Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences
Colorado School of Mines
About HASS
The Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences Department is dedicated to delivering a program of excellence in the humanities and social sciences, designed to prepare students for the complex challenges of professional and private life in the 21st century.
Empowering Engineering Leadership
Few important engineering decisions are purely technical. In our globally interconnected world, professionals must be able to integrate social, cultural, political, economic, ethical and environmental knowledge into their decisions and designs.
Academic work in the Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences provides you with an understanding of these contexts, enhances your abilities to communicate well, gives you the foundations to transcend traditional technical boundaries, establishes your competitive edge in the professional marketplace and prepares you to be a leader and a lifelong learner.
What We Do
HASS courses and programming serve the entire Mines community. Our undergraduate curriculum and minors create room for students to explore their interests beyond STEM; Through our music program students can take private lessons, study music history, learn about instrument design, and perform in marching band, orchestra, and jazz ensembles; Our Masters of Science in Environment, Resources, and Energy Policy trains future leaders to respond to the environmental, resource, and energy policy challenges of the 21st century; The Hennebach Program in the Humanities sponsors lectures and workshops that bring the humanities, arts, and social sciences outside the classroom; HASS faculty also sponsor a variety of programs, clubs, and enrichment activities.
Master of Science in Environment, Resources & Energy Policy
Undergraduate Curriculum
Music and Performing Arts
Undergraduate Minors
Hennebach Program in the Humanities
Enrichment Opportunities
Who We Are
HASS faculty are nationally and globally recognized scholars and teachers in fields across the humanities, arts, and social sciences. Their expertise includes:
- Anthropology
- Creative writing
- Energy policy
- Environmental policy
- Ethics
- Engineering Education
- Film and Media Studies
- Geography
- History
- Literature
- Music
- Organizational Psychology
- Political Science
- Rhetoric and Composition
Announcements
Congratulations to Professor Ito
Mines Music Program | Spring 2026 Concerts
Congrats to our ENREP Fall 2025 Graduates!
Fall 2025 HASS Alumni Tailgate BBQ
The Mines Marching Band Visits the New Mexico Capitol 12/17
News
- Mines team qualifies for Ethics Bowl national championship
- Emptying aquifers creating sinkholes, economic issues worldwide
- NSF, Lemelson Foundation support sustainable engineering mindset at Mines
- 5 Questions with George Saunders: What STEM students asked the acclaimed author and Mines alum
- Mines is preparing students to become well-rounded leaders, innovators through blend of technical rigor, creative learning
- Colorado School of Mines awarded $10.5M in fuel cell funding