Core Humanities

Learn to think and work across disciplines. Build the skills necessary to thrive in a fast-changing world. Engage in cross training for your brain.

About Core Humanities at the ҹɫ��Ƶ

Core Humanities is an award-winning interdisciplinary program that forms the heart of the core curriculum at the ҹɫ��Ƶ. Core Humanities courses are unique and interdisciplinary in nature. They examine the history, philosophy, cultural values, political systems, literature and artistic works that have shaped societies throughout the world from ancient times to the present. In addition, Core Humanities partners with Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities to promote collaboration among humanities fields and to continually broaden perspectives.

Who we are

Central A core part of ҹɫ��Ƶ education, an engaging introduction to debates about what it means to be human and how to achieve justice

Panoramic view of campus from the Pennington building during summer

Deep Taught by world-class instructors through immersion in scholarship and firsthand accounts

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Broad Combining perspectives from art history, English, history, philosophy, political science and world languages and literatures

Useful Students gain cultural capital and acquire skills for their classes, careers and life

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Skills developed by Core Humanities courses

Understanding of historical forces

Gain an understanding of the historical forces that created modern, diverse human cultures and the ways these cultures are interconnected within the United States and across nations.

Read, summarize, analyze and synthesize

Practice the ability to read, summarize, analyze and synthesize information drawn from a variety of written and cultural sources.

Formulate interpretations and arguments

Improve the ability to formulate interpretations and arguments, support them with evidence and present them clearly and persuasively in both written and oral expression.

Develop informed perspectives

Develop informed perspectives on the major political and ideological debates of our times and the ability to participate in those debates.

Thought on Tap

Thought on Tap is a public engagement series that brings together diverse faculty, staff, students and community members for important conversations around timely topics.

Thought on Tap