Humanities, Bachelor of Arts |
122 credits | |||||||
The Humanities major enables students to explore a wide range of interrelated areas of study, while embracing broad cultural and international perspectives. Majors can choose to focus their studies in one of three areas: The Americas, Medieval and Renaissance, The World, or they can create their own contract. Students are encouraged to explore boldly, to work independently and in groups, to think critically, and to learn to communicate effectively. Humanities majors are well prepared for careers in, for example, art, business, foreign service, history, journalism, and law. The ability to develop observations and analyze interconnected ideas from several areas is an essential requirement in these professions, and employers highly value the skills of analysis, interpretation and effective communication found in Humanities majors. This BA program is designed to include the study of seven academic Humanities disciplines: Art History, Foreign Languages, History, Literature, Music, Philosophy, and Theatre. In addition to the General Education requirements of the University, Humanities major are required to fulfill the following: Distribution requirement: 18 credits; six credits each (two courses) in three of the following disciplines: Anthropology, Art History, English, Foreign Languages (beyond the BA foreign language requirement), History, Music, Philosophy, and Theatre. Courses must be approved by the Humanities advisor. Focus requirement: nine credits of preferably upper-level courses that are geared to the topic of the Humanities capstone experience of the one-year Senior Project; three courses from one Focus area. These courses are decided in conjunction with the student and the Chair of the Humanities Council. The Focus is selected from the following: Senior Project: six credits of independent research and writing, supervised by member(s) of the Humanities Council and approved by the Council. The project is presented to the Council as the culminating project in the degree program. It is designed with the student’s academic interests in mind. Foreign Language: six credits beyond the University foreign language requirement for a Bachelor of Arts degree. Students may fulfill the requirement by taking six credits of university level foreign language or by demonstrating a reading proficiency in a foreign language (adequacy determined and attested to by the Languages and Linguistics member of the Council). This requirement is different from the foreign language requirement for the Bachelor of Arts degree. An internship and/or study abroad experience is recommended but not required. All courses taken abroad must be approved in advance. All transfer policies and procedures must be followed if students want to receive credit for these experiences (see Transferring Courses to Plymouth). A minimum of 21 credits in the major must be at the 3000/4000 level. To insure the opportunity for students to pursue in depth a single discipline in addition to their fulfillment of the Distribution requirements, students may also minor in any of the Humanities disciplines. |
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Degree Requirements |
Credits |
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| HU 4010 | Senior Project I | 3 | ||||||
| HU 4020 | Senior Project II (WRCO) | 3 | ||||||
| CM 3090 | Technical Communication (TECO) (WRCO) | 3 | ||||||
| Foreign Language | 6 | |||||||
| Distribution courses (two courses in each of three Humanities disciplines) | 18 | |||||||
| Focus courses (three courses from one Focus area) | 9 | |||||||
| Quantitative Reasoning in the Discipline Connection - complete one of the following: | 3 | |||||||
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| General Education: | ||||||||
| EN 1200 | Composition | 3 | ||||||
| IS 1111 | The First Year Seminar: Critical Thinking and the Nature of Inquiry | 3 | ||||||
| MA | Mathematics Foundations | 3 | ||||||
| CTDI | Creative Thought Directions | 6 | ||||||
| PPDI | Past and Present Directions | 6 | ||||||
| SIDI | Scientific Inquiry Directions | 6-8 | ||||||
| SSDI | Self and Society Directions | 6 | ||||||
| DICO | Diversity Connection | 3 | ||||||
| INCO | Integration Connection | 3 | ||||||
