Humanities

The Humanities department offers majors in English, History, and Spanish.  All three majors have always served as foundational liberal arts degrees that offers exceptional pre-professional training for a wide variety of vocations.  

A full course of study in English enables students to interpret and synthesize complex information, communicate with competence and creativity, and employ versatile research and problem-solving skills.  Advanced courses in literature emphasize not only the acquisition of an integrated fund of knowledge about English, American, Continental, and non-western literature, but also an understanding of the various critical approaches to literary texts and authors. In particular, these courses engage and explore the relationship between literature and the Christian faith.

The developments of civilization—social, cultural, political, religious, and economic—must be analyzed and interpreted in order to understand both present and future possibilities for mankind. A major in History provides knowledge and perspectives on civilizations and challenges students to reassess their own values and attitudes.

As part of the larger mission of the university, students are provided with the necessary language skills, cross-cultural experiences, and literary and cultural understandings to navigate effectively as ambassadors of Christ among other cultures.

Students pursuing a bachelor of arts degree may fulfill the foreign language requirement by completing elementary courses in French (FREN 101/FREN 102) or Spanish (SPAN 101/SPAN 102).