Program
Description
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The Humanities program offers students a variety of opportunities for self-realization and development of general skills in written and oral communication as well as artistic expression. Courses and experiences in the fine arts, linguistics, literature, philosophy, speech, and writing are designed to help students develop their communication abilities through discovering, understanding, and appreciating the wealth and variety of human thought and expression. This includes understanding not only their own values, ideas, and customs, but those of others as well.
The department faculty also encourages and assists students in acquiring a broad background for development of a meaningful career based on these skills and realizations. Humanities majors choose a concentration in Literature, Writing, or Liberal Arts and Sciences or an academic minor in Business, Computer Information Systems, Human Resources, or Pre-Law.
Literature
The Literature concentration is designed for students wishing to study
the classic achievements in the world of literature. This concentration
offers courses in American and British literature as well as courses
in world literature. Through study in this concentration, students
will learn the significant achievements of famous authors and of various
periods of literary development. With a heavy emphasis in writing
and analysis, students will leave this area of study with well-rounded
skills in literary appreciation and expression and with a better understanding
of fellow human beings.
Writing
The Writing concentration is designed for students who wish to develop
and improve their writing skills. Almost all employers want people
with strong communications skills, especially writing. This area of
study concentrates heavily on advanced writing courses designed to
provide the student with professional writing knowledge and the practical
skills for an edge in today's job market.
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Humanities Curriculum
Credit Distribution
Bachelor of Arts
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Career Component Credit Hours ART 100 Experiencing Art 3 LIT 220 Survey of World Literature 3 Survey of American Literature or
Survey of English Literature3 MUS 100 Experiencing Music 3 PHI 100 Nature of Man 3 PHI 200 Logic 3 SPE 130 Fundamentals of Public Speaking 3 THE (Any) Theatre Elective 3 WRT 175 College Writing II 3 WRT 200 Analytical Writing 3 Foreign Language I & II 6 Foreign Language I & II 6 (100 or 200 level) Humanities Electives
(May include any ART, DAN, FRE, HUM, LNG, LIT, MUS, PHI, SPA, SPE, THE, WRT course)9 (300 or 400 level) Humanities Electives
(May include any ART, DAN, FRE, HUM, LNG, LIT, MUS, PHI, SPA, SPE, THE, WRT course)9 Minimum Humanities Credit Hours 54 Social Sciences Component HIS 100 Western Civilization 3 HIS 101 World Cultures 3 Choose two from APY, ECO, POL, SOC 6 - Minimum
Social Sciences
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12 - Minimum
Social Sciences
| GEN 230 | Creative Expression | 3 |
| GEN 410 | Baccalaureate Capstone I | |
| GEN 411 | Baccalaureate Capstone II | 3 |
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*Required of first-year students; all other students must substitute a PSY 100, Introduction to Psychology.
Concentrations/Minors
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*NOTE: At least 12 of the 24 credits must be at the 300/400 level.
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SOC (300/400 level) |
Sociology Elective |
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WRT 350 |
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