BA in Interdisciplinary Humanities
(55–86 hours*)

With faculty advisor approval, students will select one of nine emphases:

Art History	View MAP
Classical Studies	View MAP
Comparative Literature	View MAP
English	View MAP
Foreign Literature	View MAP
History	View MAP
Media Arts (Film)	View MAP
Philosophy	View MAP
Theatre	View MAP

The emphasis area does not constitute a major in that particular discipline—e.g., a humanities major who emphasizes art history does not receive the equivalent training in the history of art that an art history major does. The emphasis area is a portion of the course work devoted to a specific discipline that complements the student's interdisciplinary work in the major (see requirement 7 below).

Program Requirements

1. When possible, honors sections are recommended.
2. Complete the following:
   IHUM 250 : Introduction to Interdisciplinary Humanities. (3:3:.5)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   IHUM 250 : Introduction to Interdisciplinary Humanities. (3:3:.5)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Major literary, artistic, and musical forms and their use in the interdisciplinary study of aesthetics and culture and intellectual history. May include International Cinema.
   
   
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   IHUM 280R : Sophomore Seminar in Interdisciplinary Humanities. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   IHUM 280R : Sophomore Seminar in Interdisciplinary Humanities. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Focused topics exploring ethical, moral, and epistemological issues in the study of the humanities.
   NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
              : Sophomore Seminar: Humanities and the Sacred.
              : Sophomore Seminar: Humanities and Law.
              : Sophomore Seminar: Humanities and Popular Culture.
              : Sophomore Seminar: Humanities and the Environment.
              : Sophomore Seminar: Humanities and Science.
   
   
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3. Complete the following historical foundation courses:
• IHUM 201 : Western Humanities 1: Antiquity to Renaissance. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
  
  IHUM 201 : Western Humanities 1: Antiquity to Renaissance. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
  

  OFFERED:	Honors also.
  WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
  DESCRIPTION:	Western civilization from Greek antiquity to Renaissance from perspective of traditional humanistic values reflected in its arts and ideas. Examines fundamental questions about human experience, formative events in history, and value of important literary and artistic texts.
  NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.

  
  

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  and
  IHUM 202 : Western Humanities 2: Renaissance to the Present. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
  
  IHUM 202 : Western Humanities 2: Renaissance to the Present. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
  
  OFFERED:	Honors also.
  WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
  DESCRIPTION:	Western civilization from Renaissance to present from perspective of traditional humanistic values reflected in its arts and ideas. Examines fundamental questions about human experience, formative events in history, and value of important literary and artistic texts.
  NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
  
  
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• CL CV 110 : Introduction to Greek and Roman Literature. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
  
  CL CV 110 : Introduction to Greek and Roman Literature. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
  

  OFFERED:	Honors also.
  WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
  DESCRIPTION:	Homer's Iliad, Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Vergil's Aeneid, and other important works of the Greeks and Romans.
  NOTE:	All readings in English. Honors also.

  
  

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  or
  CL CV 241 : Greek and Roman Mythology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
  
  CL CV 241 : Greek and Roman Mythology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
  
  OFFERED:	Honors also.
  WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
  DESCRIPTION:	Greek and Roman gods, heroes, and myths, emphasizing literature but also giving attention to representations in the visual arts.
  
             : Honors Greek and Roman Mythology.
  
  
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• IHUM 240 : Introduction to the Humanities of Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
  
  IHUM 240 : Introduction to the Humanities of Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
  

  WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
  DESCRIPTION:	Major arts of Asian cultures in their historical, religious, and philosophical settings.
  NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.

  
  

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  or
  IHUM 242 : Introduction to the Humanities of the Islamic World. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
  
  IHUM 242 : Introduction to the Humanities of the Islamic World. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
  
  WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
  DESCRIPTION:	Major arts of Islamic cultures in their historical, religious, and philosophical settings.
  
  
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• And two courses from the following:
  IHUM 260 : Humanities of Latin America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
  
  IHUM 260 : Humanities of Latin America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
  
  WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
  DESCRIPTION:	Achievements of Latin American culture regarding art, philosophy, literature, and music from the pre-Columbian era to the present.
  
