Humanities

The Master of Arts Program in the Humanities is an interdepartmental program tailored to the needs of individual students who pursue interdisciplinary graduate study in the humanities and interpretive social sciences. The candidate must define a theme, historical period, or course of analysis and select appropriate course work with the aid and approval of an academic adviser (i.e., the director of graduate study). While there are no unique faculty or course offerings for this program, students have access to graduate faculty and courses offered in 11 humanities and social sciences departments. Students typically blend course work from multiple departments to tailor their own curriculum and research opportunities.

(1) A minimum of thirty (30) credit units

You must register for and complete a minimum of 30 credit units.

(a). This must include a minimum of 27 graded credits:
Graduate courses are level 500 or above. Up to 6 graded credits can be advanced undergraduate course credits of Level 200-499. Students usually also complete a graduate research credit in preparation for their final examination.

(b). There is a 12 credit per term cap on enrollment to promote successful completion. Nine (9) credit hours is considered full time.

(2) A minimum of three semesters of continuous enrollment** and payment at the flat-rate tuition and fees set annually by The Graduate School
Note: Summer Term I and II combined are equivalent to one semester.
**After three semesters of full-time study and enrollment or that equivalent, the student's approved academic load will be changed to part-time status, and tuition charges will be set at the costs noted under the Cost of Attendance.

(3) Either a final Thesis (usually 40-60 pages) with a Master's Exam (60-90 minutes), OR a Non-thesis Master's Exam (using two (2) substantial course papers) successfully defended with an Examining Committee of three graduate faculty (at least two must be Full graduate faculty).

• Transcripts
• Letters of recommendation
• Statement of purpose
• Resume
• GRE scores
• English language proficiency test scores (if English is not your first language)
• GPA
• The application fee is $85