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Honors in Humanities
Students whose grade point average in the humanities major before the
beginning of their final year at UTSA is 3.25 or above, and whose overall
grade point average is 3.0, may earn Honors in Humanities. In order to
do so, a student must complete a substantial paper approved by the Department
Scholarship and Honors Committee and maintain a 3.25 grade point average
in the major. The grade point average requirements apply to all transfer
work and courses taken at UTSA.
Bachelor of Arts Degree
in Humanities
The Bachelor of Arts degree in Humanities is an interdisciplinary
degree program consisting of courses drawn from a number of academic disciplines.
The minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree is
120, including the hours of the Core Curriculum requirements. Thirty-nine
of the total semester credit hours required for the degree must be at
the upper-division level.
All candidates seeking this degree must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements
and the degree requirements, which are listed below. Top
Core Curriculum requirements:
Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts degree in Humanities must fulfill
University Core Curriculum requirements in the same manner as other students.
The courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements
and Core Curriculum requirements; however, if these courses are taken
to satisfy both requirements, then students will need to take additional
courses in order to meet the minimum number of semester credit hours required
for this degree. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy the Core
Curriculum requirements see pages 9-13 of this catalog.
Degree Requirements
A. 42 semester credit hours:
1. 12 required semester credit hours:
CLA 2013 Introduction to Ancient Greece
CLA 2023 Introduction to Ancient Rome
HUM 3013 History of Ideas
HUM 4973 Seminar for Humanities Majors
2. 9 semester credit hours of historical-period courses selected from
the following:
HUM 3023 The Medieval World
HUM 3033 The Renaissance Idea of Humanity
HUM 3043 Classicism and Enlightenment
HUM 3053 The Romantic Age
HUM 3063 The Modern World
3. 21 semester credit hours that should form an interdisciplinary course
of study developed in conjunction with the undergraduate advisor and designed
to aid the student's integration of his or her program in terms of central
themes, focal problems, or fields of historical interest; at least 12
hours must be at the upper-division level. Top
The student must take at least 3 semester credit hours in each of the
following five areas:
Classical studies (CLA), philosophy (PHI), humanities (HUM), art history
and criticism (AHC), and literature in one of the following languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, or Russian (this includes literature
courses in translation, and culture and civilization courses).
The remaining 6 semester credit hours may be selected from these five
areas or, with the approval of the undergraduate advisor, from other relevant
areas such as history, music history, or the social sciences.
B. 6 semester credit hours in a single language other than English
C. 30 semester credit hours of electives Top
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