Humanities
Bachelor of Arts
About the Major
As a humanities major, you'll build critical analytical and writing skills, and also learn to understand different cultures, peoples, creeds, and ideologies through varying perspectives. Enjoy great academic advising and learning in a small department with diverse interests.
Program Highlights
We offer two emphases for students to choose from: global humanities or European humanities. During your last semester, you'll submit to the department a portfolio of your scholarly work.
Sample Courses
- Animal Humanities
- Renaissance and Self
- Science and the Humanities
- Understanding Evil
Career Options
Our graduates find opportunities in communication, diplomacy, or commerce, as a cultural consultant, an editor or writer, an arts critic, a travel consultant, or a museum curator.
- American University in Cairo
- Montblanc
- San Diego Mesa College
- Thompson International Marketing
Academic Experiences
Transferable Skills
- Thinking critically and analytically
- Strong reading, writing, and speaking skills
- Research; information gathering and synthesis
- Persuasive and rhetorical skills
- Teaching skills
- Leadership and interpersonal skills
- Conveying information clearly, concisely, & tactfully
- Understanding other cultures through close reading
- Finding solutions to intricate problems
- Time management
Classics and Humanities Department
College of Arts and Letters
