The Humanities Department at the Maritime College plays two roles. The majority of students take eight or nine courses in the department, fulfilling seven SUNY General Education requirements: Basic Communication, Social Science, Western Civilization, Other World Civilizations, American History, Arts, and Humanities. Humanities coursework also contributes to the fulfillment of two other General Education requirements, Information Management and Critical Thinking.
Vision Statement
To be the leading force in maritime education, research, and scholarship in the nation.
Mission Statement
The Humanities Department provides outstanding interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate education in the Humanities, Maritime Studies (MRST), and Maritime and Naval Studies (MNST) for the 21st-century work force with an emphasis on excellent and adaptable skills in communication, critical thinking, digital writing, and historical and cultural understanding.
Maritime Studies is a global educational enterprise. Diversity, multiculturalism, and global citizenship are at the heart of our curriculum and are infused in all our courses, research, and scholarship.
Department Goals
To educate and support every SUNY Maritime student in academic and technical writing, rhetoric and composition, critical thinking, research methods, digital scholarship, and diversity and inclusion training.
To offer a broad array of courses allowing for meaningful choices that reflect a student’s interests, and the diversity of human experience, through the study of languages, literatures, arts, music, philosophy, religion, law, film, digital humanities, histories, cultures and civilizations
To provide maritime industry internships and professional experiences, including U.S. Coast Guard deck licenses, study abroad and Williams Mystic semesters, hands-on archival and museum expertise, and publishing and research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students.
Fort Schuyler Press
Fort Schuyler Press is the academic press of the Humanities Department of the State University of New York. The press publishes books on maritime and other subjects by its own faculty and others. Founded in 1998, FSP provides occasional internships for students interested in learning about academic publishing.
Books are available at the college ship store, Amazon, and directly from the Humanities Department by contacting shunt@sunymaritime.edu or phoning 718-409-7247.
Here is a list of books published by Fort Schuyler Press
Contact
For questions regarding the coursework in General Education, or the Humanities Department degree programs, call the Humanities Department office at 718-409-7247.