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A major in Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities challenges students to understand and evaluate human values, cultures and ideas as they are expressed in the various humanities disciplines. At the same time, it asks them to think critically about the disciplines themselves. How are they similar and different? What questions do they ask and why? What approaches are best (and in which circumstances) for endeavoring to understand the human condition?  By asking these questions, students are invited to make connections across academic disciplines, historical periods, and diverse cultures. The ability to make these connections is immensely valuable. Employers agree. CEOs frequently cite the skills emphasized by this program (strong writing, critical and creative thinking, ability to see relationships that most others miss, problem solving, ability to ask questions and research answers) as the traits they most desire when hiring. 

The world is a complicated place, filled with different ways of approaching problems, contradictory opinions, and unrecognized or overlooked connections between seemingly unrelated causes, results, events, and ideas. This interdisciplinary major is designed to give students the tools needed to make sense of it all. It is designed for those who are interested in more than one discipline and who want to examine a topic or idea from multiple perspectives, while gaining a sense of how various people think and why.

Students in this major take classes in at least three humanities disciplines (no more than five classes in a single discipline) gaining a range of experience. There is tremendous freedom within this requirement to cluster courses in thematic areas. Students may concentrate, for instance, on humanistic views of science and take courses such as science and religion, literature of the sea, and bioethics. There are many possibilities in this flexible major.

The bachelor of arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities prepares the graduate for a broad spectrum of careers in teaching, communications, publishing, government, sales, advertising, public affairs, research, and information management among many, many others. Moreover it is sound training for law school and graduate work in the humanities. The liberal studies major provides truly practical preparation for a rapidly changing world by developing independence of mind, self-direction, critical thinking and analytic skills, and a continuing desire to learn.

Humanities Discipline Eligible Courses

History 

English