Why study the Humanities?

Prof. JefferysStudies in the Humanities will help students develop a greater understanding of what it means to be human through the study of history, literature, philosophy, religion, languages and world civilizations. Humanistic Studies explores some of the central questions in life, such as the meaning of beauty, justice, and the “good life,” as well as the importance of language, culture and artistic expression.

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The humanities comprise those fields that study human creations of all sorts, including:

  • Literary Studies
  • Philosophy
  • History (including art history and history of science)
  • Foreign Languages
  • Cultural Studies (including First Nations Studies)
  • Musicology
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Parts of fields such as psychology, anthropology, and sociology.