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Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

The Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences 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.

Energy & Resources

Ethics & Philosophy

Music

Diversity Inclusion & Access

International Relations

Literature

Undergraduate Programs

Core Requirements

Culture, Creativity and Communication Minor

Environmental and Sustainability Studies Minor

Global Politics and Society Minor

Music, Engineering and Recording Arts Minor

Natural Resources and Energy Policy (NREP) Graduate Program

Mines Music Events

Join the Mines’ Music department for a series of concerts to finish the spring semester:

HASS Professors help launch "Teaching with Heart"

Mines’ very own Roel Snieder and Cortney Holles, along with Virginia Tech’s Qin Zhu and transformational coach Cynthia James, are launching a new project called Teaching with Heart that is aimed at enriching higher education by growing a character of love in teachers in STEM fields. Through a series of workshops and an online community, teachers will study together, develop best practices and support each other in creating a caring classroom environment.

Hennebach Program Honored For Collaboration With Music Group Itchy-O

COLORADO BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS RECOGNIZED MINES GROUP FOR “ADVANCING THE FIELD OF MUSICAL ENGINEERING AND SHOWCASING THE INTERSECTION OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCE”

Mines Jazz Ensemble Performance

The Mines Jazz ensemble performing live at KUVO, public radio, on April 4th, 2023

Congratulations to Chiang Cheng Siew

Congratulations to NREP Graduate Student Chiang Cheng Siew on being selected for the Department of Energy’s Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) program. Only 25 students and young professionals are selected from across the US.

Energy Equity In the Global North - By Professor Hancock and NREP Student Bobby Iseley

NREP Alumni News

Congratulations to NREP Alum (2021) Shelby Piper on becoming Tri-States new Energy Policy Analyst.

Congratulations to our NREP Students

Adam Keating was selected for the Zambia Mine Reclamation Research Project in Summer 2022.

Ben Rakov attended an internship at NREL in Fall 2022 and will continue work in the Spring.

Conner O’Reilly has been selected for an internship at INVISTA, working on Environmental, Social and Governance stewardship in Summer 2023.

Congratulation to NREP Student Carla Villalobos

Congratulations to Carla Villalobos in securing an internship as an Environmental Intern for the Kinross Gold Corporation in Round Mountain, Nevada (Summer 2023)

Congratulations to NREP Alumni Christian Gaona

Congratulations to Christian Gaona on getting his article, Securing Mineral Supply: Backwards Vertical Integration for Technology Companies, published in the Student Commentary Series at The Payne Institute of Public Policy. Christian is an NREP alumnus and currently pursuing a public policy degree at the Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Welcome

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, and 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.

HASS faculty are recognized nationally and around the world as scholars and teachers who expect high levels of academic performance from their students. Their expertise includes:

 

Composition
Creative writing
Energy policy
Environmental policy
Ethics
Film and media studies
Geography
History
Literature
Music
Philosophy
Political science
Science, technology and engineering
 

In 2024, the year of our 150th anniversary, we will celebrate Colorado School of Mines’ past, present and possibilities. By celebrating and supporting the Campaign for MINES@150 you will help elevate Mines to be an accessible, top-of-mind and first-choice for students, faculty, staff, recruiters and other external partners. When you give, you are ensuring Mines becomes even more distinctive and highly sought-after by future students, alumni, industry, and government partners over the next 150 years. We look forward to celebrating Mines’ sesquicentennial with you and recognizing the key role you play in making the MINES@150 vision a reality through your investments of time, talent and treasure. Give now