Chester New Hall, Room 112, ext. 27423
http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/
humanities@mcmaster.ca
Dean of Humanities
S. Crosta/B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Humanities
D. Wright/B.A., M.A., D.Phil.
HUMANITIES ACADEMIC ADVISING OFFICE
Chester New Hall, Room 107
Assistant Dean (Studies)
P.A. Kalnins/B.A.
Academic Advisors
D. Hayward
J. Osterman/B.A., B.Admin., M.Ed.
J. Richardson/B.A.
Career Services, Liaison and Study Abroad Coordinator
R. Muhic-Day/B.A., M.A.
The Faculty of Humanities is dedicated to cultivating a teaching and research community which reflects the highest standards of our disciplines and to undertaking bold ventures in new arenas of interdisciplinary inquiry. We strive for a balance between the best traditions of Humanities education and the new forms of knowledge emerging within and at intersections of disciplines. By learning from past and current issues facing our world today, we promote advances in knowledge that make positive differences in peoples' lives.
We provide a research-intensive educational environment in which students learn to value independent thinking and critical reflection on the nature of knowledge and how knowledge can be used to better the human condition. Our mission is to ensure that students acquire the analytical skills, historical depth, and appreciation of diverse cultures needed to assume leadership roles as responsible, ethical, and path breaking scholars, cultural workers, creative artists, or policy makers. We prepare our students to be thoughtful and engaged citizens in a global world.
The attainment of precise knowledge and fresh insights through lectures, class discussions, reflection, analysis and writing is the essence of study in the Faculty of Humanities.
Programs are offered in the following subjects: Studio Art, Art History, Classics, Communication Studies, Cultural Studies & Critical Theory, English, French, History, Cognitive Science of Language, Linguistics, Multimedia, Music, Peace Studies, Philosophy and Theatre & Film Studies. Additionally, Minors are available in German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Latin, and Spanish and courses are available in Mandarin Chinese. Students may also take an Interdisciplinary Minor in Archaeology.
