Bachelor
of Arts Degree in Humanities
The Bachelor of Arts degree in
Humanities is an interdisciplinary degree program
consisting of courses drawn from a number of academic
disciplines.
The minimum number of semester credit
hours required for this degree is 120, including the
hours of the Core Curriculum requirements. Thirty-nine
of the total semester credit hours required for the
degree must be at the upper-division level.
All candidates seeking this degree must
fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements and the degree
requirements, which are listed below.
Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts
degree in Humanities must fulfill University Core
Curriculum requirements in the same manner as other
students. The courses listed in the table below satisfy
both degree requirements and Core Curriculum
requirements; however, if these courses are taken to
satisfy both requirements, then students will need to
take additional courses in order to meet the minimum
number of semester credit hours required for this
degree. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy
the Core
Curriculum requirements in this catalog.
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Core
Curriculum Requirements
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Courses
that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree
Requirements
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Rhetoric (6 semester credit hours)
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All students must take the following six hours to meet this core
requirement:
WRC
1013 Freshman Composition I
WRC
1023 Freshman Composition II
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Domain I: Mathematics and Science
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Mathematics (3
semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the
list of core courses will satisfy this core
requirement.
Science (6 semester
credit hours)
Three hours from Level One and three hours from
Level Two will satisfy this core requirement.
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Domain II: Society and Culture
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United States History and Diversity
(6
semester credit hours)
Any six hours listed under this section in the
list of core courses will satisfy this core
requirement.
Political Studies (6
semester credit hours)
POL
1013 plus 3 additional hours listed
under this section in the list of core courses
will satisfy this core requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences (3
semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the
list of core courses will satisfy this core
requirement.
Economics (3 semester
credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the
list of core courses will satisfy this core
requirement.
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Domain III: Literature and the Arts
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Literature (3
semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the
list of core courses will satisfy this core
requirement.
The Arts (3
Any three hours listed under this section in the
list of core courses will satisfy this core
requirement.
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Domain IV: World Society and Issues
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(3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the
list of core courses will satisfy this core
requirement. Note: If a language is used to
satisfy this three-hour requirement, students
will need to take an additional three hours in
the same language for the degree requirement.
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Degree Requirements
A. 42 semester credit hours:
1. 12 required semester credit hours:
CLA
2013 Introduction to Ancient Greece
CLA
2023 Introduction to Ancient Rome
HUM
3013 History of Ideas
HUM
4973 Seminar for Humanities Majors
2. 9 semester credit hours of
historical-period courses selected from the following:
HUM
3023 The Medieval World
HUM
3033 The Renaissance Idea of Humanity
HUM
3043 Classicism and Enlightenment
HUM
3053 The Romantic Age
HUM
3063 The Modern World
3. 21 semester credit hours that should
form an interdisciplinary course of study developed in
conjunction with the undergraduate advisor and designed
to aid the student's integration of his or her program
in terms of central themes, focal problems, or fields of
historical interest; at least 12 hours must be at the
upper-division level. The student must take at least 3
semester credit hours in each of the following five
areas: Classical studies (CLA),
philosophy (PHI),
humanities (HUM),
art history and criticism (AHC),
and literature in one of the following languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, or Russian
(this includes literature courses in translation, and
culture and civilization courses).
The remaining 6 semester credit hours
may be selected from these five areas or, with the
approval of the undergraduate advisor, from other
relevant areas such as history, music history, or the
social sciences.
B. 6 semester credit hours in a single
language other than English
C. 30 semester credit hours of electives
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