  
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  IHUM 261 : Introduction to American Humanities 1: Colonial Era Through 1876. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
  
  IHUM 261 : Introduction to American Humanities 1: Colonial Era Through 1876. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
  
  OFFERED:	Honors also.
  WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
  DESCRIPTION:	Value systems reflected in the arts and ideas of the United States from the colonial era to 1876.
  
  
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  IHUM 262 : Introduction to American Humanities 2: 1877 to the Present. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
  
  IHUM 262 : Introduction to American Humanities 2: 1877 to the Present. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
  
  OFFERED:	Honors also.
  WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
  DESCRIPTION:	Value systems reflected in the arts and ideas of the United States from 1877 to the present.
  
            : Honors American Humanities 2: 1877 to the Present.
  
  
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4. Complete one upper-division foreign language course selected from the approved course list available from the advisement center. Majors are strongly encouraged to take a literature course in which works are read in the foreign language. Conversation courses, ASL, and music courses do not meet this requirement. The requirement may be met with European, Asian, or Middle-Eastern languages that have a written literary tradition and that are a language of scholarship. French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese are especially recommended, as are classical Greek and Latin.
5. Complete the following:
   IHUM 350 : Interpretation of Literature and the Arts. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   IHUM 350 : Interpretation of Literature and the Arts. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
   PREREQUISITE:	ENGL 311; or PHIL 300; IHum 201 and 202 and 250. At least three of the remaining historical foundation courses (item 3 under major requirements).
   DESCRIPTION:	Understanding and writing about literature and at least one of the other arts; critical theory.
   NOTE:	Should be taken junior year.
   
   
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   IHUM 370 : Contemporary Issues in the Humanities. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   IHUM 370 : Contemporary Issues in the Humanities. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	ENGL 311 & IHUM 201 & IHUM 202 & IHUM 250 & IHUM 350
   DESCRIPTION:	Methods and practices of the discipline. Developing and executing research programs. Writing thoughtful, well-informed and sophisticated papers. Introduction to significant and pressing cultural issues such as globalization, media and the arts, memory and history, among others.
   
   
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6. Complete the following:
   IHUM 390R : Junior Seminar in the Interdisciplinary Humanities: Movements, Periods, and Areas. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   IHUM 390R : Junior Seminar in the Interdisciplinary Humanities: Movements, Periods, and Areas. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	IHUM 250 & IHUM 350
   DESCRIPTION:	Topics could cover significant movements, periods, areas, and genres in a cultural history of the arts. Obtaining a deep understanding of the arts and the values articulated within a particular historical era. The use of concepts usch as history, context, area, and genre in the study of the arts.
   
   
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7. Complete the following or an equivalent type of experiential learning opportunity such as Study Abroad, field studies, ORCA fellowships, or Honors thesis.
   IHUM 399R : Academic Internship. (1-9:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   IHUM 399R : Academic Internship. (1-9:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	IHUM 350; 12 hours of historical foundation courses in humanities. Humanities major or minor status.
   DESCRIPTION:	Combined study-work experience related to the humanities major (museums, government agencies, publishing firms, etc.).
   
   
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   Note: Students taking the internship course (IHum 399R) will work with the IHum internship coordinator and a mentoring professor; students choosing one of the other alternatives must gain approval from the section head.
8. Complete a core of 12 hours in an area of emphasis from the following: classical studies, comparative literature, English, history, art history, foreign literature, media arts (film), philosophy, or theatre (n.b. philosophy or foreign literature courses taken to meet requirement 6 above may not count toward emphases in those disciplines). Students wishing to pursue graduate work in their emphasis area are strongly encouraged to take additional courses within their area of emphasis. Faculty advisors must approve the student's emphasis area. Courses toward the emphasis area are to be selected from the approved course list available from the advisement center. Exceptions must be cleared by the humanities section head. At least 6 of the 12 hours must be in upper-division courses.
9. Complete six hours of the following capstone course (take twice):
   IHUM 490R : Seminar in the Humanities. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   IHUM 490R : Seminar in the Humanities. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
   PREREQUISITE:	IHum 350 or concurrent enrollment.
   RECOMMENDED:	IHum 370.
   DESCRIPTION:	Interdisciplinary study of problems and major figures in the humanities. Topics vary.
   
   
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   (Prerequisite: IHum 250, 350. Recommended: IHum 370.)

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.

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