Program in the HUMANITIES
 
    Two master of arts programs are offered. One, offered in conjunction with the College of Education, is designed primarily for the student whose immediate professional objective is teaching in a two-year college.  The other provides a graduate Liberal Studies degree program in the humanities and the arts. The doctoral program, leading to the doctor of philosophy degree in humanities, has been designed to offer qualified students a broad program combining offerings from the participating departments of Anthropology; Art History; Classical Languages, Literature, and Civilization; Communication; Dance; English; History; Modern Languages and Linguistics; Music; Philosophy; Religion; and the School of Theatre. This program provides an enlarged perspective assisting in an understanding of the significance of the specialized disciplines in the humanities area.
 
 
Requirements for the Interdepartmental Master's Program in Humanities
    Please review all college-wide requirements summarized in the College of Arts and Sciences section in this Graduate Bulletin.
The Junior College Instructors Program
    On the master's level, the humanities department offers a thirty-six (36) semester hour nonthesis program with the following requirements. For admission: 1) an undergraduate major in one of the humanities area departments; 2) a Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score of 1000 and a minimum grade point average of 3.0 or higher in all work attempted as an upper-division student working for a baccalaureate degree; and 3) three letters of recommendation. For the degree: 1) nine (9) semester hours minimum in professional education courses- EDH 5054, 5305, and 5306; 2) nine (9) semester hours in HUM 5227, 5245, and 5253; 3) nine (9) semester hours minimum in the department of the undergraduate major; and 4) nine (9) semester hours in a cluster of courses from at least two other departments in the humanities area, focusing on one cultural period.  In addition, certification of competency in reading a foreign or classical language, a comprehensive examination, and an internship are required.
The Humanities and the Arts
    On the master's level, the humanities department offers a thirty-three (33) semester hour nonthesis program with the following requirements. For admission: 1) an undergraduate major in one of the humanities area departments; 2) a Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score of 1000 and a minimum grade point average of 3.0 or higher in all work attempted as an upper-division student working for a baccalaureate degree; and 3) three (3) letters of recommendation. For the degree: 1) nine (9) semester hours in HUM 5227, 5245, and 5253; 2) twelve (12) semester hours of courses focusing on a specific cultural period or theme; and 3) twelve (12) semester hours of HUM 6939r or other appropriate courses as listed below. At least ONE of these seminars or courses must focus on literary analysis, criticism, history, or appreciatiion (LIT); at least ONE must focus on analogous aspects of ART HISTORY (ART); and at least ONE must focus on analogous aspects of MUSIC (MUS). When appropriate HUM 6939 seminars are not offered one of the following courses may be selected: FOR LITERATURE (LIT): ENG 5049r (Studies in Critical Theory); ENG 5057 (Poesis); ENG 5138 (Studies in Film); LIT 5017 (Studies in Fiction); LIT 5038 (Studies in Poetry); LIT 5049 (Studies in Drama); FOR ART HISTORY (ART): ANY GRADUATE COURSE IN ART HISTORY that is open to non-majors; FOR MUSIC (MUS): MUH 5380 (Music in the Humanities) or any graduate level music course that is open to non-majors may be taken. In addition, certification of competency in reading a foreign or classical language and a comprehensive examination are required.
 
Requirements for the Doctoral Program in Humanities
    Please review all college-wide requirements summarized in the College of Arts and Sciences section in this Graduate Bulletin.  Normally students will already have a master's degree in one of the participating humanities area departments before admission to the doctoral program; otherwise, they will acquire this degree during their course of study or its equivalent as determined by the Director of the Humanities Program.  Three letters of recommendation are required by the humanities program, as part of the application process. Students will be admitted to the program on the recommendation of the Admissions Committee of the Program in the Humanities and the chair of the department of the student's concentration.  A minimum score is required on the Graduate Record Examinations, both verbal and quantitative parts, which is acceptable to the department of concentration.
    In consultation with the program director, doctoral students will choose one of two sequences at the required 5000 level. Most students will take a chronologically oriented sequence that is fulfilled by completing the HUM 5227, 5245, and 5253 sequence.  Students who have already completed work that is equivalent to this sequence will take one that aims at a topical and methodological approach toward intellectual history, comparative literature, and the fine arts, and may be fulfilled by completing (with the approval of the program director), a sequence of nine hours of courses such as the following: HIS 5346; LIT 5066; ARH 5795; PHI 6805; or MUH 5380; and other related courses.
        Doctoral students are also required to select a total of three seminars, nine (9) semester hours, designated HUM 6939 offered by the Humanities program. With permission from the Program Director, a student may be permitted to substitute one or more seminars in their departmental area. HIS 5346 or LIT 5066 may be substituted for one of the seminar requirements. AT LEAST ONE of these seminars or courses must focus on literary analysis, criticism, history or appreication (LIT); at least ONE must focus on analogous aspects of ART HISTORY (ART); and at least ONE must focus on analogous aspects of MUSIC (MUS). When appropriate HUM 6939 seminars are not offered one of the following courses may be selected: FOR LITERATURE (LIT): ENG 5049r (Studies in Critical Theory); ENG 5057 (Poesis); ENG 5138 (Studies in Film); LIT 5017 (Studies in Fiction); LIT 5038 (Studies in Poetry); LIT 5049 (Studies in Drama); FOR ART HISTORY (ART): ANY GRADUATE COURSE IN ART HISTORY that is open to non-majors; FOR MUSIC (MUS); MUH 5380 (Music in the Humanities or any graduate level music course that is open to non-majors may be taken.
In addition to the required humanities courses, a student will take approximately one half of the course work in the department of concentration (including the work taken at the MA level), and the remainder in a carefully selected cluster of courses offered by participating departments in a major chronological period and a cultural theme or in a major and minor chronological period. The major chronological period will require eighteen (18) semester hours of work and the minor period or theme will require twelve (12) semester hours of work.
        In most instances students should assume that two years of full time residence beyond the master's degree will be required to fulfill course requirements. Upon completion of all course work, written examinations and oral examinations, an additional twenty-four (24) semester hours of dissertation hours are required. . A reading knowledge of two modern or classical languages or, at the discretion of the student's supervisory committee, a high level of competence in one modern or classical language is required.
        The doctoral program, leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Humanities, has been designed to offer qualified students a broad program combining offerings from the participating departments of Art History; Classical Languages, Literature, and Civilization; Communication; Dance History; English; History; Modern Languages and Linguistics; Philosophy; Religion; and the schools of Music History and Theatre History.  It offers an enlarged perspective which assists in the understanding of the specialized disciplines in the humanities area.
 
 

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