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Subject Categories: Humanities & Liberal Arts
Degree: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Total Credit Hours: A minimum of 120 semester hours of credit with at least 30 semester hours in the humanities
Institution: University of Maryland University College
Program Description:
The humanities major explores human thought and culture, including philosophy, the arts,
literature, language, and religion. The humanities major provides a broad perspective on human
behavior, morality, and spirituality, and focuses on the social, cultural, and aesthetic values of
history, politics, religion, and philosophy. This interdisciplinary curriculum encourages thinking
across traditional disciplinary lines.
The humanities curriculum includes studies in global humanities; religion; art appreciation and
art history; philosophy; history; the U.S. Constitution; personal, business, and professional
ethics; myth and culture; literature; and women's history.
A major in the humanities provides graduates with an educational foundation in the humanities and
liberal arts and with skills of writing, reasoning, and critical judgment. Graduates find career
opportunities in education, religion, literature, government, writing and research, business
administration, management, and law.
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