GRADUATE PROGRAM IN THE HUMANITIES
(M.A., M.A.T., PH.D.)

The Graduate Program in the Humanities is committed to an interdisciplinary education that investigates the linkages between the arts and the humanities by fusing critical with creative thinking, theoretical with practical endeavors. Combining the activities of established disciplines in the arts and humanities into one enterprise, the program enables students to take a broad view of human achievement in these areas.

The program is designed to provide students with a flexible, interdisciplinary context within which to pursue their studies, built on connections among specific courses and the three principle areas of concentration. Within the specific degree plans, each student plans an individual program of studies in consultation with an assigned faculty advisor.

Most courses are offered within the three main areas of concentration: Aesthetic Studies (HUAS) which concentrates on the visual and performing arts, creative writing, art history, and film studies; History of Ideas (HUHI) which concentrates on history and philosophy; and Studies in Literature (HUSL) which concentrates on literature, linguistics, and rhetoric.

Students seeking the M.A. or Ph.D. in Humanities must take courses in all three areas. All other courses, including the core course required of all students in the Humanities Program, are offered under the rubric of Humanities (HUMA).

Master of Arts in Humanities

Master of Arts in Teaching in Humanities

Doctor of Philosophy in Humanities

To be a full-time student, 9 hours of courses per semester is required; 3 hours of courses per semester is required to be enrolled in the program.

To have courses taken outside the School of Arts and Humanities applied to one of its degrees, students must seek prior approval from the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies. They may also petition to have appropriate transfer courses applied to their degree plan.