Humanities
The Humanities faculty agree that a student desiring to list “Humanities" as an Area of Concentration shall have fulfilled the requirements that follow as part of the college-wide requirements for graduation.
The ability to master the areas of the humanities through successful completion of at least one undertaking in each of the four following general areas: (a) historical study of one of the humanities disciplines; (b) theoretical study of one of the humanities disciplines; (c) critical analysis of materials which are the subject matter of one of the humanities disciplines; and (d) creative work in one of the humanities disciplines.
From the four types of offerings listed above there must be enough courses, tutorials, or projects to make up at least half of the student's entire program of study.
The student will also be expected to have the ability to read and understand texts of moderate difficulty in a foreign language that is related to his or her special interest. The requirement may be met either by successfully completing the third semester of one of the foreign language sequences at New College or by means of an examination arranged by the instructor of the language specified by the student.
The student's senior thesis should involve work in at least one of the disciplines in the division.
