Courses

Humanities Program

Soka University of America

Humanities

The Humanities Concentration seeks to prepare global citizens by examining the breadth and depth of the human search for meaning, value, and creativity. In order to promote understanding among diverse groups of people, the courses in humanities explore how and why different perspectives about the world have arisen in different cultures and historical periods. The concentration is structured to show the ways in which the traditional disciplines of art history, history, literary studies, philosophy, and religious studies can address common topics and concerns through a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches.

Any student wishing to concentrate in humanities must, after consultation with her or his advisor, draw up a proposal that delineates an area, topic or set of questions that she or he wishes to address. The proposal should be written by the end of the sophomore year as a plan of study and include a clear rationale for clustering certain courses to satisfy the concentration requirement.