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Bachelor of Arts in Humanities
Drawing from a range of academic disciplines, the Humanities major draws from a range of academic disciplines to provide students with the intellectual foundations and analytical skills for understanding the past, present, and future of the world and its peoples. As a multidisciplinary study, you’ll be exposed to courses in subjects like literature, history, theater, film, art, philosophy, and religion. You’ll acquire skills in writing, critical thinking, and analytics.
Through the humanities, you’ll study the history and lives of humans, review the English language and the arts, and have an in-depth understanding of ethical problems and systems to better interpret the world today. Our program is organized around three thematic clusters: Self and Society, Societal Development and Progress, and Social Value and Critical Issues.
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What You’ll Learn
As a Humanities major, you’ll be focused on reading, writing, history, culture, and civilization. Offering the most flexibility and course choice, you’ll explore a wide range of subjects while developing crucial and marketable skills, such as cultural awareness, communication, and problem-solving. Working in teams, you’ll be challenged with real-world issues, so you’ll be able to make an impact upon graduation.
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Sample Courses
Humanities I: Moments of Global Change
The exploration of the Humanities begins by looking at moments on the world stage when events coalesced to produce monumental and far-reaching change. This course will examine how and why these alterations occurred by using in-depth case studies to help students understand the complex social processes that must combine to create fundamental social change on both a large and small scale.
Humanities II: Modeling Social and Cultural Construction
In the second of the Humanities series, students will engage in team-based projects and activities in order to resolve various scenarios presented to them. The projects and activities in the course echo the themes with which students will engage throughout the program, focusing on the restructuring and reorganization of society.
Morality and Ethics
In this course students will study the various topics, concepts, and figures focusing on the discipline of ethics. The central idea of this course is to gain exposure to and learn how to think about ethics — that is, how we ought to act toward each other. Particular emphasis will be placed on contemporary ethical dilemmas in applied ethics.
World Revolutions
The Age of Reason and Enlightenment helped birth the concept of political revolution. This course begins by reaching a clear definition of “revolution” and examines how the conceptual development of the “citizen” encouraged disadvantaged or ignored groups to grab power for themselves. Beginning with the American Revolution in the 1770s, students will be guided through more than two centuries of revolutions.
Thinking Politically
This course will consider the major questions relating to how we already do live, as well as how we ought to live together. In doing so, this course explores the fundamental principles that determine the interaction between a given society and its members — through classic and contemporary social and political theories — as well as the application of these principles in society through social institutions, and themes such as justice, rights, and globalism.
Beyond the Human
This course offers an exploration of the philosophical and anthropological study of non-human beings, both living and non-living — objects, animals, vegetation, societies, etc. Engaging with the contemporary, this course will aim at forming a critical conversation between philosophical thinking of humanness/non-humanness and contemporary anthropological treatments of concepts such as “object,” “the animal,” “the body,” materiality/immateriality, biosociality, speculative biology, and all sorts of “natural-cultural” hybrids (cyborg, transhumanism, etc.).
Heroes, Antiheroes, and Villains in Film, Literature, and Comic Books
In this class, we will examine various heroes, villains, and antiheroes in film, literature, and comic books. Our goal is to critically study visual and textual narratives so that we may try to better understand these three types of characters.
Monster Lit
This class examines the monster and the monstrous in a variety of genres of literature as a path to better examine cultural anxieties, pressures, values, and fears. Central questions may include (but are not limited to) what it is to be human, what it is to be alien(ated), and the ethical limits of science, politics, and the social contract.
Field Experience and Internships
Humanities majors are required to complete 80 hours of experiential learning and
internships
. The knowledge, skills, and experience you gain — in the classroom and through internships — will boost your resume and your confidence with real-world work experience. Recent internship experiences include working with case workers, counselors, social workers, community outreach, and more.
Career Opportunities
Students with a bachelor’s degree in Humanities can immediately begin working in the field or continue to graduate school for advanced study.
Technical writer
Content strategist
Public administration
Lobbyist/Politics
Marketing manager
Human resources coordinator
Public relations specialist
Advertising strategist
Museum worker/Curator
Teacher
Community organization
Humanitarian aid worker
Meet Your Instructors
Rosemarie DeJarnett
Dean of Academic Affairs
352-787-0626
rdejarnett@beaconcollege.edu
Maureen Daniels
Assistant Professor
352-638-9822
mdaniels@beaconcollege.edu
Sahel Ebrahimi
Senior Instructor
352-638-9804
sebrahimi@beaconcollege.edu
Dr.
Christopher Huff
Associate Professor and Chair of Humanities
352-638-9758
chuff@beaconcollege.edu
Christopher Irving
Senior Instructor
352-638-9734
cirving@beaconcollege.edu
Dr.
Leigh Camacho Rourks
Associate Professor
352-638-9735
lrourks@beaconcollege.edu
Dr.
William Nesbitt
Professor
352-638-9717
wnesbitt@beaconcollege.edu
Meet Your General Education Instructors
Angel Maldonado
Dean of Curriculum and Innovation
352-315-9269
amaldonado@beaconcollege.edu
Jessica Caolo
Assistant Professor
352-315-1082
jcaolo@beaconcollege.edu
Christina Hansen
Instructor
352-764-6361
chansen@beaconcollege.edu
Dr.
Patricia Konovalov
Professor
352-638-9815
pkonovalov@beaconcollege.edu
Jodi Livingston
Instructor
352-787-1525
jlivingston@beaconcollege.edu
Dr.
Mary-Anne Primack
Assistant Professor
352-787-2912
mprimack@beaconcollege.edu
Autumn Welt
Assistant Professor
352-787-1056
awelt@beaconcollege.edu
Humanities Minor
Open to all Beacon students, the Humanities minor provides a broad interdisciplinary program for students, and it can be combined with a degree in another field, such as
Business Management
Associate of Arts in Humanities
The Associate of Arts degree in Humanities provides students with an education foundation before entering the workforce or pursuing further study or professional training. The A.A. program requires the completion of a total of 61 credits, with 18 credits in the major.
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