Humanities (MA)

The Master of Arts in Humanities offers an interdisciplinary program that provides a flexible, integrated course of study designed to lead students to breadth of knowledge spanning the liberal arts. The program encourages students to make connections between different areas of human thought, expression, and experience in such fields as art history, history, literature, creative writing, music, religion, philosophy, and political theory. This interdisciplinary approach allows students to experience the methods and contents of more than one discipline as they investigate the various issues explored within the framework of graduate seminars.

Graduate seminars meet one evening a week for two hours. Those students who are able to be more flexible in scheduling courses might wish to work with their advisor to choose an area of emphasis which incorporates upper division courses expanded for graduate credit and graduate seminars to emphasize a particular academic discipline, historical period, geographic area, or thematic area.

The Master of Arts in Humanities is designed to provide life and career enrichment, cultural understanding, and an opportunity for personal advancement and fulfillment. Students who successfully complete the program will be qualified to teach in community colleges and will receive the necessary preparation in library research, critical thinking, and scholarly writing skills to pursue further graduate study.