M.A. Degree in Humanities: Suggested Program of Work
Suggested Programs of Work
Note: These are suggestions only. Each student may design a unique program of work based on
his/her interests.
Students interested in focusing on topics related to AMERICAN STUDIES might choose the
following program:
Foundation Courses:
HUMA 5300 Conceptual Bases of the Humanities
HUMA 5303 Approaches to the Study of Culture
HUMA 5307 Topics in Gender Studies
Scope Courses:
POLS 5300 American Political Institutions
HIST 5301 Colloquium in 19th Century American History
HIST 5302 Colloquium in 20th Century American History
ENGL 5320 Selected Reading in American Literature Before 1800
ENGL 5320 Selected Readings in American Literature From 1800 to the Civil War
ENGL 5322 Selected Readings in American Literature From the Civil War to 1910
ART 4314 Topics In Twentieth Century Art
SOCI 5319 Seminars in Social Institutions and Change
SPAN 5332 Chicano Literature and Culture
Students interested in focusing on topics related to GENDER STUDIES might choose the
following program:
Foundation Courses:
HUMA 5300 Conceptual Bases of the Humanities
HUMA 5303 Approaches to the Study of Culture
HUMA 5307 Topics in Gender Studies
Scope Courses:
ENGL 5310 British Fiction
ENGL 5327 Topics in 20th Century American Literature
ENGL 6360 Topics in Feminist Criticism
LING 5318 Language and Gender
FREN 5338 Topics in French Culture
HIST 5324 Seminar in Regional/Topical History of the U.S.
SOCI 5330 Seminars in Social Differentiation
SPAN 5350 Women in Hispanic Literature
THEA 5393 Topics in Theater Arts
Students interested in focusing on topics related to EUROPEAN STUDIES might choose the
following program:
Foundation Courses:
HUMA 5300 Conceptual Bases of the Humanities
HUMA 5303 Approaches to the Study of Culture
HUMA 5306 Criticism, Language, and History
Scope Courses:
FREN 5300 History of the French Language
GERM 5304 Topics in German Language and Linguistics
SPAN 5300 History of the Spanish Language
HIST 5331 Seminar in Early Modern European History
HIST 5332 Seminar in Modern European History
HIST 5341 Issues and Interpretations in European History
PHIL 5392 Topics in the History of Philosophy
ANTH 5340 European Culture and Society
ART 5330 Seminar in Special Topics in Art History and Criticism
Students interested in focusing on topics related to FINE ARTS might choose the following
program:
Foundation Courses:
HUMA 5300 Conceptual Bases of the Humanities
HUMA 5303 Approaches to the Study of Culture
HUMA 5304 Cultural Studies
Scope Courses:
ART 4317 Art of Other Traditions
ART 4330 Eighteenth-Century Art
ART 4392 Art of the Renaissance
ART 5320 History of Art Criticism
ART 5330 Seminar in Special Topics in Art History and Criticism
MUSI 5391 Conference Course in Music
THEA 5393 Topics in Theatre Arts
ART 4314 Topics in Twentieth Century Art
Students interested in focusing on topics related to POLITICAL AND SOCIAL THEORY might
choose the following program:
Foundation Courses:
HUMA 5300 Conceptual Bases of the Humanities
HUMA 5303 Approaches to the Study of Culture
HUMA 5307 Topics in Gender Studies
Scope Courses:
ENGL 5360 Topics in Contemporary Critical Theory
POLS 5303 Comparative Political Systems
SOCI 5301 Social Theory
ANTH 5310 History of Anthropological Theory
ANTH 5363 Ethnography and Personal Narrative
HIST 5339 Historical Theory and Methodology
HIST 5392 Historical Perspectives on the Humanities
LING 5318 Language and Gender
PHIL 5392 Topics in the History of Philosophy
Students interested in focusing on topics related to PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE might
choose the following program:
Foundation Courses:
HUMA 5300 Conceptual Bases of the Humanities
HUMA 5303 Approaches to the Study of Culture
HUMA 5304 Cultural Studies
Scope Courses:
PHIL 5393 Theory of Knowledge
ANTH 5360 Anthropology of Education
HUMA 5392 Cultural Studies
HUMA 5392 Social and Political Theory
ANTH 5340 European Culture
ANTH 5310 Anthropological Theory
SOCI 5301 Social Theory
PHIL 5392 Metaphysics
ENG 5327 American Cultural Studies
Students interested in focusing on topics related to CLASSICS might choose the following
program:
Foundation Courses:
HUMA 5300 Conceptual Bases of the Humanities
HUMA 5303 Approaches to the Study of Culture
HUMA 5306 Criticism, Language, and History
Scope Courses:
GREK 1441/1442 Intensive Ancient Greek for Reading
LATN 5301/5302 Intensive Latin for Reading
CLAS 2307 Women in the Ancient World
CLAS 3323 Topics in Classical Mythology
ANTH 3370 Archaeology of the Prehistoric Aegean
ANTH 3371 Archaeology of Greece
POLS 4327 Political Ideas of the Ancient World
HIST 3380 History of Ancient Sport
ART 3302 Art of Antiquity
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