| WECO | Wellness Connection | 3 | ||||||
| Foreign Language (GACO) | 8 | |||||||
| Electives | 27-25 | |||||||
The foreign language requirement for all BA degrees calls for 0-8 credits: one year of one language (6-8 credits); or one 3000/4000 level world language course (3 credits); or being a native speaker of a language other than English (zero credit). American Sign Language I and II fulfill this requirement; however, American Sign Language does not satisfy the Global Awareness Connection. |
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Distribution and Focus Courses |
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| The following courses may be taken to satisfy the Distribution and Focus requirements. One course may satisfy either the Distribution requirement or the Focus requirement, but not both. Courses other than those listed may be taken with the approval of the Humanities Council advisor, the Humanities Council Chair, and the Undergraduate Studies Office, prior to enrolling in the course. The numbers in brackets following the course title are keyed to the Focus areas: | ||||||||
| [1] The Americas | ||||||||
| [2] Medieval and Renaissance | ||||||||
| [3] The World | ||||||||
| [1] The Americas | ||||||||
| AH 2700 | 20/21: Art Since 1900 (WRCO) [1,3] | 3 | ||||||
| AH 3100 | Contemporary Art Seminar (INCO) [1,3] | 3 | ||||||
| AH 3540 | Art and Ideas in the 19th Century (GACO) (INCO) [1,3] | 3 | ||||||
| AH 3600 | Arts of the United States (DICO) [1] | 3 | ||||||
| AH 3750 | Women, Art, and Society (DICO) [1,2,3] | 3 | ||||||
| AN 3040 | Mexican Prehistory [1,3] | 3 | ||||||
| AN 3050 | Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean [1,3] | 3 | ||||||
| AN 3190 | Anthropology of the Pacific [3] | 3 | ||||||
| AN 3200 | Anthropology of Religion, Ritual, and Myth [1,2,3] | 3 | ||||||
| AN 3300 | North American Prehistory [1] | 3 | ||||||
| AN 3410 | Natives of North America [1] | 3 | ||||||
| EN 3450 | Women Writers [1,3] | 3 | ||||||
| EN 3590 | The Filmmaker's Vision: An Introduction to Film Analysis [1,3] | 3 | ||||||
| EN 3710 | Currents in American Literature I (DICO) [1] | 3 | ||||||
| EN 3720 | Currents in American Literature II (DICO) [1] | 3 | ||||||
| FR 3130 | Advanced French Composition (WRCO) [1,3] | 3 | ||||||
| FR 3410 | Quebec Culture and Literature [1,3] | 3 | ||||||
| FR 4200 | Seminar in French [1,3] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 2020 | Surveying Themes in United States History [1] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3115 | Early American Society to 1776 (DICO) (WRCO) [1] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3116 | Revolutionary America, 1763-1815 [1] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3140 | Antebellum America, 1815-1860 (DICO) (INCO) [1] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3150 | American Civil War and Reconstruction (WRCO) [1] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3330 | New Hampshire and New England Historical Sites (WRCO) [1] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3340 | New Hampshire and New England History (WRCO) [1] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3350 | American Women's History (DICO) [1] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3352 | African-American History (DICO) [1] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3354 | Health and Illness in American History (WECO) [1] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3356 | American Ideas (INCO) [1] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3520 | The Great Depression in Film, Print, and on Stage (DICO) (INCO) (WRCO) [1] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3530 | US Home Fronts: The 1940s and 1950s (DICO) (WRCO) [1] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3540 | Recent Times: The United States, 1960-2000 (DICO) [1] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3810 | Topics in US History [1,2,3] | 3 | ||||||
| MU 3250 | Global Jazz (DICO) (GACO) [1,3] | 3 | ||||||
| MU 3320 | History and Literature of Music II (INCO) (WRCO) [1,3] | 3 | ||||||
| MU 4340 | 20th Century Music [1,3] | 3 | ||||||
| PY 3120 | History of Philosophy II: Modern (INCO) [1,3] | 3 | ||||||
| PY 3160 | History of Philosophy III: Contemporary (INCO) [1,3] | 3 | ||||||
