Arts and Humanities
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Social Science Majors, the World is Yours: from Big Questions to Bigger Futures
What percentage of Puerto Rican students self-identify as loving alcapurrias? Why do so many Latinés love using WhatsApp? How does Bad Bunny’s new album speak to the ongoing realities of gentrification, colonial displacement and late stage capitalism? Come to this workshop to eat cookies, drink coffee, and learn how you can use the questions that make you tick to guide your undergraduate degree… -
How to Break it to your Parents (or "Why Study the Arts and Humanities")
So you’re interested in the arts or humanities, but you—or others in your life—are concerned that they are not practical or profitable enough to spend time studying. This is a common Yale student dilemma! This workshop guides you through a series of reflective questions about why the arts and humanities matter, and how the skills one learns through studying them (whether or not one majors in th…