Liberal Arts (LIBA)

With numbers only telling half of the story, the art of data storytelling reveals opportunities hidden within the data. Beginning with the earliest data stories and moving forward to the present, students explore data storytelling from theoretical, cultural, and ethical perspectives. Through careful analysis and evaluation of real world examples, students learn the fundamentals of data storytelling and construct a data story of their own.

Conceptions of gender identity are complex and culturally based. Through an inclusive approach, students explore gender expression across cultures to achieve a comprehensive, intersectional understanding of gender. Investigating concepts of gendered privilege and oppression from a range of diverse perspectives, students analyze and examine the influence of essentialist and social constructionist models on the understanding and performance of gender.

The discipline of media studies seeks to understand the historical, sociological and ideological development of media and its effects on human identity and relationships. Students analyze the development and theoretical responses to print, broadcast and digital media and read a broad range of works by media scholars.