University of Maryland Humanities Programs

The University of Maryland College of Arts and Humanities embraces a heterogeneous group of disciplines that study human experience, thought, expression and creativity. All value the development of critical thinking, fluent expression in writing and speech, sensitivity to ethical and aesthetic issues, and a complex understanding of history, culture, diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice in our society.

While studnets develop strong individual identities, they are also involved in interdisciplinary studies. Thus students will find, for example, courses in the Department of English that approach the medical humanities through literature, courses in the Department of History that adopt feminist perspectives, courses in the Department of Classics that connect contemporary life to antiquity, courses in the Department of Philosophy that embrace economic and political thought, and courses in the Department of Art that integrate computer science.