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Interdisciplinary Humanities (BA)

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Variable Credit Min

56

Variable Credit Max

87

Major Academic Plan

Title

Cultural and Intellectual History

Learning Outcome

Demonstrate broad interdisciplinary knowledge of cultural and intellectual history including proficiency in a foreign language.

Title

Proficiency in Interdisciplinary Approaches to Humanities

Learning Outcome

Demonstrate proficiency in interdisciplinary approaches to the humanistic tradition as well as concentrated coursework in a chosen track.

Title

Critical Thinking, Research, and Writing Skills

Learning Outcome

Research and Writing Skills Demonstrate the skills of humanistic study i.e. analyze think critically and write clearly and persuasively.

Title

Post-baccalaureate Preparation, Lifelong Learning, Service

Learning Outcome

Lifelong Learning Service Prepare for career or post-baccalaureate education through additional concentrated coursework specifically related to individual educational and career goals.

Program Requirements

Note: It is strongly recommended that students complete IHum 311: Advanced Writing in Comparative Arts and Humanities to fulfill the GE Advanced Written and Oral Communication requirement.

Requirement 1 — Complete 3 Courses

course - Humanities & Professional Life 1.0

course - Intro to Interdisciplinary Hum 3.0

course - Sophomore Seminar - You may take once 3.0

Requirement 2 — Complete 2 Courses

course - Western Humanities 1 3.0

course - Western Humanities 2 3.0

Requirement 3 — Complete 2 of 5 Options

Option 3.1 — Complete 1 Course

course - Humanities of East Asia 3.0

Option 3.2 — Complete 1 Course

course - Intro to Humanities of Islam 3.0

Option 3.3 — Complete 1 Course

course - Humanities of South Asia 3.0

Option 3.4 — Complete 1 Course

course - Humanities of Africa 3.0

Option 3.5 — Complete 1 of 2 Courses

course - Intro to Greek & Roman Lit 3.0

course - Greek&Roman Mythology 3.0

Requirement 4 — Complete 2 of 3 Courses

course - Humanities of Latin America 3.0

course - AmerHumanities1:Colonial-1876 3.0

course - AmerHumanities2:1877-Present 3.0

Requirement 5 — Complete 1 of 30 Courses

Complete one upper-division foreign language course. For languages not listed, contact the IHUM section head.

course - Adv Modern Standard Arabic 4.0

course - Advanced ASL 3.0

course - Cultural History of Bulgaria 3.0

course - Intermediate Mandarin 4.0

course - Cultural History of Czech 3.0

course - Advanced Danish 3.0

course - Intro to Dutch Literature 3.0

course - Third Year Finnish 3.0

course - Advanced French Part 1 3.0

course - Cultural History of Germany 3.0

course - Classical Greek Poetry 3.0

course - 3rd-Year Modern Hebrew 1 4.0

course - Cultural History of Hungary 3.0

course - Old Icelandic Lang &Literature 3.0

course - Advanced Language Part 1 3.0

course - Japanese Reading & Culture 4.0

course - Third-Year Korean 1 4.0

course - Classical Latin Poetry 3.0

course - Cultural History of Latvia 3.0

course - Advanced Norwegian 3.0

course - Cultural History of Poland 3.0

course - 3rd-Yr Port Read, Gram, & Cult 3.0

course - Intro toRomanian Liter&Culture 3.0

course - 3rd Yr Russian, Part 1 3.0

course - Adv Lang & Cult: Slovene 3.0

course - 3rd-Yr Span Read, Gram, & Cult 3.0

SRBCR 330 - Cultural Hist FormerYugoslavia - This course is no longer available.

course - Advanced Swedish 3.0

course - Cultural History of Ukraine 3.0

course - Second Year Welsh 4.0

Requirement 6 — Complete 2 Courses

course - Interpretation of Lit & Arts 3.0

course - Contemporary Issues 3.0

Requirement 7 — Complete 1 Course

course - Junior Seminar - You may take once 3.0

Requirement 8 — Complete 1 Requirement

Note: Students choosing Option 8.1, the internship course (IHum 399R), will work with the IHum internship coordinator; students choosing one of the other alternatives listed under Option 8.2 must gain approval from the IHum section head.

