Requirements

Requirements for Admission Humanities MA

See the Admission to Graduate Study section in this Catalog.

Program Description

Students select one of two tracks: a 30- or 38-unit program including a culminating project, or a 33-unit program with no culminating project. The MA thesis or culminating project is interdisciplinary and may be historical or contemporary in theme.

Emphasis

Addendum #6 - Updated 10/19/2007*

Students may choose an emphasis in one of the options noted below. An emphasis requires 15 (30-unit project track) or 20 (38-unit project track) units, at least 6 units of which must be in a graduate humanities seminar (classes numbered HUM 5101 and above). For the 30-unit project track, three of the 15 units required for the emphasis are the Culminating Project (HUM 5002, 5003, and 5004). For the 38-unit project track ( *Applied Music) 2 of the 20 units required for the emphasis are for the Culminating Project (Hum 5004). For the 33-unit track, the emphasis is 15 units. The emphasis is planned in consultation with the Director and the student’s advisor. For some emphases, the student will need a substantial number of expanded upper-division undergraduate classes.

The following is a sampling of possible emphases:

Academic Discipline: Art History, English, History, Music, Philosophy, Political Theory, Religion (15 units)

Historical Period: Classical, Medieval, Modern, Renaissance (15 units)

Geographic Area: American, European, Asian (15 units)

Thematic Area: Women's Studies (15 units)

Creative Writing (18 units* – see special note below)  *Addendum #6 - Updated 10/19/2007

Applied Music (20 units – see special note below)

Note:  Students must receive permission from the Chair of the Department of Literature and Language and the Director of the Graduate Humanities Program to select the Creative Writing emphasis.  Addendum # 6  - Updated 10/19/2007 - [In the Creative Writing Emphasis nine of the required units must be Creative Writing Workshops, which may include three units of Tutorial. ]

To select the Applied Music emphasis, students must have an undergraduate degree in music or equivalent course work in music, and permission from the Director of the Music Department and the Director of the Graduate Humanities Program.

Special Students

With the permission of the instructor and Director, non-enrolled (special) students may enroll in graduate seminars on a space available basis. Special students who wish to matriculate formally into the program must complete the requirements for admission in the Admission to Graduate Study section of this Catalog. A maximum of six units taken as a special student may be applied to the Program requirements after the student has been admitted.

Auditors

Auditors are allowed in most graduate humanities seminars, but must receive permission of the instructor. Auditors are not allowed in seminars where class maximum enrollments are met and in creative writing seminars.

Transfer of Credit

With the approval of the Director, up to six units of graduate coursework may be accepted from an accredited college or university and applied to the coursework for the MA in Humanities. These six units cannot replace the minimum number of graduate seminars at Dominican required by the degree. See the Admission to Graduate Study section of this Catalog.