Humanities
Your Humanities major will prepare you for a number of career options that call for a broadly based, comprehensive college education. Rather than focusing on one or two academic disciplines, it will expose you to a variety of courses in the arts and sciences. It calls for studies in English, philosophy, foreign language, history, mathematics, science, art, music, and speech, to name but a few. Thus, it will provide a solid, well-rounded college education while allowing you to postpone specialization until you enter graduate studies or a chosen career. A special feature of this major is the large number of elective hours which allows you to select ten to twelve courses in different areas of your choice.
Curriculum Highlights
- Freshman
- Composition & Rhetoric
- History of Civilization
- Mathematics or Computer Science
- Foreign Language
- Composition & Literature
- Fundamentals of Speech
- Sophomore
- British Literature
- American Literature
- Science Elective
- History Elective
- Foreign Language
- Junior
- Bible Doctrines
- Appreciation of Music
- Appreciation of Art
- General Psychology
- English Literature
- Oral Communication for the Professions
- Senior
- Philosophy
- Fine Arts Electives
For further details see complete major information:
Humanities Personal Opportunity Profile 
You may also contact Admissions (1.800.BJ.AND.ME) to receive a printed copy of this information.
Key Courses
English A total of 18 credit hours of composition and literature is prescribed, including British literature and American literature. You may also choose from classes such as Shakespeare, Chaucer, Milton, American Romantic Literature, British Novel, Modern Drama, or Modern Poetry.
Fine Arts A total of 13 credit hours is prescribed in the areas of speech, art, and music. Some of these classes would include Fundamentals of Speech, Appreciation of Music, Appreciation of Art, and Oral Communication for the Professions.
History A total of 12 credit hours is prescribed in the area of history including classes in History of Civilization. Other choices of classes could be United States History, Rome, French Revolution and Napoleon, Russia, Renaissance, History of Latin America, or Civil War and Reconstruction.
Career Opportunities
Humanities majors find employment with companies who prefer to hire people with a strong, comprehensive liberal arts education whom they can train in specific job responsibilities. In fact, more and more businesses and even professional schools are intensifying their call for college graduates who are thoroughly educated in those areas that are important to man as a human being rather than merely a skilled craftsman or even professional. Thus humanities majors often work in people-oriented careers such as banking, public relations, advertising, the airline industry, community services, government agencies, etc., because of their ability to relate to people and discern and establish relationships. You could be used in an area where a high value is placed on displaying a wide awareness and the ability to think logically and critically.