Requirement 8.1 — Complete 1 Course

course - Academic Internship - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 1.0v

Requirement 8.2 — Obtain confirmation from your advisement center that you have completed the following:

Complete an equivalent type of experiential learning opportunity such as Study Abroad, field studies, ORCA fellowships, Honors thesis, or mentored research project.

Complete an equivalent type of experiential learning opportunity such as Study Abroad, field studies, ORCA fellowships, Honors thesis, or mentored research project.

Requirement 9 — Complete 1 of 7 Options

Complete 12 hours in one of the following tracks as approved by a faculty advisor. At least 6 of the 12 hours must be from upper division courses.

Option 9.1 — Obtain confirmation from your advisement center that you have completed the following:

A. Double Major or Minor Track: Courses from a double major or minor in a field relevant to the student's Interdisciplinary Humanities studies may be used to satisfy this requirement. Contact the Interdisciplinary Section Head for more information about utilizing this option.

Option 9.2 — Complete 12 hours

B. Art History Track:

course - Issues in Contemporary Art 3.0

course - Greek Art 3.0

course - Roman Art 3.0

course - Early Christian&Byzantine Art 3.0

course - Italian Renaissance 3.0

course - Northern Renaissance 3.0

course - Southern Baroque Art 3.0

course - Northern Baroque Art 3.0

course - 19th C Europe Art 3.0

course - American Art to 1876 3.0

course - Modern Art 3.0

course - Contemporary Art 3.0

course - Amer Architecture 3.0

course - Modern Architectur 3.0

course - Japanese Art & Architecture 3.0

course - Northern Mesoamerican Art 3.0

course - Southern Mesoamerican Art 3.0

course - Spec Top Read Arth - You may take once 1.0v

Option 9.3 — Complete 12 hours

C. English Track:

course - Lit & Cultures of Amer West 3.0

ELANG 324 - Hist of the English Language - This course is no longer available.

course - British Literary History 1 3.0

course - British Literary History 2 3.0

course - American Literary History 3.0

course - Brit Liter in Cultural Setting - You may take once 0.5v

course - Rhetorical Foundations 3.0

ENGL 333 - The British Novel - This course is no longer available.

ENGL 336 - The American Novel - This course is no longer available.

course - Studies in Lit Form and Genre - You may take once 3.0

course - Literary Studies of the Bible 3.0

ENGL 341 - British Drama to 1800 - This course is no longer available.

ENGL 343 - Modern British Drama - This course is no longer available.

course - Literature & Film 3.0

course - Classics & the Engl Tradition 3.0

course - Myth, Legend, & Folktale 3.0

ENGL 358R - Native Amer Lit 1900-Present - You may take once - This course is no longer available.

ENGL 359 - The Short Story - This course is no longer available.

ENGL 360 - American Lit to 1800 - This course is no longer available.

ENGL 361 - American Lit 1800 - 1865 - This course is no longer available.

ENGL 362 - American Lit 1865 - 1914 - This course is no longer available.

ENGL 363 - American Lit 1914-1960 - This course is no longer available.

ENGL 365 - American Lit 1960 - Present - This course is no longer available.

ENGL 366 - Studies in Poetry - This course is no longer available.

course - Lit of the Latter-day Saints 3.0

ENGL 371 - British Lit to 1500 - This course is no longer available.

ENGL 372 - British Lit 1500 - 1603 - This course is no longer available.

ENGL 373 - British Lit 1660 - 1789 - This course is no longer available.

ENGL 374 - British Lit 1789 - 1832 - This course is no longer available.

ENGL 375 - British Lit 1832 - 1900 - This course is no longer available.

