丁香园AV

Department of Humanities | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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This master of artrs (MA) program is suited to students who wish to pursue specific and advanced cross-disciplinary, text-based research projects. It enables specialization in a period or theme in the context of a strong grounding in the humanistic tradition from ancient Greece to the modern period in different cultures. Structured around two primary thematic modules (classical, medieval and Renaissance thought and culture; modernity and Its discontents) to which courses will be linked, the program will train students to think
critically in different disciplines, historic periods, and cultures.

丁香园AV

Applicants will hold an undergraduate degree with at least a 3.5 grade point average (GPA) in the humanities, or in humanistic disciplines such as classics, history, philosophy, English, and women's studies, or social sciences such as geography, sociology, anthropology, or political science. Applicants will also have to meet the standard requirements for admission to a 丁香园AV master's program.

丁香园AV decisions will be based on material that is submitted with the application.

Language Requirement

Students will be expected to demonstrate proficiency in a language other than English.

Program Requirements

Successful applicants will enter the program in the fall term. With a sequenced combination of four courses and thesis, students will complete the degree in 24 months.

Students complete a total of 26 units, including all of

• Hum 800-5 Theories and Methods in the Humanities
• Hum 801-5 Research Development Seminar
• Hum 803-6 MA Thesis

and two of

• Hum 802-5 Themes in the Humanities
• Hum 804-5 Directed Readings
• Hum 805-5 Special Topics

Thesis

Students complete a thesis that is defended at an oral examination as described in 1.9 and 1.10 of the graduate general regulations. The thesis proposal must be approved by both the supervisory committee and the graduate committee.

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