Masters in Humanities in USA

The Master of Arts in Humanities degree program is designed both for individuals wishing to enhance their knowledge of the humanities and their skills in humanistic inquiry and for students intending to pursue a PHD in related fields. The Humanities program brings together scholars from history, philosophy, literature, creative writing, art history, film studies, and the performing arts who share a commitment to transnational and interdisciplinary approaches to humanistic.

All students must take seminars in each of these three main areas of study and elect either a professional or research option, the latter being especially relevant for those with plans for doctoral study. The research option requires students to demonstrate proficiency in an approved foreign language and complete a thesis.

Students in the Humanities MA program, design individual programs, combining coursework in arts and humanities fields such as: African and African American studies, American studies, Asian studies, classics, comparative literature, disability studies, English, history, media study, music, theatre and dance, and visual studies. Students may also choose to integrate one of the above disciplines with a social—or natural—science. There are also several formal concentrations within the humanities interdisciplinary degree, including film and media study, social media and disability studies.

The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics is an interdisciplinary graduate program designed to educate medical personnel on the legal, historical, ethical, and cultural contexts of medicine.  Medical Humanities uses the perspectives and tools of humanities disciplines to study the human contexts of healthcare.  Graduates of this unique degree program obtain a multidisciplinary understanding of medicine that can robustly influence their teaching, advising, ethical decision making, and patient care.

The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics is an interdisciplinary graduate program designed to educate medical personnel on the legal, historical, ethical, and cultural contexts of medicine.  Medical Humanities uses the perspectives and tools of humanities disciplines to study the human contexts of healthcare.  Graduates of this unique degree program obtain a multidisciplinary understanding of medicine that can robustly influence their teaching, advising, ethical decision making, and patient care.

Course work in this program spans the many fields of the humanities, including religion, philosophy, history, literature, and art, in order to foster understandings of the culture, faith systems, and language essential to patient interactions. 

The proposed MA in Medical Humanities and Bioethics provides a curriculum based in the humanities and social sciences departments of the College of Arts & Sciences, with specific emphasis on topics related to health and medicine.  This degree program is designed to provide a broad understanding of these issues and questions through a focused and systematic program of study drawing upon faculty from various disciplines in the humanities, the social sciences, and the domains of ethics.

In addition, students in this program will have the opportunity to engage in collaboration with the Miller School of Medicine’s Institute for Bioethics & Health Policy and the College of Arts & Sciences’ Center for the Humanities.

The MA in Humanities is an interdisciplinary, comparative, and globally-oriented master's program offered by the Department of Comparative Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences.  It is designed for students who seek to integrate two disciplines in the arts and humanities, and/or historical periods, with community enrichment.