The total credit hours required for a B.A. in Humanities is 120.
General Education Requirements
No courses used to complete the General Education requirements may also be used to complete the requirements for the tracks within the Humanities major.
Communication
History (U.S. History)
| HIST 1301 | History Of The Us To 1877 | 3 |
| HIST 1302 | History Of The Us Since 1877 | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Language, Philosophy and Culture
Mathematics
Life and Physical Sciences
Political Science (U.S., State of Texas and Local Government)
Creative Arts
Social and Behavioral Science
Component Area
| COMM 1315 | Introduction to Public Speaking | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Component Area Option
Total Credit Hours: 42
Humanities Core
History
Two 2000-level courses.
| HIST 2321 | World Civilizations To 1500 | 3 |
| HIST 2322 | World Civilizations Since 1500 | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
English
Two courses chosen from the following. These courses cannot have been used to fulfill the general education requirements. Other 2000-level English courses may be substituted with consent of the Humanities Program Head.
Communication or Foreign Language
(6 sch)
Two lower-division courses to be taken in either Communication or in a foreign language. No course used to complete the general education requirements may also be used to complete the requirements for the tracks within the major.
Fine Arts
(12 sch)
Four lower-division courses to be taken in:
- Art
- Drama
- Music
- Humanities.
Total Credit Hours: 30
Interdisciplinary Area of Concentration
(24 upper division sch)
These courses to be dispersed among not less than two but not more than four fields among History, English, Spanish, Communication, Drama, Art, Psychology, or Music. Students must enroll in at least two courses in each chosen field. Courses counted toward the 30 hours of the General Studies Core may not count toward the 24 hours of the interdisciplinary area of concentration. Transfer coursework in other Humanities-related disciplines (for example, Religion, Philosophy, Film, or other foreign languages) may be accepted by petition in consultations with the Humanities program head.
Total Credit Hours: 24
Capstone Senior Project
A three-unit senior thesis to be fulfilled with a "senior project" or contract-study course with a faculty member in a Humanities-related field. Such courses would include the following: for example, would include, contract-study courses (numbered 4391) in Art, Communication, Drama, English, History, Music , Psychology, or Spanish, or another courses in those disciplines involving a thesis paper as a primary assignment. Internship courses and 6000-level graduate courses also fulfill this requirements.
Total Credit Hours: 3