_black.png\" alt=\"\" role=\"presentation\" width=\"113\" height=\"113\"\/><\/div><div class=\"info-box-heading-copy-wrapper\"><div class=\"info-box-heading-wrapper\"><h2 class=\"heading h2\">HSA at Harvey Mudd<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"info-box-copy-wrapper\">\n<p>A distinctive feature of the Harvey Mudd College experience is the opportunity for students to major in STEM fields while pursuing wide-ranging interests in the humanities, social sciences, and the arts (HSA), both on campus and throughout the Claremont Colleges.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><ul class=\"button-list\" data-buttons=\"4\"><li><a class=\"mudd-more-button button-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/program\/\"><span>The HSA Program   <\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"mudd-more-button button-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/faculty-staff\/\"><span>Faculty and Staff   <\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"mudd-more-button button-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/program\/resources-for-current-hsa-students\/\"><span>HSA Resources for Current Students   <\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"mudd-more-button button-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/2025\/09\/22\/hsa-department-updates-sept-2025\/\"><span>HSA Department Updates<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"primary-page-card-container wp-block-mudd-latest-posts\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-heading-wrapper\">\t<h2 class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-heading\">Latest HSA News<\/h2>\n\t      <a aria-label=\"More HSA News\" class=\"mudd-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/category\/hsa\/\"><span>More<\/span><\/a>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t    \n        \n    \n    <ul class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-content-wrapper\">\n            <li class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-card\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/2026\/01\/06\/harvey-mudd-students-win-second-place-at-mit-climate-and-energy-hackathon\/\">\n          <span class=\"image-wrapper\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/MIT-climate-hack.jpg');\"><\/span>\n          <span class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-card-heading\">Harvey Mudd Students Win Second Place at MIT Climate and Energy Hackathon<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n            <li class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-card\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/2025\/08\/20\/gu-designs-award-winning-architecture-for-competition\/\">\n          <span class=\"image-wrapper\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Spinagu.jpg');\"><\/span>\n          <span class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-card-heading\">Gu Designs Award-Winning Architecture for Competition<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n            <li class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-card\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/2025\/06\/30\/harvey-mudd-faculty-promotions-summer-2025\/\">\n          <span class=\"image-wrapper\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-content\/plugins\/mudd-latest-posts\/build\/images\/random-3.jpg');\"><\/span>\n          <span class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-card-heading\">Harvey Mudd Faculty Promotions, Summer 2025<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-box center\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/10\/home-quote-background-1.jpg)\"><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-box-inner\"><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-box-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/07\/HSA_Person-bubble-\u2013-2.png\" alt=\"Darryl Wright\" class=\"prerounded\"\/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-box-text\"><blockquote><p class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-quote\">\u201cThe HSA program helps to underpin the College\u2019s commitment to offering a broad liberal arts education as the context for specialized work in STEM fields. The department\u2019s courses encourage students to lead examined lives; to engage with different areas of inquiry and creativity; and to explore how science and technology impact human existence.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><p class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-citation\"><cite>Professor of Philosophy and Department Chair Darryl Wright<\/cite><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"primary-page-card-container wp-block-mudd-latest-posts\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-heading-wrapper\">\t<h2 class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-heading\">Latest From the Blog<\/h2>\n\t      <a aria-label=\"More HSA blogs\" class=\"mudd-more-button\" href=\"\/hsa\/blog\/\"><span>More<\/span><\/a>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t    \n        \n    \n    <ul class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-content-wrapper\">\n            <li class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-card\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/2025\/09\/22\/hsa-department-updates-sept-2025\/\">\n          <span class=\"image-wrapper\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-content\/plugins\/mudd-latest-posts\/build\/images\/random-1.jpg');\"><\/span>\n          <span class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-card-heading\">HSA Department Updates, Sept. 2025<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n            <li class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-card\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/2025\/01\/16\/hsa-department-updates-jan-2025\/\">\n          <span class=\"image-wrapper\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-content\/plugins\/mudd-latest-posts\/build\/images\/random-2.jpg');\"><\/span>\n          <span class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-card-heading\">HSA Department Updates, Jan. 2025<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n            <li class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-card\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/2024\/08\/20\/hsa-department-updates-aug-2024\/\">\n          <span class=\"image-wrapper\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-content\/plugins\/mudd-latest-posts\/build\/images\/random-3.jpg');\"><\/span>\n          <span class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-card-heading\">HSA Department Updates, Aug. 2024<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-info-box info-box\" data-box-style=\"1\"><div class=\"info-box-heading-copy-wrapper\"><div class=\"info-box-heading-wrapper\"><h2 class=\"heading h2\">Contact Us<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"info-box-copy-wrapper\">\n<p>Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts<br>301 Platt Blvd.<br>Claremont, CA 91711<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"tel:+19096218022\" class=\"phone\">909.621.8022<\/a><br><a href=\"mailto:&#104;s&#97;&#64;hmc&#46;&#101;du\">&#104;sa&#64;&#104;&#109;&#99;&#46;&#101;&#100;&#117;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2912,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-primary.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3198,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/3198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}