Background

The Department's goal is to produce well-educated scholars, teachers, and professionals. Reflecting UTSA's location in South Texas, the Department welcomes the cultural diversity of its student body and provides opportunities to study and celebrate that diversity.

English

English studies offer the opportunity to explore British literature and American literature, as well as studies in professional writing.  English coursework emphasizes the close reading and appreciation of literature and development of skills in critical reading, thinking and writing.

Classical Studies

The field of classical studies involves knowledge of the diverse history and culture of the classical world.  This knowledge includes a familiarity with the material remains, intellectual and literary traditions, religions, social and political issues, as well as the profound influence of the rich cultures of the Middle East upon Greece and Rome.  In addition to learning Latin, students of classical studies work constantly with history and anthropology, myth and religion, art and architecture, linguistics, literary criticism and cultural studies.  The program fosters the skills of critical thinking and offers students the opportunity to become broadly educated.
 

Humanities

The study of Humanities is interdisciplinary in content and investigates the relation between the traditional humanistic disciplines with their ongoing concern for questions of human values and contemporary tendencies in the fine arts, social sciences and physical sciences.  Courses are drawn from humanities, classical studies, philosophy, literature, and art history and criticism.
 

Philosophy

Philosophy emphasizes the ability to analyze and evaluate arguments and use good reasoning.  Philosophy studies pervade every facet of our lives, affording students an opportunity to study carefully some of the great texts created by the human mind - texts that can change the way one views the world and acts in it.

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Degree Plans

English ~ ENG

Classical Studies ~ CLA

Humanities ~ HUM

Philosophy ~ PHI

	2002 - 2004	2004 - 2006	2006 - 2008
Major - ENG
Major - ENG Creative Writing	Not Available	Not Available
Major - ENG Professional Writing
Major - CLA
Major - HUM
Major - PHI
Minor - ENG
Minor - CLA
Minor - HUM
Minor - PHI