ENGL 376 - British Lit 1900 - 1950 - This course is no longer available.

ENGL 380 - British Lit 1950 - Present - This course is no longer available.

ENGL 381 - Chaucer - This course is no longer available.

ENGL 382 - Shakespeare - This course is no longer available.

ENGL 383 - Milton - This course is no longer available.

course - Author Studies - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 385 - British Lit 1603 - 1660 - This course is no longer available.

course - Introduction to Folklore 3.0

course - American Folklore 3.0

ENGL 393R - Studies Folklore - You may take once - This course is no longer available.

course - Studies in Literature - You may take once 3.0

course - Studies in Women's Lit - You may take once 3.0

course - Young Adult Literature 3.0

ENGL 451 - Literary Thry 1: Critical Trad - This course is no longer available.

ENGL 452 - Literary Thry 2:Contemp Crit - This course is no longer available.

Option 9.4 — Complete 12 hours

D. Environmental Humanities Track:

course - Lit & Cultures of Amer West 3.0

course - Biological Anthropology 3.0

course - Biology 4.0

course - Biological Diversity: Animals 4.0

course - Biological Diversity: Plants 4.0

BIO 347 - Religion & the Environment - This course is no longer available.

course - Ecology 3.0

course - Bioethics 2.0

course - Writing Creative Nonfiction - You may take once 3.0

course - Nature & History 3.0

course - Plants in the Environment 3.0

course - Cult Hist of Medicinal Plants 3.0

Option 9.5 — Obtain confirmation from your advisement center that you have completed the following:

E. Foreign Literature Track: Course work for the Foreign Literature track must consist of upper-division courses from foreign language departments, chosen in consultation with the track's faculty advisor.

Option 9.6 — Complete 12 hours

F. History Track:

course - Intro to East Asian History 3.0

course - Ancient Near East to 330 BC 3.0

course - Ancient Near East 330BC-640AD 3.0

course - M E Hist to 1800 3.0

course - M E Hist from 1800 3.0

course - Arab & Islamic Civilization - You may take once 1.0v

course - Jewish Civilization - You may take once 1.0v

course - Jewsh Hist 70AD-Pr 3.0

course - Greek History 3.0

course - Roman History 3.0

course - Con & Col Lat Amer 3.0

course - Modern Latin Amer 3.0

course - Nature & History 3.0

HIST 291 - History of Science - This course is no longer available.

course - Food & History 3.0

course - WW II in History & Memory 3.0

course - Early Middle Ages 3.0

course - Late Middle Ages 3.0

course - Italian Renaissance 3.0

course - Reformation: Age of Turmoil 3.0

course - European Expansion 3.0

course - Age of Enlightnmnt 3.0

course - 19th Cent Europe 3.0

course - Europe Since 1914 3.0

HIST 310 - Euro Economic Hist - This course is no longer available.

course - History of Ideas 3.0

course - Fascism & Nazism, 1914-present 3.0

course - Jews & Holocaust 3.0

course - Family in Europe 3.0

HIST 320 - Society in Europe - This course is no longer available.

