The interdisciplinary graduate program in Humanities fosters
integrated study and practice of the arts, literature, history, and
philosophy. Combining the activities of established disciplines in the
Arts and Humanities into one enterprise, the program enables students
to view the totality of human achievement in these areas.
GRADUATE PROGRAM IN THE HUMANITIES
(M.A., M.A.T., Ph.D.)
PROFESSORS:
Alex Argyros, Joan M. Chandler, David F. Channell, Fred I.
Curchack, Harvey J. Graff, Gavin R.G. Hambly, Dennis M. Kratz, Jeffrey
Perl, Stephen G. Rabe, Robert X. Rodriguez, Kazuya Sakai, Rainer
Schulte, Michael Simpson, Frederick Turner
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS:
Milton A. Cohen, Esteban R. Egea, Nancy Kaplan,
Zsuzsanna Ozsvath, Tim Redman, Gerald L. Soliday, Deborah Stott,
Marilyn Waligore, Linda K. Williamson, Victor L. Worsfold
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS:
Charles R. Bambach, Lorraine Kahn, Robert
Nelsen, Kurt Wold
OBJECTIVES
The School of Arts and Humanities is committed to an interdisciplinary
program that investigates the linkages between the arts and the
humanities by fusing critical with creative thinking, theoretical with
practical endeavors. Rather than identifying fixed disciplinary areas,
broader areas of interest are indicated with the three-part division
of this program: Aesthetic Studies, History of Ideas, and Studies in
Literature. The interrelationship of these broad areas is emphasized
as the essential aspect of this approach to the arts and humanities.
COURSE OFFERINGS
The curriculum includes courses in three main areas of concentration:
Aesthetic Studies, History of Ideas, and Studies in Literature.
Students seeking the M.A. or Ph.D. degree must take courses in all
three areas. Other courses, including core courses required of all
students, are offered under the rubric Humanities.
The program is designed to provide students a flexible,
interdisciplinary context in which to pursue a program of study, built
on connections among specific courses and the three areas of
concentration. The student's program of studies is designed in
consultation with the faculty. Offerings in each area include not only
seminars stressing the interpretation and criticism of specific works
and issues but also ensemble laboratories and workshops in which the
activity of creation and/or performance becomes the primary means of
learning.
Active involvement in the process of artistic creation and performance
is basic to the design of the Aesthetic Studies area of concentration.
Therefore, students pursuing an M.A. with an emphasis on Aesthetic
Studies are required to take at least one ensemble/workshop (HUAS
6390). Students pursuing a Ph.D. with an emphasis on this area are
required to take at least one additional ensemble/workshop.
All courses to be applied to a graduate degree in Humanities must be
taken in the School of Arts and Humanities and must be selected from
the Core Courses and the three areas listed above in accordance with
specific degree requirements. Exceptions to this rule can be granted
only upon written petition to the Director of Instructional Programs.
SPECIFIC DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
The approach to graduate education in the School of Arts and
Humanities is flexible. Students are assigned an adviser, and consult
regularly with that person regarding course selection.
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MASTER OF ARTS
TOTAL: 36 semester hours
CORE COURSES (3 semester hours)
HUMA 5300
INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO THE ARTS AND
HUMANITIES
Students are expected to complete this course as early as possible in
their programs.
n ELECTIVES (30 semester hours)
Thirty semester hours, of which at least 24 hours must be in organized
courses. Eighteen of these hours are divided among organized courses
in Aesthetic Studies (6 hours), History of Ideas (6 hours), and
Studies in Literature (6 hours). The remaining hours may be taken in
one or more of the three areas. Up to six hours of independent study
are applicable to the remaining electives.
n THESIS HUMA 8398 (3 semester hours)
May be repeated for credit, but only 3 semester hours will be applied
to the M.A. or Ph.D. degree requirements.
n FOREIGN LANGUAGE
The M.A. degree requires demonstrated reading proficiency in an
approved foreign language. Proficiency can be demonstrated by
successful completion of an examination in an approved language
(French, German, Italian or Spanish). The advanced language workshops
(HUMA 7320-7324), which M.A. students may take to prepare for the
competence examination, do not count toward minimum course
require-ments for the degree. Students wishing to satisfy the language
requirement with languages other than those listed above must secure
the approval of the Director of Instructional Programs. Students must
satisfy the M.A. language requirement prior to submitting their
Master's thesis proposals to the Graduate Studies Committee for
approval.
