Interdisciplinary Humanities

Interdisciplinary Humanities
BA
Hours56 - 87 Credit Hours
MAPMajor Academic Plan

Program Requirements

requirement 1 Complete 3 courses
requirement 2 Complete 2 courses
requirement 3 Complete 1 course
requirement 4 Complete 1 course
requirement 5 Complete 2 courses
requirement 6
Complete one upper-division foreign language course selected from the approved course list available in the College of Humanities Advisement Center.
Complete IHum 311: Advanced Writing in Comparative Arts and Humanities or another GE-approved Advanced Written and Oral Communication course.
requirement 7 Complete 2 courses
requirement 8 Complete 1 course
requirement 9 Complete 1 option
Note: Students taking the internship course (IHum 399R) will work with the IHum internship coordinator and a mentoring professor; students choosing one of the other alternatives must gain approval from the section head.
option 9.1 Complete 1 course
Work with the IHum internship coordinator and a mentoring professor to complete one to three credit hours of the following:
option 9.2
An equivalent type of experiential learning opportunity such as Study Abroad, field studies, ORCA fellowships, or Honors thesis.
requirement 10 Complete 1 option
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 10.1 Complete 12.0 hours from the following course(s)
A. Art History Track:
option 10.2 Complete 12.0 hours from the following course(s)
B. English Track:
ELANG 324 - History of the English Language 3.0
ENGL 291 - British Literary History 1 3.0
ENGL 292 - British Literary History 2 3.0
ENGL 293 - American Literary History 3.0
ENGL 300R - English Literature in a Cultural Setting 6.0v
ENGL 322 - Fundamentals of Rhetoric 3.0
ENGL 333 - The English Novel 3.0
ENGL 336 - The American Novel 3.0
ENGL 337R - Advanced Studies in Contemporary Creative Non-Fiction 3.0
ENGL 338 - Literary Studies of the Bible 3.0
ENGL 341 - English Drama: Beginnings to 1800, Excluding Shakespeare 3.0
ENGL 343 - Modern English and American Drama 3.0
ENGL 345 - Literature and Film 3.0
ENGL 355 - (Engl-ClCv) Greek and Roman Classics and the English Tradition 3.0
ENGL 356 - Myth, Legend, and Folktales 3.0
ENGL 358R - Native American Literature 3.0
ENGL 359 - The Short Story 3.0
ENGL 360 - American Literature to 1800 3.0
ENGL 361 - American Literature 1800 - 1865 3.0
ENGL 362 - American Literature 1865 - 1914 3.0
ENGL 363 - American Literature 1914 - 1960 3.0
ENGL 364 - Literature and Cultures of the American West 3.0
ENGL 365 - American Literature 1960 to Present 3.0
ENGL 366 - Studies in Poetry 3.0
ENGL 368 - Literature of the Latter-day Saints 3.0
ENGL 371 - British Literature to 1500: The Medieval Period 3.0
ENGL 372 - British Literature 1500 - 1603: The Early Renaissance 3.0
ENGL 373 - British Literature 1660 - 1789: The Enlightenment 3.0
ENGL 374 - British Literature 1789 - 1832: The Romantic Period 3.0
ENGL 375 - British Literature 1832-1900: The Victorian Period 3.0
ENGL 376 - British Literature 1900 - 1950: The Modern Period 3.0
ENGL 380 - British Literature 1950 - Present: The Contemporary Period 3.0
ENGL 381 - Chaucer 3.0
ENGL 382 - Shakespeare 3.0
ENGL 383 - Milton 3.0
ENGL 384R - Major Authors 3.0
ENGL 385 - British Literature 1603 - 1660: The Late Renaissance 3.0
ENGL 391 - Introduction to Folklore 3.0
ENGL 392 - American Folklore 3.0
ENGL 393R - Studies in Folklore 3.0
ENGL 395R - Studies in Literature 3.0
ENGL 396R - Studies in Women's Literature 3.0
ENGL 420 - Young Adult Literature 3.0
ENGL 451 - Literary Theory and Criticism 1: The Critical Tradition 3.0
ENGL 452 - Literary Theory and Criticism 2: Contemporary Criticism 3.0
option 10.3 Complete 12.0 hours from the following course(s)
C. Environmental Humanities Track:
option 10.4
D. 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 10.5 Complete 12.0 hours from the following course(s)
E. History Track:
HIST 231 - Introduction to East Asian History 3.0
HIST 238 - Ancient Near East to 330 BC 3.0
HIST 239 - Ancient Near East, 330 BC - 640 AD 3.0
