The Humanities Program is designed to enhance the academic and social university experience for humanities students at Western Carolina University. In addition, the Humanities Program allows students to double-major in four years (a total of 120 hours). Participating departments include Art (art history major); Communication, Theatre and Dance (speech communications major); English (literature, motion pictures studies, or professional writing majors); Modern Foreign Languages (German and Spanish majors), and Philosophy and Religion (philosophy major). In the Humanities Program, for example, a student could complete majors in literature and art history in 120 hours. To maintain the interdisciplinary spirit of the program, students cannot double major in the same department (literature and professional writing, for example). All students admitted to Western Carolina University are eligible for the Humanities Program.
Students who enroll in the Humanities Program must complete two special 27-hour majors specifically for Humanities students (for a total of 54 hours). They must complete at least six hours of a modern foreign language at the sophomore level (MFL 231 and 232 or 240) and the 42-hour Liberal Studies Program. They are also required to complete one-hour Humanities Seminars in the freshman, sophomore, and junior year for a total of 3 hours. Fifteen general elective hours will complete the total of 120 hours required for the Humanities Program.
Humanities students are invited to live in the Norton Road Humanities Residence Hall, a gathering place for student artists, creative writers, literary critics, and philosophers. For more information, contact the Humanities Program Director at (828) 227-3276.
Return to: