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Our iArts (Integrated Arts) program invites you to direct your path wherever your creativity takes you – from acting, to painting, to writing, to sculpting objects, devising plays, crafting essays, etching prints, researching cultural histories, creating digital videos, staging immersive installations and more. In iArts, you’ll have the freedom to learn in, across and between many disciplines. You’ll begin your iArts degree in your first year.
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The historian’s obligation is to sharpen our awareness of the mechanics of change and, so far as possible, to explain it. As a History major, you’ll study a broad range of courses, and be introduced to the important interactions between great nation-states, as well as to significant social themes, stretching across class, race, and gender. Your major in History will begin in your second year, following an exploratory general first-year program called Humanities I.
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The Global Peace and Social Justice program seeks to understand the reasons for confrontation and violence on all levels and, by understanding, to find ways to transform or prevent destructive conflicts. The program covers a wide range of fields including philosophy, religion, politics, anthropology, the sciences, and many others. Your major in Global Peace and Social Justice will begin in your second year, following an exploratory general first-year program called Humanities I.
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From Old English manuscripts to modern examples of popular culture, studying English and Cultural Studies will introduce you to a centuries-old cultural storehouse. You’ll also examine texts from a variety of national literatures, as well as explore cultural studies, one of the fastest-growing areas of intellectual inquiry in the Humanities. Your major in English and Cultural Studies will begin in your second year, following an exploratory general first-year program called Humanities I.
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The clearest, most observable expressions of human thought are found embedded and reflected in the processes of language. As a Cognitive Science of Language major, you’ll explore how we think and how we give expression to our thoughts in this unique blend of linguistics and cognitive psychology. Your major in the Cognitive Science of Language will begin in your second year, following an exploratory general first-year program called Humanities I.
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As a Classics major, you’ll explore the societies, events and cultures of the Mediterranean between 2500 BCE to 500 AD and learn about the impact they still have on our society today. Students in Classics study three main areas: art and archaeology, ancient history and social life, and language and literature. Your major in Classics will begin in your second year, following an exploratory general first-year program called Humanities I.