In Humanities, students have the opportunity to shape an integrated, interdisciplinary program of study in art, philosophy, theology, literature, and history. In the course of their studies they will come to appreciate the distinct ways in which each discipline seeks to know and reflect the world in which we live. At the same time they will examine and evaluate the enduring insights of these disciplines in an effort to answer for their own lives the abiding private and public questions no person should escape or avoid.

Faculty Advisor:
Frank J. Ambrosio, Ph.D., Fordham University; Associate Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University.  His primary interest, the interdisciplinary study of the humanities, finds a particularly rewarding outlet in his leadership of the LSP study tours of Renaissance Florence conducted each year at the University’s Villa Le Balze in Fiesole, Italy.
ambrosif@georgetown.edu

Degree Requirements
In order to earn a Master’s degree in the Humanities curricular field, students must complete six courses in this field including one Core course and one Human Values course or two Core courses, and a three-credit thesis reflecting this field. To complete the total number of credits required for the MALS degree, 30 credits, three elective courses may be selected from any Liberal Studies courses or up to two courses at the University appropriate to this degree with the approval of the Program Director. The selected curricular field will appear on the final transcript of record.

Curricular Field
Click here for the current pamphlet describing the requirements for this field and the listing of its courses and faculty advisor.  The following courses are a sampling of recent course offerings in this field.