This program provides the student the opportunity to:

• acquire a comprehensive knowledge of interdisciplinary studies in the humanities.
• acquire the skills needed within the humanities field to advance personal and professional development.

The graduate of this program is able to:

• speak, write, read and comprehend a foreign language and describe the cultural context for that language.
• communicate effectively in both speech and writing.
• apply appropriate mathematical and statistical concepts and operations to interpret data and solve problems.
• apply the scientific method of inquiry, through the acquisition of scientific knowledge.
• apply computer systems or other appropriate forms of technology to achieve educational and personal goals.
• apply use social science theories and concepts to analyze human behavior and social and political institutions and to act as responsible citizens.
• analyze works in the fields of art, music, or theater; literature; philosophy.
• explain historical events and movements in World, Western, non-Western or American societies and assess their subsequent significance.
• discuss the importance of a global perspective and cultural diverse peoples.
• describe ethical issues and situations.
• appreciate, describe, analyze and explain rhetoric as it pertains to speech and communication and as it relates to humanistic studies.