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Please follow the program structure outlined in the Academic Calendar from your FIRST academic year as a student at St. Thomas University. Find the Academic Calendars . If you have any questions, please contact your academic advisor. 

Interdisciplinary Major in Humanities

To meet the degree requirements, ÆÞÓÑÆƽâ°æ must complete 36 credit hours, including six credit hour of required Humanities courses and thirty credits of 2000 and 3000-level courses, from a selection of offerings from the following disciplines:

• Communications and Public Policy
• Digital Media and Creative Arts
• English
• Fine Arts
• Great Books
• History
• Human Rights
• Journalism
• Native Studies
• Philosophy
• Religious Studies
• Romance Languages

Required Courses

First Semester
HUMS 2003 – Humanities Writing and Research

Fourth Semester

HUMS 4003 – Capstone Seminar in Humanities

First and Second Semesters – Year 1

A minimum of 15 credit hours from 2000-level approved courses with no more than six credits in any single discipline.

Any 2000-level course in Communications and Public Policy (COPP), Digital Media and Creative Arts (DIGM), Journalism (JOUR), and Religious Studies (RELG).

Any 2000-level course in English (ENGL) except ENGL 2113, ENGL 2123, ENGL 2213, ENGL 2233, and ENGL 2926.
Any 2000-level course in History (HIST) except HIST 2003.

Any 2000-level course in Human Rights (HMRT) except HMRT 2033.

The following courses in Fine Arts:
FNAR 2183 – Ideas in Art
FNAR 2333 – History of Jazz
FNAR 2353 – Modern Art and its Precursors

The following courses in Great Books:
GRBK 2006 – The Quest for the Good Life
GBRK 2206 – Nature, Science, and Technology
GBRK 2306 – War and Peace

The following courses in Native Studies:
NATI 2213 – Native Literature
NATI 2302 – Science, Ethics, and Native People
NATI 2603 – Roles of Native Women
NATI 2703 – Invented Traditions

The following courses in Philosophy:
PHIL 2213 – Introduction to Moral Philosophy
PHIL 2263 – The Art of Living: Ancient Greek Strategies for Happiness in the XXIst Century
PHIL 2513 – Introduction to Logic
PHIL 2523 – Introduction to Aesthetics
PHIL 2533 – Minds and Brains
PHIL 2543 – Moral Psychology

The following courses from Romance Languages:
ROML 2013 – Introduction to Linguistics I
ROML 2023 – Introduction to Linguistics II

Third and Fourth Semesters – Year 2

A minimum of 15 credit hours from approved 3000-level courses with no more than six credits in a single discipline.

Any 3000-level courses in Communications and Public Policy (COPP), Digital Media and Creative Arts (DIGM), Journalism (JOUR), and Religious Studies (RELG).

Any 3000-level course in English (ENGL) if the 2000-level prerequisites have been met.
Any 3000-level course in Great Books (GBRK) if the 2000-level prerequisites have been met.
Any 3000-level course in History (HIST) except HIST 3553 and HIST 3983.
Any 3000-level course in Native Studies (NATI) if the 2000-level prerequisites have been met.

The following courses in Fine Arts:
FNAR 3013 – Music and Meaning  (if 2000-level prerequisites have been met)
FNAR 3406 – Field Course in Art and Ecology
FNAR 3613 – Music in Film and TV

The following courses in Human Rights:
HMRT 3033 – Philosophy of Human Rights
HMRT 3543 – Human Rights and Foreign Policy
HMRT 3633 – 2SLGBTQIA+ and Human Rights
HMRT 3803 – Human Rights of the Child and Seniors
HMRT 3903 – Business and Human Rights

The following courses in Philosophy:
PHIL 3353 – Human Nature, Society, Justice and Law II: Modern Secular Theories
PHIL 4813 – Introduction to Logic II  (if 2000-level prerequisites have been met)

The following courses in Romance Languages:
ROML 3913 – Contemporary Literary Analysis