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About the program

Degree Requirements


The Graduate Program in Humanities offers advanced training leading to the MA and PhD degrees. It is expected that each student will actively pursue an approved program of studies and will register as a full-time or part-time student, in the first academic session following admission.

Choose a degree:

MA - Master of Arts

The M.A. Program is envisioned as a one-year program of study whose purpose is to introduce students to graduate study in Humanities. It will be open to qualified students who do not or may not plan to pursue graduate study in the Humanities or in other professional degree programs beyond the M.A. and also to qualified students who plan or may plan to continue their studies in the Humanities at the doctoral level or in other professional degree programs.

  

PhD - Doctor of Philosophy

The Ph.D. program is envisioned as a multi-year program of advanced graduate study whose purpose is to train students to become highly qualified scholars in Humanities. The Program will culminate in the preparation of a dissertation which makes an original contribution to scholarship in Humanities. The Program will be open to qualified students who want to obtain advanced scholarly training in the interdisciplinary study of culture in Humanities.