Graduate Programs

Humanities Master's Program (M.A.)

The Master of Arts in Humanities provides advanced study in four disciplines of the humanities. The program benefits both teachers and other post-baccalaureate students seeking intellectual fulfillment or professional advancement.

Unlike the traditional master degree that specializes in just one area, the Master of Arts program in Humanities bridges four disciplines of the liberal arts: philosophy and religious studies, literature, history and rhetoric. It seeks to establish context and connections, linking significant texts with their intellectual and historical backgrounds from the perspectives of the disciplines of the program. Each course in the core engages texts in English from four epochs of Western civilization: the Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and Modern.

Housed in the College of Liberal Arts, the program draws on the faculty of the departments of Philosophy and Religious Studies, English, History and Modern Languages. Its structure has three related parts: (I) Core Texts, (II) Contexts and Connections and (III) Thesis or Anthology Options.

College of Graduate Studies and Research
7800 York Road, Suite 216

Phone: 410-704-2501
Fax: 410-704-4675
E-mail: grads@towson.edu