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New Courses!

HUM 340 Renaissance to Enlightenment

HUM 330 Medieval Humanities


 

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Major in Humanities

Minor in Humanities

Humanities Courses

Humanities on the Web

Humanities in the News

 

EKU Comparative Humanities

 

What is Humanities?

Comparative Humanities is the interdisciplinary Liberal Arts degree at EKU. Humanities is the study of value in human life and of the ways that human beings create and share meaning as individuals, as communities, as cultures, and across cultures through time. Humanities fields include art and literature, philosophy and religion, history, music, dance, and more. Humanities is the place where these fields come together.

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