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Welcome to Humanities!

The Humanities Department is home to programs that cover human experience in aesthetic, creative, literary, religious, and other realms as well as cultural traditions in major world areas, such as America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Well-published and committed to serious scholarship, the faculty are teacher-scholars who can engage students. Students learning is at the core of the department’s mission, and faculty strive to give each student as much individual attention as possible.
 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Buddhist Studies Endowment
Study Abroad Programs in Bath, England

THE LIVING WORD Lectures 
July 5, Aug. 2, 2008, 2:00-4:00 p.m. 
MLK Library, Room 225/229
  
A series of inter-faith lectures commemorating the Tercentenary of Guru Granth Sahib.  For more information, please see sikhchic.com.

HUMANITIES HONORS ALUMNI HOMECOMING 
Oct. 4, 2008 from 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. 
Contact: Prof. Cynthia Rostankowski, 924-4508
              E-mail: sthetiks@aol.com 


FALL 2008 SCHEDULE
(PDF File)
   
Course Flyers:
    
AMS/HUM 190, Sec.1 Senior Seminar
     Hum 168 Global Climate Change
     CA Fall 2008 Schedule
     CA/RelS/Music 121 Music/Religious Experience
     RELS/ASIA/HUM 142 Contemporary Buddhism

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Dept. of Humanities 
One Washington Square
San José, CA 95192-0092
408.924.4463
Fax: 408.924.4576
Located in: CL 419
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