BA IN ARTS AND HUMANITIES

The interdisciplinary major in Arts and Humanities is appropriate for students who wish to design a program of study that spans a broad range of disciplines. It often is combined with one of the College’s interdisciplinary certificate programs. The student who wishes to pursue this major should contact the Office of Student Academic Services of the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters for advising as well as seeking the advice of faculty in the relevant disciplines. On the Boca Raton campus, academic advisor Jacqui May specializes in advising for the student with an interdisciplinary major (jmay@fau.edu; 561-297-3439); on other campuses, consult any of the advising staff.

Degree requirements:

In addition to the University and College requirements for admission and graduation, the requirements for the major in Interdisciplinary Studies: Arts and Humanities are as follows:

1. A total of 39 credits are required, exclusive of general education courses; 30 of these credits must be upper division.

2. No more than 15 credits may be taken in any one discipline.

3. At least three different disciplines must be represented.

4. At least 12 credits of upper-division courses must be in a single discipline.

Any courses may be chosen from those offered by the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies and the departments of English; History; Languages , Linguistics and Comparative Literature; Music; Philosophy; Theatre; Visual Arts and Art History. All courses in Women’s Studies (WST prefix) and Jewish Studies (JST prefix) may also be included in the degree. Courses from other departments may be allowed by permission of an advisor of they have significant arts or humanities content.

All courses for the major must be passed with a grade of “C” or higher and no course taken on a pass/fail basis may be counted for the major.