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The Interdisciplinary Humanities major consists of classes from among the eight humanities disciplines. See the current Class Schedule for classes taught in each discipline. The one exception is the senior research seminar, required of every student in this major. This seminar consists of two sequenced courses - a one-unit 'Thesis Preparation Seminar' and the three-unit 'Senior Research Seminar'. This sequence of courses is offered each year in a Fall-Spring format. Accordingly, students intent on a December graduation (after the Fall semester or Intersession) should take the seminar the previous year. The goals of these two segments of the seminar are, first, to develop a research topic proposal and compile a bibliography during the Fall semester and, second, complete the research and a senior thesis on the topic by the end of the Spring semester. Further description of the research seminar and its two segments is found in the Undergradute Bulletin. Interdisciplinary Humanities students have over the years researched and written on numerous interesting, individualized topics. Some examples are:
- The Culture and History of the Khoikoi People of South Africa
- The Ancient Greek Olympics
- Catholicism in Pre-WWII Japan
- The History of the Louvre
- The Power and Role of Women in Ancient Greece
- Claude Monet and Impressionism
- Gandhi, King, and Pacifism
- Social and Political Conditions in the State of Chiopas
- Ethical Issues in Emergency Health Care
- Gothic Architecture
- The Culture and History of the Saami People of the Arctic Circle
- Women's Struggle for Authentic Human Development in the Fiction of Toni Morrison
- The Orpheus Theme in Modern Theatre and Film
- Wolfgang Borchert and Expressionism in Post-WWII German Theatre
- The History and Meaning of Culturally-Specific Marriage Ceremonies
- The Life and Papacy of John Paul II
- The Virgin of Guadalupe
- The Clash Between Religion and Evolution in 1920's America
- The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
- Gendered Images of God in Scripture
- The Trial and Death of Socrates
- "Blessedness" in Spinoza's Ethics
- The Medici Influence on the Italian Renaissance
- Social Aspects of the 16th Century European Reformation
- Oscar Wilde and Victorian England
- Dream-Images in Native American Art and Religion
- Braque and Picasso: The Development of Cubism
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