Oklahoma City University
Humanities Program

About the Program

The humanities major is designed for students who desire a broad undergraduate education with some specialization in one or two areas. Students pursuing the major in humanities must take a minimum of 30 hours and a maximum of 40 hours of course work in humanities in addition to the general education curriculum for the B.A. degree. Any hours in humanities beyond the maximum of 40 must count as electives. A minimum of 12 semester hours in humanities course work must be completed in residence at Oklahoma City University.

Distribution of the course work must reflect at least one course beyond the general education curriculum requirement from each of the five departments (art, English, mass communications, modern languages, and philosophy) within the division and from the Wimberly School of Religion and the Margaret E. Petree College of Performing Arts. In departments which do not have a general education requirement, such as mass communications, an introductory course will fulfill this requirement.

Major Requirements

Credit Hours: 30-40

Core Courses:
Art:
Art 1143 Foundation Drawing
Art 1343 Intermediate Drawing
Another course may be substituted with approval of the chair.
English: any english course beyond the literature required by the general education curriculum
Mass communications:
Masc 1113 Introduction to Mass communications another course may be substituted with approval of the chair.
Modern languages: one course beyond intermediate I
Philosophy: any 2000-level philosophy course not used to fulfill the general education requirements
Religion: any 2000-level religion course not used to fulfill the general education requirements
Theatre: Consult advisor.
Upper-division course work: 15 hours of additional course work at the 3000 or 4000 level from at least three different departments in any area of humanities.
Capstone course: An integrated project within one or more of the three areas of speciality reflected by the upper-division course work to be supervised by any faculty member in those areas or a pre-established department-specific capstone or modification of it with permission of the chair of the department.

All course work presented as a requirement for the humanities major must have received a grade of C or higher.