B.A. MAJOR and MINOR
This unique interdisciplinary program is designed to make humanistic studies more applicable and accessible to everyone. By merging a deep understanding of the past with critical insights into the present, you will tackle today’s most pressing issues through meaningful and productive public discourse. This major offers a collaborative, cross-disciplinary, and rigorous learning environment where you’ll grow into a thoughtful, empathetic steward of civic discussions that reach a wide range of audiences through various forms of public engagement.
In the Public Humanities, you’ll acquire experience-based skills in research, argumentation, and public relations—essential training for pursuing the common good and highly valued in many professions, including law, policy-making, advocacy, and non-profit and public leadership.
Focus-In
After covering the basics of both, you will have the opportunity to concentrate in either History or Philosophy. This allows you to deep-dive into a primary area of interest while maintaining a strong foundation in both disciplines.
If you choose to concentrate in History, you can expect to delve into both the local and global past, with a particular focus on people of the global majority and how the U.S. interacts with the world.
Should you choose the Philosophy track instead, you’ll explore a wide range of philosophical interests, with the most emphasis placed on modern through contemporary thought in the Western tradition. Our aim is to give you the tools for a well-examined life, fruitful career, and success in graduate studies, if you choose that path.