course - Pre-Modern Britain 3.0

course - Modern Britain 3.0

course - France 3.0

course - Spain 3.0

course - Modern Italy 3.0

course - Modern Germany 3.0

course - Russian Empire Under Romanovs 3.0

course - Soviet & Post-Soviet Russia 3.0

course - Scandinavian Hist 3.0

course - Crusades 3.0

course - Traditional China 3.0

course - China Since 1200 3.0

course - Early Japan 3.0

course - Modern Japan 3.0

course - Chinese Cultural History 3.0

course - Asian Religion & Thought 3.0

course - History of Argentina 3.0

course - Brazil 3.0

course - Indian in Latin Am 3.0

course - Gender & History in Latin Amer 3.0

course - Inter-American Relations 3.0

course - American West to 1900 3.0

course - American West Since 1900 3.0

course - Spanish Frontier in North Amer 3.0

course - Utah 3.0

course - American South 3.0

course - Slavery in Africa & Atlantic 3.0

course - Slavery in the U.S. 3.0

course - Sport, Society, & Am Culture 3.0

course - Early America 3.0

course - Revolutionary Amer 3.0

course - Civil War Era 3.0

course - US Hist, 1890-1945 3.0

course - US Hist, 1945-2000 3.0

course - History of American Families 3.0

course - US Religious History to 1860 3.0

course - US Religious Hist Since 1860 3.0

course - Mormonism Am Exper 3.0

course - US Women's History 3.0

course - Latinos in the United States 3.0

course - Am Indian Hist to 1877 3.0

course - Am Indian Hist 1830-present 3.0

HIST 388 - Indians in Colonial America - This course is no longer available.

course - Special Topics - You may take once 0.5v

course - The Vietnam War 3.0

course - US Constitutnl His 3.0

course - US Foreign Relations 3.0

Option 9.7 — Complete 12 hours

G. Media Arts (Film) Track:

course - Literary Relations - You may take once 3.0

course - Literature & Film 3.0

course - French & Italian Cinema 3.0

course - German & Scandinavian Cinema 3.0

course - Intnatl Cinema Studies Seminar - You may take once 3.0

course - Junior Seminar - You may take once 3.0

course - French & Italian Cinema 3.0

course - Masterpieces of Russian Film 3.0

course - German & Scandinavian Cinema 3.0

course - Hispanic Cinema 3.0

course - Issues in Media Arts - You may take once 3.0

course - Media Arts Genres - You may take once 3.0

course - Transcendence: Religion & Film 3.0

course - Media as a Mirror of Our Times 3.0

course - Spec Topics in Media Arts - You may take once 3.0

Note: IHum 390R only qualifies when it is on a film or media arts topic. It cannot simultaneously satisfy requirement 8.

Option 9.8 — Complete 12 hours

H. Philosophy Track:

course - Introduction to Philosophy 3.0

course - Science & Civilization 1 3.0

course - Science & Civilization 2 3.0

course - Introduction to Ethics 3.0

course - Intro to the Philosophy of Art 3.0

course - Intro Philosophy of Religion 3.0

course - Studies in Ancient Philosophy - You may take once 3.0

course - Studies in Medieval Philosophy - You may take once 3.0

course - Studies in Modern Philosophy - You may take once 3.0

course - Studies in Contemporary Phil - You may take once 3.0

course - Topics in Ethics - You may take once 3.0

course - Advanced Philosophy of Art - You may take once 3.0

course - Philosophy of Religion 3.0

course - Philosophy of Law 3.0

course - Philosophy of Language 3.0

course - Metaphysics 3.0

course - Epistemology 3.0

course - History&Philosophy of Science - You may take once 3.0

Option 9.9 — Complete 2 Requirements

I. Theatre Track:

Requirement 9.9.1 — Complete 9 hours

course - Contemp Performance Practices 2.0

course - Methods Applied Theatre 3.0

course - Production Dramaturgy 3.0

course - Dramatic Literature 1 3.0

course - Dramatic Literature 2 3.0

course - WDA Workshop - You may take once 3.0

course - Dramaturgy Practicum - You may take once 1.0v

Requirement 9.9.2 — Complete 3 hours

course - Special Topics & Issues - You may take once 2.0

ENGL 341 - British Drama to 1800 - This course is no longer available.

ENGL 343 - Modern British Drama - This course is no longer available.

course - Sophocles & Euripides 3.0

course - Lit in Tran: 17th-19th Century 3.0

course - Spanish-American Drama - You may take once 3.0

Requirement 10 — Complete 6 hours

Complete six hours of the following capstone course (take twice):

course - Seminar in the Humanities - You may take 2 times 3.0

course - Seminar in the Humanities - You may take 2 times 3.0