This workshop will provide an overview of NHA research on integrative and applied undergraduate courses, programs, and infrastructure. Participants will learn about a wide range of models that have succeeded in shifting students’ perceptions of the value of the humanities and motivating course-taking, and discuss which models seem best suited to their respective campuses.

This workshop will help participants conduct an inventory of existing courses, relevant resources, and potential partners on their campus that they might leverage in developing a new integrative/applied degree program. Participants will discuss strategies for connecting with colleagues to forge mutually beneficial partnerships. 

Program director presentation:
Gayle Rogers, Andrew W. Mellon Professor and Chair of English, University of Pittsburgh

This workshop will focus on strategies for advocating for concrete support for the development of integrative and applied undergraduate programs. Participants will consider how they can align their efforts with strategic priorities to gain buy-in from key stakeholders inside and outside the institution.

Program director presentation:
Tracy Leavelle, Professor of Medical Humanities and former Founding Director of the Kingfisher Institute for the Liberal Arts and Professions, Creighton University

This workshop will distill best practices in developing proposals and curriculum for new integrative degree programs. Participants will discuss how they might best structure a collaborative, interdisciplinary process on their campuses that is aligned with the potential partners and institutional priorities they’ve identified.

Program director presentation:
Amy Woodbury Tease, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Professor of English, Norwich University