| PY 3540 | Philosophy of Religion (INCO) [1,2,3] | 3 | ||||||
| PY 4770 | Great Philosophers Seminar (WRCO) [1,2,3] | 3 | ||||||
| SP 2030 | Intermediate Spanish I (DICO) (GACO) [1,3] | 3 | ||||||
| SP 2040 | Intermediate Spanish II (DICO) (GACO) [1,3] | 3 | ||||||
| SP 3120 | Spanish Culture and Civilization [1,3] | 3 | ||||||
| SP 3140 | Spanish American Culture and Civilization [1] | 3 | ||||||
| SP 3250 | Ibero-American Women in Literature, Art, and Film [1,3] | 3 | ||||||
| TH 2230 | American Musical Theatre (DICO) (WRCO) [1] | 3 | ||||||
| TH 2960 | World Drama [1,2,3] | 3 | ||||||
| TH 3930 | American Drama (DICO) (WRCO) [1] | 3 | ||||||
| [2] Medieval and Renaissance | ||||||||
| AH 3710 | Ancient Art [2] | 3 | ||||||
| AH 3720 | Medieval Art [2] | 3 | ||||||
| AH 3730 | Renaissance Art in Southern Europe (GACO) (INCO) [2,3] | 3 | ||||||
| AN 3030 | Ancient Egypt - Land of the Pharaohs [2] | 3 | ||||||
| AN 3220 | Anthropology of Europe [2,3] | 3 | ||||||
| EN 3270 | Gothic Fiction [2,3] | 3 | ||||||
| EN 4800 | Single Author [1,2,3] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 2005 | Ancient and Medieval Civilizations [2] | 3 | ||||||
| MU 3310 | History and Literature of Music I [2] | 3 | ||||||
| PY 2630 | The Concept of Death [2,3] | 3 | ||||||
| PY 3110 | History of Philosophy I: Ancient (INCO) [2] | 3 | ||||||
| PY 3140 | Medieval Philosophy [2] | 3 | ||||||
| TH 4510 | Theatre History I [2,3] | 3 | ||||||
| [3] The World: Europe | ||||||||
| EN 3510 | Currents in Global Literature (GACO) [3] | 3 | ||||||
| EN 3611 | Currents in British Literature I (INCO) [3] | 3 | ||||||
| EN 3620 | Currents in British Literature II [3] | 3 | ||||||
| FR 2030 | Intermediate French I (DICO) (GACO) [3] | 3 | ||||||
| FR 2040 | Intermediate French II (DICO) (GACO) [3] | 3 | ||||||
| FR 3010 | French History and Civilization [3] | 3 | ||||||
| FR 3020 | French Culture and Conversation [3] | 3 | ||||||
| FR 3030 | Advanced French (GACO) (TECO) [3] | 3 | ||||||
| FR 3150 | French for Business [3] | 3 | ||||||
| FR 3210 | Readings in French I [3] | 3 | ||||||
| FR 3220 | Readings in French II [3] | 3 | ||||||
| GR 2030 | Intermediate German I (GACO) [3] | 3 | ||||||
| GR 2040 | Intermediate German II (GACO) [3] | 3 | ||||||
| GR 3010 | Advanced German I [3] | 3 | ||||||
| GR 3020 | Advanced German II [3] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 2015 | Monarchs to Modernity: Europe Since 1492 [3] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3460 | The British Empire in World History (GACO) [3] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3480 | The French Revolution and Napoleonic Era, 1789-1815 (GACO) [3] | 3 | ||||||
| LL 3170 | Seminar: Foreign Literatures in Translation [3] | 3 | ||||||
| SP 3030 | Advanced Spanish (GACO) (TECO) [3] | 3 | ||||||
| SP 4310 | Golden Age Literature [2] | 3 | ||||||
| SP 4410 | The Spanish Novel [3] | 3 | ||||||
| SP 4420 | The Spanish Drama [3] | 3 | ||||||
| SP 4500 | Spanish Seminar [3] | 3 | ||||||
| TH 4520 | Theatre History II [3] | 3 | ||||||
| [3] The World: Asia/Global | ||||||||
| AH 3530 | Arts of the Far East (GACO) (INCO) [3] | 3 | ||||||
| AN 3400 | Anthropology of Sub-Saharan Africa [3] | 3 | ||||||
| EN 3295 | Postcolonial Literature (GACO) [3] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 2010 | World History Since 1500 (GACO) [3] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 2710 | History of Asian Cultures [3] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3730 | Modern History of East Asia (GACO) [3] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3740 | History of Japan (GACO) [3] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3750 | History of Modern China (GACO) [3] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3760 | History of Southeast Asia (GACO) [3] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3765 | India and the World (GACO) (INCO) [3] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3820 | Topics in World History (GACO) [3] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3826 | Sex and Empire in Colonial India (GACO) (WRCO) [3] | 3 | ||||||
| HI 3828 | Women and Global Colonialism (GACO) [3] | 3 | ||||||
*All course information is from the 2012-2013 Catalog.
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