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Program Structure

Please follow the program structure outlined in the Academic Calendar from your FIRST academic year as a student at St. Thomas University. Find the Academic Calendars HERE. If you have any questions, please contact your academic advisor. 

Interdisciplinary Major in Humanities

To meet the degree requirements, students must complete 36 credit hours, including six credit hour of required Humanities courses and thirty credits of 2000 and 3000-level courses, from a selection of offerings from the following disciplines:

 

  • Communications and Public Policy
  • Digital Media and Creative Arts
  • English
  • Fine Arts
  • Great Books
  • History
  • Human Rights
  • Journalism
  • Native Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Religious Studies
  • Romance Languages

Required Courses

First Semester
HUMS 2003 – Humanities Writing and Research

Fourth Semester
HUMS 3003 – Final Project in Humanities


First and Second Semesters – Year 1

A minimum of 15 credit hours from 2000-level approved courses with no more than six credits in any single discipline.


Any 2000-level course in Communications and Public Policy (COPP), Digital Media and Creative Arts (DIGM), Journalism (JOUR), and Religious Studies (RELG).

Any 2000-level course in English (ENGL) except ENGL 2113, ENGL 2123, ENGL 2213, ENGL 2233, and ENGL 2926.
Any 2000-level course in History (HIST) except HIST 2003.

Any 2000-level course in Human Rights (HMRT) except HMRT 2033.


The following courses in Fine Arts:
FNAR 2183 – Ideas in Art
FNAR 2333 – History of Jazz
FNAR 2353 – Modern Art and its Precursors

 

The following courses in Great Books:
GRBK 2006 – The Quest for the Good Life
GBRK 2206 – Nature, Science, and Technology
GBRK 2306 – War and Peace

 

The following courses in Native Studies:
NATI 2213 – Native Literature
NATI 2302 – Science, Ethics, and Native People
NATI 2603 – Roles of Native Women
NATI 2703 – Invented Traditions

 

The following courses in Philosophy:
PHIL 2213 – Introduction to Moral Philosophy
PHIL 2263 – The Art of Living: Ancient Greek Strategies for Happiness in the XXIst Century
PHIL 2513 – Introduction to Logic
PHIL 2523 – Introduction to Aesthetics
PHIL 2533 – Minds and Brains
PHIL 2543 – Moral Psychology

The following courses from Romance Languages:
ROML 2013 – Introduction to Linguistics I
ROML 2023 – Introduction to Linguistics II

Third and Fourth Semesters – Year 2

A minimum of 15 credit hours from approved 3000-level courses with no more than six credits in a single discipline.

 

Any 3000-level courses in Communications and Public Policy (COPP), Digital Media and Creative Arts (DIGM), Journalism (JOUR), and Religious Studies (RELG).

Any 3000-level course in English (ENGL) if the 2000-level prerequisites have been met.
Any 3000-level course in Great Books (GBRK) if the 2000-level prerequisites have been met.
Any 3000-level course in History (HIST) except HIST 3553 and HIST 3983.
Any 3000-level course in Native Studies (NATI) if the 2000-level prerequisites have been met.

 

The following courses in Fine Arts:
FNAR 3013 – Music and Meaning  (if 2000-level prerequisites have been met)
FNAR 3406 – Field Course in Art and Ecology
FNAR 3613 – Music in Film and TV

 

The following courses in Human Rights:
HMRT 3033 – Philosophy of Human Rights
HMRT 3543 – Human Rights and Foreign Policy
HMRT 3633 – 2SLGBTQIA+ and Human Rights
HMRT 3803 – Human Rights of the Child and Seniors
HMRT 3903 – Business and Human Rights

 

The following courses in Philosophy:
PHIL 3353 – Human Nature, Society, Justice and Law II: Modern Secular Theories
PHIL 3813 – Introduction to Logic II  (if 2000-level prerequisites have been met)

 

The following courses in Romance Languages:
ROML 3913 – Contemporary Literary Analysis