Curriculum
Humanities (HUM)
Our 37 year-old interdisciplinary Humanities Program, one of
America's oldest, was formed by our faculty to be the center of each UNCA
student's education. Since its beginning, the program has continued
to provide a context for what and how undergraduate students learn in the
liberal arts and sciences. Continually and intensively reviewed by
faculty and students, the Humanities Program evolves as new knowledge and
perspectives revitalize our thinking about what it means to fulfill our
humanity.
Experiencing the Humanities courses helps our students to
understand their own and others' perspectives (past and present) on what
"being human" means. It better prepares UNCA graduates to assume
their roles as intelligent and effective leaders in their communities.
Identified at UNCA Asheville as a University Distinctive, the Humanities
Program also has achieved nationwide recognition by the
National Endowment
for the Humanities, the
Association of American Colleges and Universities,
Fiske Guide to Colleges,
The Princeton Review: the Best 331 Colleges
and
U.S. News and World Report.
Organization of the Program
The Humanities Program draws
materials and faculty from across academic disciplines. We study
and
discuss a wide range of reflections of the self, community, nature and
deity from across the millennia and the world.
Once a week, each course's
faculty and students meet for a large group lecture on a thematic topic.
Twice weekly, students meet with their instructors in small discussion
sections (maximum of 22) to talk about the lecture and that week's
assigned primary-course readings. Our Humanities classes depend upon
intellectual interaction between teacher and student and student and
student. They underscore our belief that knowledge is something we
continue to shape in a community of learners.
For the lecture schedule and more
information about each course, follow the links below:
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