Fortin Lectures

Directed by Professor Marc D. Guerra and housed in the department of Humanities and Liberal Studies for the 2012-2013 academic year, The Ernest L. Fortin Lecture Series provides a unique opportunity for students to interact with renowned scholars. See the Fortin Speakers for 2012-2013 for more information.

Homerathon (Feb 8-9, 2013)  

Our muse calls us to remember Homer and to honor his superb translator, Professor Stanley Lombardo, by speaking and hearing the winged words of the Iliad in our own English language.  In doing so, we will recreate and share the intense beauty of Homeric song in a never before assembled community of readers and auditors.  Join our spring Homerathon with Stanley Lombardo

Shakespeare in Performance

The Humanities department is home to the productions of Shakespeare in Performance.

Our Program of Study:

Welcome to the study of humanitas.  Our students’ high standards of self-expression, the intellectually significant classroom conversation, and a unique program await you.  Indeed, our students tailor their own path of studies by selecting suitable electives from the best courses that the university offers.  As a result, the major offers a broad liberal arts education through a comprehensive study of the western intellectual tradition as presented especially in philosophy, literature, theology, the arts, and history.  To major in humanities, we seek spirited students who love great books, beautiful language, and powerful ideas.

Required courses:

HUMS 201: Western Intellectual History I
HUMS 202: Western Intellectual History II
PHIL 302: Ancient Philosophy
PHIL 305: Medieval Philosophy
LITR 206: Shakespeare
THEO 309: Christ and His Church or THEO 411: Advanced Scripture
POLT 402: Modernity and Post-modernity
PHIL 405: Philosophy of Science

Electives: Courses from any department with substantial interdisciplinary content or within the Western intellectual tradition are eligible. The following are among the elective courses satisfying these criteria:

HUMS 490 Capstone Seminar: Dialogue between Ancients and Moderns
ECON 303: Great Economic Ideas
GREK 203: Greek Readings
HST 290: History of Ideas
HST 366: British Empire
LATN 204: Golden Age Poetry
LATN 304: Latin Church Fathers
LITR 412: Twentieth Century Literature
HUMS 415: Thomas More
LITR 490: Literary Theory
MATH 201: History of Mathematics
MUSC 212A/B: Survey of Western Music I / II
POL 201: Introduction to Political Thought
POL 302: Catholic Political Thought
POL 305: Politics and Literature
PHIL 402: Recent Philosophy
PHIL 403: Political Philosophy
PHIL 413: Modern and Contemporary Philosophy
HUMS 325: Jane Austen and Samuel Johnson
THEA 415:  Shakespeare in Performance