A liberal arts degree equips you with critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and problem-solving skills that are essential for careers involving AI and emerging technologies, like digital humanities, cybersecurity and privacy, and technology policy and regulation. By fostering interdisciplinary knowledge and adaptability, it prepares you to analyze complex data, understand human-technology interactions, and address societal implications of technological advancements. Whether designing user-centered systems, managing AI-driven projects, creating digital content, or navigating ethical challenges, a liberal arts education enables you to leverage technology for innovative and responsible solutions.
By combining creativity with technical expertise, a liberal arts degree fosters key transferable skills essential for effectively utilizing technology, such as:
- Critical thinking
- Effective communication
- Problem-solving
- Research and analytical skills
- Adaptability
- Interdisciplinary thinking
Related Interests
Interested in learning more about what you can do with a liberal arts degree?
Majors
Explore our degrees designed for those interested in AI and other emerging technologies. Our programs will equip you with the skills to excel and turn your passions into a rewarding career.
Explores human behavior and cultural patterns through a scientific lens. Prepares students to analyze user behavior, design AI systems with cultural sensitivity, and address biases in emerging technologies.
Studies ancient languages, cultures, and societies. Equips students to analyze historical patterns, apply critical thinking to AI ethics, and contribute to projects that digitize and preserve cultural heritage.
Examines criminal behavior, law enforcement, and justice systems. Prepares students to apply AI in areas like predictive policing, cybersecurity, and analyzing trends in crime and justice.
Focuses on market systems, data analysis, and economic theory. Equips students to leverage AI for forecasting, optimizing business strategies, and solving complex financial challenges.
Explores historical patterns and societal change. Equips students to contextualize AI development, assess its impact over time, and contribute to projects focused on digital preservation and knowledge systems.
Studies workplace dynamics, employment law, and organizational behavior. Prepares students to implement AI in HR functions, design equitable hiring algorithms, and enhance workplace technologies.
Analyzes language structures, usage, and meaning. Equips students to advance AI technologies in speech recognition, machine translation, and natural language processing.
Examines human behavior, cognition, and motivation. Prepares students to design user-friendly AI systems, study human-technology interaction, and assess the psychological impact of emerging technologies.
Focuses on data interpretation, social patterns, and computational tools. Equips students to harness AI for social research, predictive modeling, and solving real-world challenges through data-driven insights.
While this page shows many opportunities and examples of what our students and alumni have done related to this area of interest, this is not an exhaustive list of majors or experiences.
Out-of-Classroom Experiences
Internships
- Traveler’s Insurance
- Nittany AI Alliance
- The Boeing Company
- Nittany AI Alliance
- Minitab, LLC
- Social Enterprise Institute
Research Spotlights
- Underrepresented Perspectives Lab (Janae Sayler)
- Underrepresented Perspectives Lab (Carter Gangl)
- Meta
Education Abroad Destinations
Italy
Spain
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Post-Graduation Opportunities
- Law school
- MBA
- Graduate school to study artificial intelligence and machine learning, human-computer interaction, data science and analytics, ethics of technology, computational linguistics, digital humanities, cybersecurity and privacy, and technology policy and regulation
- AI Ethics Specialist
- Data Analyst
- Digital Humanities Specialist
- User Experience (UX) Designer
- Computational Linguist
- Technology Policy Analyst
- Digital Transformation Consultant
- AI Product Manager
- Machine Learning Research Coordinator
- Cybersecurity Analyst
- Innovation Strategist
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- Technology and Software Development
- Digital Marketing and E-Commerce
- Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage Technology
- Cybersecurity
- Healthcare Technology (e.g., telemedicine, health informatics)
- Financial Technology (FinTech)
- Education Technology (EdTech)
- Media and Entertainment Technology (e.g., streaming services, VR content)
- Government and Public Policy (AI governance and regulation)
- Environmental Technology (e.g., climate modeling, sustainable tech)
- Google (DeepMind)
- IBM (Watson)
- Microsoft (Azure AI)
- OpenAI
- Amazon Web Services (AWS AI)
- Palantir Technologies
- Meta (AI Labs)
- Tesla (Autonomous Driving AI)
- Accenture (AI and Digital Transformation Services)
- The World Bank (AI in global development projects)
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