Humanities Major (BA)

Humanities (BA)

This program was approved for students entering the university in the Summer 2024–Spring 2025 catalog year. For more information about catalog year, go to Catalog Year Information.

Bachelor of Arts in Humanities
Unit: College of Arts and Sciences (AS)
Department: Comparative Humanities
Academic Plan Code(s): See Track Requirements tab.

Completion of this degree requires work to be submitted for the department’s Learning Outcomes Measurement. For details, contact the department.

Program Information

The Department of Comparative Humanities explores the question, what does it mean to be human? Using many humanities disciplines such as literature, religion, Jewish Studies, film, philosophy, theatre, music, visual arts, and linguistics, our courses and our major invite students to explore the answers to this question from global, historical, and contemporary viewpoints.

Students are challenged to develop critical reading, writing, and thinking skills, but they are also challenged to apply what they have learned in creative and complex ways through project-based assignments that inspire them.

As a result, the degree provides flexible, transferable skills that prepare our graduates for the dynamic contemporary job market.

Completion of this degree requires work to be submitted for the department’s Learning Outcomes Measurement. For details, contact the department.

Degree Summary

General Education Requirements 131
College/School Requirements22
Program/Major Requirements 118
Supporting Courses32
Track Requirements18
Minimum Total Hours121
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Some credit hours from the General Education Requirements may be satisfied by courses defined by the program, in which case additional electives will be required to complete the minimum hours for the degree. 

Specific coursework information can be found on the Degree Requirements tab.


Accelerated BA/MA in Humanities

Humanities majors who are considering pursuing a master’s degree (MA) in Humanities can speed up the process by applying some of their undergraduate credit hours toward a master's degree.  Students accepted into the Accelerated BA-MA take three graduate courses (9 credit hours) as an undergraduate that apply toward both the bachelor’s degree and the eventual master's degree.  

Interested students must apply to the program during their Junior year (i.e., when they have accumulated 60-90 hours of credit). Applicants must have a minimum overall grade point average and major grade point average of 3.35 for admission to and for retention in the program.

The accelerated BA/MA in Humanities will be offered for the Interdisciplinary Humanities Concentration and for the Linguistics Concentration, but not for the Concentration in Public Humanities.