News Icon for GameFest 2012 at Rensselaer Expands to a Regional Reach

Get ready for the biggest GameFest yet, as the annual showcase of student-designed video games grows to include more than 40 entries from students of Rensselaer , Rochester Institute of Technology and Champlain College.

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Departments

The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at Rensselaer is home to five unique, interdisciplinary academic departments. Learn more by following the links below.

Arts Department Arts
Dedicated to practice, production, and theory in a uniquely situated technological environment...
   
Cognitive Science Department Cognitive Science
Examining how the mind/brain is structured, how it may be understood, and how it can be represented and simulated...
   
 Communication and Media Department Communication and Media
Emphasizing those communication processes involved in the creation of meaning in all media...
   
Economics Department Economics
In today's global economy, we must know the mechanics of local solutions and the realities of a globally interdependent economic, social and ecological future.
   
Science and Technology Studies Department Science and Technology Studies
Striving to understand and influence how science and technology shape society, and how in turn society shapes science and technology.