The Interdisciplinary Humanities program is designed to provide students with the flexibility to be self-directed in their studies. Its interdisciplinary approach allows students to experience the breadth and depth of the humanities disciplines while learning the core competencies and content that employers are currently demanding.
Why Earn a Humanities Degree?
- Take Control of Your Education: A humanities education provides you with the flexibility to be self-directed in your studies. The inherent interdisciplinary approaches of its various disciplines, coupled with internships and experiential learning, allows you to tailor your educational experience to meet your individual needs and professional interests.
- Diverse Career Opportunities: A humanities degree provides you with the necessary skills and experiences to pursue degrees in a variety of industries such as education, public policy, foreign service, media (journalism, writing, editing, broadcasting), marketing, advertising, public relations, arts administration, and more.
- Build Skills Desired by Employers Across Fields: While evaluating fields of knowledge based on human creativity and cultural phenomena – languages, religion, medicine, philosophy, literature, history, law, politics, and the fine arts – humanities students consistently practice and apply the very skills that a variety of professional organizations have identified as the most desirable for job candidates: creativity, persuasiveness, collaboration, and adaptability.
Why Earn Your Humanities Degree at Regis?
- Modern Curriculum Tailored to Your Interests: The Humanities Department at Regis offers a variety of courses of study through which you can focus on your particular interests. Our newly formed fields of study include modern and forward-thinking areas such as Medical Humanities, Diversity & Ethnicity Studies, Teaching in the 21st Century, and Media Studies & Digital Scholarship.
- Well-rounded Education: Regis students delve into unique topics while also building a robust background in foundational areas of study such as literature, history, politics, culture, and the fine and performing arts
- Experienced Faculty: Students studying Humanities at Regis will learn how to engage with texts and other media critically, interpretively, and analytically from experienced faculty who help students bridge the gap from theory to practice.
Areas of Study
Through this innovative program, students can tailor their major in the following areas:
Global Experiences
The Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities program maintains a commitment to experiential learning on campus and abroad. Students have traveled to Argentina, Chile, Italy, and England, where they have had the opportunity to put into practice what they’ve learned in the classroom.
Courses Required for Humanities Major
- EN 223 The Art of Persuasive Writing
- ID 110 Exploring the Humanities
- An internship
- A capstone project/thesis
- 24 credits (excluding courses applied to the core curriculum) in the interdisciplinary humanities as follows:
- Students choose a primary field of study and develop a plan of study in consultation with their academic advisor based on career goals and interests.
- Required and elective coursework is dependent upon the chosen field of study.
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