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First-year students are those who have not enrolled in any college course work after completing their high school or secondary schooling.
First-year applicants must complete secondary school and earn an appropriate secondary certification or pass an appropriate external exam. Grades should be above average and course selection must include preparatory study in humanities, mathematics, natural sciences, and social sciences.
Students who are completing an International High School Completion (IHSC) program and earning an associate degree in Washington state (including Associate in Arts DTA, Associate in Arts and Sciences DTA, Associate in Science – Transfer or MRP transfer degrees) should apply as transfer students and submit their official community college transcripts. IHSC applicants who are not completing their associate degree will be required to submit all secondary school transcripts with certified English translations if necessary.
With the exception of students whose primary and secondary education took place in Australia, Canada (English Provinces), Great Britain, Ireland, New Zealand or the U.S., applicants must demonstrate English proficiency. This is generally demonstrated by a minimum score on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) of 80 (iBT) or 550 (paper-based), or a minimum IELTS score of 6.5. Students who are earning a transferable associate's degree from a Washington State community college and have "B" or better grades in two English composition courses are NOT required to submit TOEFL or IELTS scores. TOEFL scores must be sent directly from the Educational Testing Service and must be postmarked by the priority application deadline. Photocopies of TOEFL score reports cannot be accepted.
By exception, the English language proficiency requirement can be waived for applicants educated in other countries if the applicant's primary and secondary education language of instruction was in English. Such exceptions require an official letter from the school of instruction.
Students whose English language proficiency does not yet meet minimum requirements may be considered for Conditional Admission, a program that allows students to be fully admitted to the university upon successfully completing at least one quarter of the Intensive English Program.
The Humanities include the study of philosophy, religion, history, literature, and the arts. The Humanities — History of Culture program supports study of religions and of cultural history in Europe and the Americas, China, Japan, South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and in predominantly Islamic areas with attention to historical development and cross-cultural interaction, both in the past and modern period. Western’s Humanities program attracts students who want to major in more than one humanities discipline, using interdisciplinary methods of investigation.
Students acquire a substantial knowledge of religious, philosophical, literary and aesthetic movements in the history of Western culture. Students also study works of the humanities in at least one other culture, and that culture’s history. Using methods from different humanities disciplines, students learn to analyze individual works of the humanities and to relate them to social and cultural developments. Learning how to understand cultural differences and cultural change helps students exercise leadership in a more closely knit, global world.
The Department of Global Humanities and Religions is part of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
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Requirements
❑ Five courses (23-25 credits) from the following, under advisement, distributed over at least two different regions of the world:
HUMA 121 - Ancient Mediterranean Credits: 5
HUMA 122 - Medieval and Early Modern Europe Credits: 5
HUMA 123 - Modern Europe Credits: 5
REL 231 - Introduction to the Study of Religion Credits: 5 (HNRS 219 may be taken in place of REL 231)
REL 232 - Myth and Folklore Credits: 5
HUMA 243 - Art and Ideas Credits: 5
REL 265 - Science and Religion in American Culture Credits: 5
HUMA 271 - Humanities of India Credits: 5
HUMA 273 - Art and Society in China and Japan Credits: 5
HUMA 275 - Humanities of Japan Credits: 5
HUMA 276 - Humanities of Africa Credits: 5
HUMA 277 - Humanities of China Credits: 5
HUMA 278 - Islamic Civilization Credits: 5
HUMA 281 - Representations of Otherness Credits: 5
REL 283 - Religion and Globalization Credits: 5
HUMA 290 - Approaches to Cultural History Credits: 5
REL 290 - Religion, Culture, and Society Credits: 5
A maximum of two courses from the following may also be counted toward the 23-25 credit lower-division course requirement:
HNRS 103 - Navigating the Human Experience - Pre-modernity Credits: 4
HNRS 104 - Navigating the Human Experience - Modernity Credits: 4
HNRS 105 - Navigating the Human Experience - Post-modernity A Credits: 4
HNRS 106 - Navigating the Human Experience - Post-modernity B Credits: 4
❑ HUMA 302 - Methods of Interdisciplinary Study Credits: 5
❑ Four courses (20 credits) under advisement from the following:
(Note: These four courses may include a maximum of one upper-division course in the Humanities and Social Sciences from outside the department, selected under advisement.)