HIST 240 - Middle East History to 1800 3.0
HIST 241 - Middle East History from 1800 3.0
HIST 242R - (Hist-NES 347R) Arab and Islamic Civilization 2.0v
HIST 243R - (Hist-NES 349R) Jewish Civilization 2.0v
HIST 244 - Jewish History: A.D. 70 to the Present 3.0
HIST 247 - (Hist-ClCv 304) Greek History 3.0
HIST 248 - (Hist-ClCv 307) Roman History 3.0
HIST 251 - Conquest and Colonization of Latin America 3.0
HIST 252 - Modern Latin America 3.0
HIST 290 - Nature and History: The Earth's Environmental Past 3.0
HIST 291 - (Not currently offered)
HIST 292 - Food and History 3.0
HIST 293 - World War II in History and Memory 3.0
HIST 300 - The Early Middle Ages 3.0
HIST 301 - The Late Middle Ages 3.0
HIST 302 - The Italian Renaissance 3.0
HIST 303 - The Reformation: Age of Turmoil 3.0
HIST 304 - The Expansion of Europe, 1400-1800 3.0
HIST 305 - The Age of Enlightenment 3.0
HIST 306 - Nineteenth-Century Europe 3.0
HIST 307 - Europe Since 1914 3.0
HIST 310 - European Economic History 3.0
HIST 312 - History of Ideas 3.0
HIST 314 - Fascism and Nazism in Europe, 1914-present 3.0
HIST 315 - European Jews and the Holocaust 3.0
HIST 319 - The Family in Europe 3.0
HIST 320 - Society in Europe 3.0
HIST 322 - Pre-Modern Britain 3.0
HIST 323 - Modern Britain 3.0
HIST 324 - France 3.0
HIST 325 - Spain 3.0
HIST 327 - Italy in the Modern World Since 1848 3.0
HIST 328 - Modern Germany 3.0
HIST 330 - Tsarist Russia 3.0
HIST 331 - Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia 3.0
HIST 332 - Scandinavian History 3.0
HIST 335 - Crusades 3.0
HIST 340 - Traditional China 3.0
HIST 341 - China Since 1200 3.0
HIST 343 - (Not currently offered)
HIST 344 - Modern Japan 3.0
HIST 347 - Chinese Cultural History 3.0
HIST 349 - History of Asian Religions and Thought 3.0
HIST 355 - History of Argentina 3.0
HIST 356 - Brazil 3.0
HIST 357 - The Indian in Latin American History 3.0
HIST 358 - Gender and History in Latin America 3.0
HIST 359 - Inter-American Relations 3.0
HIST 360 - American West to 1900 3.0
HIST 361 - The American West Since 1900 3.0
HIST 363 - The Spanish Frontier in North America 3.0
HIST 364 - Utah 3.0
HIST 365 - American South 3.0
HIST 366 - Slavery and the Slave Trade in Africa and the Atlantic World 3.0
HIST 367 - Slavery in the United States 3.0
HIST 368 - Sport, Society, and American Culture 3.0
HIST 370 - Colonial America 3.0
HIST 371 - Revolutionary America 3.0
HIST 373 - Civil War Era, 1848-1877 3.0
HIST 374 - U.S. History from 1890 to 1945 3.0
HIST 376 - U.S. History from 1945 to 2000 3.0
HIST 378 - History of American Families 3.0
HIST 379 - U.S. Religious History to 1860 3.0
HIST 380 - U.S. Religious History Since 1860 3.0
HIST 382 - Mormonism in the American Experience 3.0
HIST 384 - United States Women's History 3.0
HIST 385 - Latinos in the United States 3.0
HIST 386 - (Not currently offered)
HIST 387 - (Not currently offered)
HIST 388 - Indians in Colonial America 3.0
HIST 390R - Special Topics in History 3.0v
HIST 391 - U.S. in Vietnam, 1945-1975 3.0
HIST 392 - U.S. Constitutional History 3.0
HIST 393 - U.S. Foreign Relations 3.0
option 10.6 Complete 12.0 hours from the following course(s)
F. Media Arts (Film) Track:
Note: IHum 390R only qualifies when it is on a film or media arts topic. It cannot simultaneously satisfy requirement 8.
option 10.7 Complete 12.0 hours from the following course(s)
G. Philosophy Track:
option 10.8 Complete 2 groups
H. Theatre Track:
requirement 11 Complete 6.0 hours from the following course(s)
Complete six hours of the following capstone course (take twice):
Program Outcomes

Cultural and Intellectual History

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

Proficiency in Interdisciplinary Approaches to Humanities

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

Critical Thinking, Research, and Writing Skills

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

Post-baccalaureate Preparation, Lifelong Learning, Service

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