Humanities, BA

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This four-year degree program is designed to provide interested students with a broader base in the humanities than is usually realized in programs with specified majors. It has two objectives:

To provide a general program leading to a university degree.
To deliver a broadly-based undergraduate foundation for those wishing to pursue a master’s degree in the humanities or for those who wish to wait until graduate school to specialize.

A special Humanities Interdisciplinary Program with a coordinated sequence of courses in history, philosophy, literature, and theology is available to those students who wish to fulfill some of their Bonaventure Program requirements through an integrated and coordinated course of study.

Consult the Dean of the School of Humanities for additional information.

Program Requirements for Humanities Major:

Completion of the Bonaventure Program and requirements for undergraduate degrees.
Foreign language (two semesters or equivalent in a single language).
Students need a Cumulative Major GPA of 2.0 and no more than 2 major courses below a C to receive a degree. Major courses are all courses listed in section G of the degree checklist.
Distributed coursework in at least three fields of the humanities, 200-400 level, including the senior seminar in the first field of concentration:
1. 1st field of concentration 21 hrs.
2. 2nd field of concentration 18 hrs.
3. 3rd field of concentration 15 hrs.

Concentrations:

The participating disciplines establish prerequisites and coursework in the fields of concentration. The faculty of the first field of concentration establishes the comprehensive experience and the assessment program for that field.

English:

The student must have completed ENG 111 and ENG 112 and the Bonaventure Program requirement in literature.
Any 200-400 courses in English are acceptable for the program except ENG 400 Methods of Teaching English, but students are limited to two 200-level English courses.
The student doing a 21-hour concentration in English must take the senior seminar in English and make an attempt in the seminar paper to draw together the several fields of concentration of the humanities major.

History:

First Field of Concentration:

Humanities majors choosing history as their first field of concentration should complete

GW: HIS 101 - World History I: Ancient to Early Modern 3 Credit(s)
GW: HIS 102 - World History II: Modern to Contemporary 3 Credit(s)
HIS 111 - United States History I: to 1877 3 Credit(s)
HIS 112 - United States History II: Since 1877 3 Credit(s)
HIS 497 - W: Seminar in History I 3 Credit(s)
or
HIS 498 - W: Seminar in History II 3 Credit(s)
and six hours of 200-400 level electives.

Second Field of Concentration:

Humanities majors choosing history as their second field of concentration should complete

GW: HIS 101 - World History I: Ancient to Early Modern 3 Credit(s)
GW: HIS 102 - World History II: Modern to Contemporary 3 Credit(s)
HIS 111 - United States History I: to 1877 3 Credit(s)
HIS 112 - United States History II: Since 1877 3 Credit(s)
and six hours of 200-400 level electives.

Third Field of Concentration:

Humanities majors choosing history as their third field of concentration should complete either

GW: HIS 101 - World History I: Ancient to Early Modern 3 Credit(s) and
GW: HIS 102 - World History II: Modern to Contemporary 3 Credit(s)
or
HIS 111 - United States History I: to 1877 3 Credit(s) and
HIS 112 - United States History II: Since 1877 3 Credit(s)
as well as nine hours of 200-400 level electives.

Philosophy:

Two introductory courses at the 100-200 level are required as prerequisites.
Courses in any area of concentration are selected with the advice of the faculty.
Those doing a 21-hour concentration in philosophy must take the coordinating seminar in philosophy. The research paper submitted for this seminar may be read, judged, and graded by faculty members from all three areas of concentration in the humanities major.

Theology:

No special prerequisites are imposed, but students should be of junior standing before taking upper-level courses in theology.
Courses should be selected with advice from the appropriate Dean.
Those doing a 21-hour concentration in theology must take TRS 497 - W: Theology Capstone . The research paper submitted for this seminar may be read, judged, and graded by faculty members from all three areas of concentration in the humanities major.

Note:

For more information, students should consult with the faculty in participating disciplines.