REL 303 - Methods in the Study of Religion Credits: 5
HUMA 321 - Between Renaissance and Inquisition: Censorship and Religious Conflict in Spain’s Golden Age Credits: 5
HUMA 323 - The Romantic Paradox: Love, Life and Death Credits: 5
HUMA 325 - Surveillance, Voyeurism and the Culture of Suspicion Credits: 5
HUMA 327 - Ireland: A Cultural History Credits: 5
HUMA 329 - The Epic in Ancient Roman Culture Credits: 5
REL 332 - World Religions Credits: 5
REL 333 - Religion in America Credits: 5
REL 334 - Hebrew Bible and the Religion of Ancient Israel Credits: 5
REL 336 - New Testament and Early Christianity Credits: 5
REL 338 - Mystical Traditions Credits: 5
REL 340 - Sufism: The Islamic Mystical Tradition Credits: 5
REL 341 - Women in Islam Credits: 5
REL 345 - Fierce Goddesses of India Credits: 5
HUMA 360 - China and the Emerging World Economy: From Antiquity to the Early Modern Credits: 5
HUMA 362 - Islam in the Indian Ocean World Credits: 5
HUMA 372 - Postcolonial Novels: Art, Rhetoric and Social Context Credits: 5
REL 375 - Buddhism Credits: 5
REL 378 - Religion and Society in India Credits: 5
REL 380 - Religion and Society in China Credits: 5
REL 382 - Religion and Society in Japan Credits: 5
HUMA 390 - Topics in Cultural History Credits: 5
REL 390 - Topics in Religion Credits: 5
Thesis or Non-Thesis Options
There are two options (thesis or non-thesis) for completing the Humanities: History of Culture BA. Students should choose which option they will pursue by the end of their junior year.
Non-Thesis Option (15 credits)
❑ Three courses from:
HUMA 421 - Traditional Indian Medicine Credits: 5
HUMA 422 - The Pursuit of Happiness: Philosophy, Literature, and the Good Life Credits: 5
HUMA 423 - Relations between Jewish and Christian Cultures in Europe, c. 1100-c. 1650 Credits: 5
REL 424 - Exploring Apocalypticism Credits: 5
HUMA 425 - The City and the Early Modern Iberian World Credits: 5
REL 428 - Revival and Reform in the Islamic World Credits: 5
HUMA 490 - Seminar in Cultural History Credits: 5
REL 490 - Seminar in Religion Credits: 5
Thesis Option (16 credits)
❑ Two courses from:
HUMA 421 - Traditional Indian Medicine Credits: 5
HUMA 422 - The Pursuit of Happiness: Philosophy, Literature, and the Good Life Credits: 5
HUMA 423 - Relations between Jewish and Christian Cultures in Europe, c. 1100-c. 1650 Credits: 5
REL 424 - Exploring Apocalypticism Credits: 5
HUMA 425 - The City and the Early Modern Iberian World Credits: 5
REL 428 - Revival and Reform in the Islamic World Credits: 5
HUMA 490 - Seminar in Cultural History Credits: 5
REL 490 - Seminar in Religion Credits: 5
❑ HUMA 498 - Research in the Humanities Credits: 3
❑ HUMA 499 - Senior Thesis Credits: 3
Departmental Honors
Students must choose the Thesis Option to be considered for departmental honors. BA students who have completed HUMA 498 and HUMA 499, have a cumulative GPA of 3.3 in their major courses and receive a grade of ‘B’ or higher for their Senior Thesis (in HUMA 499) will graduate with departmental honors.
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