Faculty of Humanities

Faculty Information

Contact Information

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Location

Social Sciences 209

Student Information

(403) 220-5881

E-mail address

humn@ucalgary.ca

Web page URL

http://www.fp.ucalgary.ca/humanities/

English Department Information

Head of Department

S. Rudy

Department Office

SS 1152

Telephone

220-5470

Fax

289-1123

E-mail address

engladv@ucalgary.ca

Web page URL

http://www.english.ucalgary.ca/

French, Italian and Spanish Department Information

Head of Department

L. Torres

Department Office

CH D318

Telephone

220-5300

Fax

284-3634

E-mail address

fisl@ucalgary.ca

Web page URL

http://fis.ucalgary.ca/fisweb/

Germanic, Slavic and East Asian Studies Department Information

Head of Department

X-J. Yang

Department Office

CH C205

Telephone

220-5293

Fax

284-3810

E-mail address

gsea@ucalgary.ca

Web page URL

http://www.ucalgary.ca/gsea

Greek and Roman Studies Department Information

Head of Department

P. Toohey

Department Office

SS 506

Telephone

220-5537

Fax

220-9581

E-mail address

grst@ucalgary.ca

Web page URL

http://www.fp.ucalgary.ca/grst/

Philosophy Department Information

Head of Department

A. Kazmi

Department Office

SS 1256

Telephone

220-5531/5533

Fax

289-5698

E-mail address

phildept@ucalgary.ca

Web page URL

http://www.phil.ucalgary.ca/

Religious Studies Department Information

Head of Department

V. Tumasz

Department Office

SS 1301

Telephone

220-5886

Fax

210-0801

E-mail address

rels@ucalgary.ca

Web page URL

http://www.ucalgary.ca/rels

Introduction

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The Faculty of Humanities was created in 1976 when the partition of the Faculty of Arts and Science occurred. Through the study of languages and literature, ancient history, philosophy, and religion, students in the Humanities explore modern as well as past traditions thus gaining a fuller understanding of their place in society and the ways in which all of us shape and are shaped by our cultural circumstances.

Pattern

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The Departments of the Faculty of Humanities and the designations under which they offer courses are as follows:

Department

Course Designations

English

English (ENGL)

French, Italian and Spanish

French (FREN)
Italian (ITAL)
Romance Studies (ROST)
Spanish (SPAN)

Germanic, Slavic and East Asian Studies

Chinese (CHIN)
Dutch (DTCH)

German (GERM)
Japanese (JPNS)
Russian (RUSS)
Slavic (SLAV)

Greek and Roman Studies

Greek (GREK)

Greek and Roman Studies (GRST)
Latin (LATI)

Philosophy

Philosophy (PHIL)

Religious Studies

Religious Studies (RELS)

The Faculty of Humanities also offers courses in Comparative Literature (COLT), Film (FILM), Hindi (HNDI), Humanities (HUMN), and Term Abroad Program (TAP).

Note: All courses in the Faculty of Humanities are in Area I.

Objectives

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The Humanities are a cornerstone of education. Humanities disciplines emphasize expressive and logical communication. They aim to analyze, interpret and evaluate the most significant achievements in many of the world's cultural traditions, including those that have been marginalized. They study the interplay among past, present and future worlds, and they examine the links and ruptures between the individual and society.

Advanced practical literacy is one goal of education in the Humanities. Though founded on earlier models of education in grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history, ethics and logic, they have evolved as instruments for exploring critically the strengths and weaknesses of past and present circumstances. Students in the Humanities learn to read with discernment (often in another language), to think carefully, to make reasoned judgments, and to communicate both intelligently and effectively.

Through the learning of languages and the study of images, artifacts, and texts and their historical contexts, students in the Humanities come to understand and appreciate their own and other cultures. Through exposure to multiple points of view and diverse methodologies and ideologies, they learn how to engage in critical enquiry, which by definition involves an honest attempt to examine divergent opinions. Humanities students gain a fuller appreciation of themselves and of the ways in which all of us shape and are shaped by our cultural circumstances. Work in the Humanities is intended to expand human awareness, an end that is both valuable in itself and useful to society.

Opportunities

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The Faculty of Humanities "Careers for Students" booklet may be accessed on the Faculty Website.

Student Affairs

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Contact individual Humanities departments in order to obtain information on the student society in that department.