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MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING
TOTAL: 36 semester hours
The program is specifically designed for practicing teachers. Students
will take some hu with M.A. or Ph.D. students, but their other
courses will be concerned with the school classroom. It is possible
for students who are particularly interested in English, History, and
Spanish to design their degree programs so that their workin these
areas can be focused and setin an interdisciplinary context. The
M.A.T. degree does not require demonstration of reading proficiency in
a foreign language.
Students applying for admission to the M.A.T. program will normally be
expected to have a teaching certificate. Students may be teaching full
time while they are pursuing the degree.
n CORE COURSES (6 semester hours)
HUED 5300 Teaching of the Humanities in the Secondary School
HUMA 5300 Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Arts and Humanities
n SPECIALIZATION (15 semester hours)
Fifteen hours in organized hu in Aesthetic Studies or History of
Ideas or Studies in Literature
n PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT(6 semester hours)
Three hours in education hu in addition to HUED 5300. Three hours
may be taken as independent study to prepare for the casebook.
n ELECTIVES (6 semester hours)
Six hours of electives in any organized hu in the various areas,
exceptthat they may not be taken in the area of specialization.
n CASEBOOK: HUED 8304(3 semester hours)
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
A Ph.D. in the School of Arts and Humanities requires a minimum of 90
semester hours beyond a Bachelor's degree.Students who have previously
earned an M.A. degree in the Humanities from U.T. Dallas must formally
apply to thedoctoral program.
Students with background deficiencies may be required to take extra
hu in addition to specific degree requirements to remove those
deficiencies. Students admitted into the Ph.D. program are normally
required to take HUMA 5300 as a prerequisite if, in the judgment of
the Director of Instructional Programs, previous graduate work shows a
deficiency in interdisciplinary study.
REQUIRED PROGRAM COMPONENTS
MASTER OF ARTS EQUIVALENT(36 semester hours)
(Some students, having
completed graduate work at other institutions,may qualify for the
Master of Arts Equivalent.)
ELECTIVES (36 semester hours)
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Thirty-six semester hours of which at least 30 must be in organized
hu. Eighteen of these hours must be divided among organized
hu in Aesthetic and Performance Studies (6 hours), History of
Ideas (6 hours), and Studies in Literature (6 hours). The remaining
hours may be taken in one or more of the three areas. Up to six hours
of independent study are applicable to the remaining electives.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Students admitted to the Ph.D. program from universities other than
The University of Texas at Dallas must pass a language competence
examination in an approved foreign language (French, German, Classical
Greek, Italian or Spanish) during their first year in the Ph.D.
program. All Ph.D. students must complete six semester hours in the
same language in advanced language workshops designated HUMA
8320-8323. The advanced language workshops HUMA 8320-8323 will count
toward minimum course requirements for the degree. Students wishing to
satisfy the language requirement with languages other than those
listed above must secure the approval of the Director of Instructional
programs. A student may substitute HUSL 7321 (Art and Craft of
Translation) for one of the two required advanced language workshops.
Students must satisfy the Ph.D. foreign language requirement prior to
taking qualifying examinations for the Ph.D.
QUALIFYING EXAMINATIONS
The qualifying examination sequence consists of four written sections
and one oral section, and it is taken after completion of all of the
above requirements. After consultation with the student, examination
questions are selected by a committee composed of four voting members
of the faculty. The examination questions must be submitted by the
members of the examining committee to the Office of the Director of
Instructional Programs, which administers the examination, at least 14
days before the examinations. The maximum time allowed for completion
of the examination sequence by the student is 30 days.
A proposal for a dissertation topic may be submitted to and approved
by the doctoral committee at the oral segment of the qualifying
examinations. In any case, the doctoral committee must approve the
proposed dissertation topic, which is then submitted to the Graduate
Studies Committee for final approval.
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DISSERTATION (18 semester hours minimum)
A student who has successfully completed the qualifying examinations
and whose dissertation topic has been approved is advanced to Ph.D.
candidacy. The candidate then writes a doctoral dissertation normally
under the supervision of the four-member faculty committee that served
for the qualifying examinations, although the Graduate Studies
Committee, in approving a dissertation topic, may change the
membership of the doctoral committee. Every student is required to
register in at least two successive semesters for a minimum of nine
hours of dissertation credit in each semester. Any exception to this
requirement must be granted by the Director of Instructional Programs.
ARTS AND HUMANITIES COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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