IDIS - Interdisciplinary (IDIS)

Introduces the various racial, ethnic, and religious groups who comprise the current American mosaic, from its earliest Native American inhabitants to the most recent immigrants. An overview of their cultural contributions and the manner in which gender and class influences their experiences constitute an important focus. Readings are drawn from original sources as well as monographs. Guest speakers and films will be used in this interdisciplinary multicultural course.

Presents a comparative overview of those foreign cultures that have sent and are sending America immigrants from Asian, African, European, Caribbean, and Latin American nations. Readings are obtained from original sources and monographs. A multicultural course exploring cultural diversity in a global context. Guest speakers and films will be used in this interdisciplinary course.

Liberal Arts at Work is a course about turning what you’ve studied into something you can use. Students will practice interviews, develop real job application materials, learn how to research companies, and get better at explaining their experiences to others. Through readings, discussion, and engagement with Seton Hall faculty and alumni, the course invites students to reflect on their purpose, life after college, and how to create meaningful careers.

This course offers an introduction to the legal framework governing data and Artificial Intelligence in Italy and the European Union. It examines the institutional and regulatory foundations essential to understanding how AI systems are designed, deployed, and monitored within a highly structured and multilayered legal environment where EU AI Act and Italian Law on AI work together. Topics include data governance and datasets training, digital copyright, trade secrets protection and enterprise know-how, personal, synthetic and anonymized data, the AI use in health sector and scientific research, and cybersecurity. Through regulatory analysis and comparisons, students of all discipline will develop a basic understanding of the legal duties, risks, and safeguards that shape the European and Italian approach to Artificial Intelligence.

This course is a senior seminar for students in the Liberal Studies Program. The aim of the course is to give students the chance to examine how their previous coursework in the program contributes to their education in the context of a rigorous seminar. This is a writing-intensive course that focuses on issues within the humanities and discussions with the director.

Interdisciplinary senior seminar for social science majors which fulfills the graduation requirements for the SOBS or the SOBT major. Topics for the participants are decided upon in consultation with the faculty members directing the seminars and vary by the student’s minor field.