Majors

Normally, students interested in majoring in humanities must choose a specific major in the humanities departments, i.e., history, literature, or philosophy. But students from Revelle and Muir Colleges may request to graduate with an approved individual/special project major in the humanities.

Minors 

The humanities minor consists of at least seven courses chosen from the listings of the Departments of History, Philosophy, Literature, Visual Arts, Music, and Theatre. All seven courses may be selected from the upper-division offerings, but at least five upper-division courses must be included. Students for whom Humanities 1-5 fulfill general education requirements may use two of these courses towards fulfillment of requirements for the humanities minor.

For students who entered UCSD before January 1, 1998, the required number of courses for the minor is six courses, at least three of which must be upper-division.

Courses selected for the minor must be selected from the offerings of more than one department. They must concern themselves with more than one historical, national, or ethnic culture; and they must offer broad treatment of centrally important topics in the humanities. Thus, a course on the history of the United States since the Civil War would be appropriate for the humanities minor, while a course on the history of California would not.

Students should review their plans for the minor with the humanities adviser as well as with the advisers in their college. Before undertaking the minor, students must submit a study list for approval to the humanities office, 180 Galbraith Hall.

Here are some examples of study lists appropriate for the humanities minor:

Example 1:

History HILD 2AB: United States 

History: HILD 11: East Asia and the West

History HIEU 143:  European Intellectual History

Literature: LTEA: 110B: Modern Chinese Fiction in Translation

Philosophy 160: Ethical Theory

Philosophy 153: Philosophy of History

Theatre and Dance TDHT 116:  Old Myths in New Films 

 

Example 2:

Theatre and DAnce TDGE 11:  Great Performances on Film

History: HILA 102: Latin America in the Twentieth Century

History: HIAF 110: History of Africa to 1880

Literature: LTAM 110: : Latin American Literature in Translation

Literature: LTEN 184: African-American Poetry

Music 114: Music of the Twentieth Century

Visual Arts 126DJ: African and African-American Art

 

Example 3:

Humanities HUM 1:  The Foundations of Western Civilization:  Israel and Greece

Humanities HUM 2:  Rome Christianity, and the Middle Ages

Literature LTEN 145: The English Novel in The Twentieth Century

Literature LTEN 146: Women and English/American Literature

Literature LTNE 100: The Bible and Western Literature

Philosophy 175: Aesthetics

Philosophy 177: Philosophy and Literature