HUM - Humanities

Prerequisite: At least 12 graduate credit hours in Humanities and permission of the instructor. Graduate students may serve as teaching assistants in undergraduate Humanities courses. The assistant would attend classes, tutor students, and join in periodic conferences with the instructors. Other duties would include organizing discussions, helping with constructing exams, and arranging for non-print media instruction. May be taken only twice. Grading is on a S/U basis.

Prerequisites:  Completion of the proseminars HIST 501, PLRL 501, LIT 501, FA 501 and permission of both the instructor and program director. An individual course for special fields of interest beyond regular course offerings. Students wishing to take a directed reading course should have a clear topic in mind before approaching an instructor, who will help the student plan an appropriate reading program. Proposals must include a course description, reading list, and required assignments.

Humanities Colloquia are reading intensive courses that build on skills learned in the proseminars and introduce students to the scholarship on a particular topic, theme, era, or genre, providing both an overview of its critical debates and the range of methodologies or approaches appropriate to the field. Course topics vary according to discipline and specialization of faculty.

Reading and/or research in a selected field. An approved title for the independent study must be submitted with the registration forms. Prerequisite: permission of the chair of the department. A maximum of 6 credits may be applied to a degree program.

Prerequisites: Completion of at least 24 credits to include HIST 501, PLRL 501, LIT 501, FA 501 and all elective coursework and approval of the MAH Advisory Committee. This is a substantial independent research project, or a creative writing project with an academic introduction. The student will work closely with a faculty advisor and two other faculty members to develop, draft, and defend their thesis over the course of two semesters.

Prerequisites: Completion of at least 27 credits to include HIST 501, PLRL 501, LIT 501, FA 501, and all elective coursework and approval of the MAH advisory Committee. The student will select one substantial paper from three different completed courses and work closely with the Portfolio advisor to develop and revise these papers while adding a scholarly introduction that connects the papers to each other and a student’s broader area of academic interest.

Only available to students who enrolled in the Humanities program prior to Fall 2015.  A 4-credit experience involving extended independent work, usually in the form of research and writing, typically conducted over two semesters or a semester and an entire summer. The student works with a faculty adviser to develop a topic, write a proposal, and complete a project. Two other faculty members (or other qualified individuals) serve as members of the student’s Project Committee and participate in advising the student and grading the work.

Prerequisites: FA 501, HIST 501, LIT 501, PLRL 501, completion of at least 21 credits towards the M.A., GPA of 3.0, and Permission of Instructor 

This course offers students in the Humanities program the opportunity to pursue a humanities-related internship that complements their academic and/or professional goals. Students must determine the specific nature and workload of an internship with their faculty advisor and are responsible to identify an appropriate on-site internship supervisor.

A special topics course may be offered either within a single department or on an interdepartmental basis. The content and methods of such courses depend upon the interests of the faculty and students.

HUM 599A helps students prepare for the advanced academic writing they will be doing for their graduate courses and their Capstone projects. The course focuses on developing extensive arguments, incorporating research, and communicating clearly to other scholars specialized material from a specific discipline. Students will also address individual writing concerns in this writing-intensive seminar.