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Humanities Degree Information
The overarching guiding principles of the humanities program (as well as for the philosophy program) are "Knowledge, Responsibility, and Society." Students do not simply gain facts about the world, but they gain "responsible knowledge," that is, knowledge that is rooted in and answerable to the needs of individuals, groups within society and the larger human and natural community. We expose students to culturally significant objects (both past and present), systems of thought and belief, and practices. The goal is that students should be able to place themselves within their world, and understand the influences on and meaningful aspects of their world and the worlds of others. We are, thereby, engaged in shaping the worlds to come.
The Humanities major seeks to accomplish the following aims:
- To identify and clarify significant, representative examples of
cultural creation and practice, for example, art, literature, philosophy,
and religion, in various social and historical contexts, at the same time
showing important continuities and discontinuities.
- To analyze and explain typical interconnections between different
cultural forms as expressions of understanding, imagination, and feeling.
- To examine the interdependency between facts and values, and the implications that knowledge has (and should have) for individual and social action.
- To assess the relevance and prospects of an interdisciplinary,
multicultural perspective within the humanities for problems and tasks
that face us.
Epistemic responsibility . . . is to be found in intellectual
virtue and in . . . a certain orientation to the world and one’s knowledge-seeking
self as part of the world. An intellectually virtuous person would
value knowing and understanding how things ‘really’ are, to the extent this
is possible, renouncing both the temptation to live with partial explanations
when fuller ones are attainable, and the temptation to live in fantasy or
illusion. Such a person would consider it better to know, despite
the comfortable complacency that a life indiscriminately governed by fantasy,
and illusion, might offer.
- Lorraine Code
Philosophy and Humanities Faculty
- Dr. Shaun Gallagher, Professor, and Chair, Department of Philosophy
- Dr. Mason Cash, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
- Dr. Kristin Congdon, Professor, Joint Appointment, Film & Digital Media and Philosophy
- Dr. Jane Compson, Instructor of Humanities, Philosophy, and Religion
- Dr. Harry Coverston, Instructor of Humanities
- Dr. Sabatino DiBernardo, Instructor of Humanities, Philosophy, and Religion
- Dr. Doug Evans, Instructor, Humanities
- Dr. Ronnie Hawkins, Associate Professor of Philosophy
- Dr. Bruce Janz, Associate Professor of Humanities
- Dr. Don Jones, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
- Dr. Husain Kassim, Associate Professor of Philosophy
- Ms. Ann Maukonen, Visiting Instructor of Humanities
- Dr. Jennifer Mundale, Associate Professor of Philosophy
- Dr. Shelley Park, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Former Chair, Department of Philosophy
- Dr. Claudia Schippert, Associate Professor of Humanities and Director, Religious Studies Program
- Dr. Nancy Stanlick, Associate Professor of Philosophy
- Dr. Michael Strawser, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Honors in the Major
Students considering graduate school in the Humanities are strongly encouraged to take Honors in the Major. All requirements for HIM are the same as for the major (that is, the student must fulfill the requirements of one of the concentrations within the humanities program, or alternatively fulfill the requirements for the Philosophy, Religion, and Popular Culture track), but in addition, the Honors student must take HUM 4903H (Honors Directed Reading) and HUM 4970H (Honors Thesis). As well, HIM students must maintain a 3.5 GPA in Humanities and an overall 3.2 GPA.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I Minor in Humanities?
The Department of Philosophy offers undergraduate minors in Philosophy,
Humanities, and Religious Studies. For more information, contact the
Chair at (407) 823-2273.
Can I do Graduate Work in Humanities?
Post-baccalaureate students and graduate students may enroll in
the Graduate Certificate Program in Theoretical and Applied Ethics. This certificate program also constitutes a track within the new
Master of Liberal Studies Program. For more information on the certificate program, contact Dr. Gallagher in Philosophy at (407) 823-2273 or Dr. Elliot Vittes at vittes@mail.ucf.edu
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