DEGREE REQIUREMENTS - Bachelor of Arts in Humanities
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The Bachelor of Arts in Humanities requires a minimum of 125 hours. For degree completion, at least 25 percent of the semester credit hours must be earned through instruction offered by UH-Downtown. The last 30 of the total hours and 18 of the upper-level hours applied to the degree must be successfully completed in residence at UH-Downtown. An overall minimum grade point average of 2.0 at UH-Downtown is required for graduation, and a minimum average of 2.0 must be maintained in the 36 upper-level hours in the major. In addition to the requirements listed below, every student's program must include a nonverbal analytical reasoning course, either as an elective or in fulfillment of a requirement.

Common Core Requirements (42 hours)

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Preparatory Requirements (32 hours)

Philosophy: 6 hours

Fine Arts: 6 hours (at least 3 hours in history or appreciation)

Written communication: 3 hours

Speech communication: 3 hours

Language and culture: 14 hours. At least 11 hours of a single foreign language through 2301 and 3 hours of either 2302 or a course focusing on a specific culture, such as:

HIST 2309: Ethnic Minorities in American History
SPCH 2307: Intercultural Communication
ENG 3322: Mexican-American Literature
HUM 3304: American Ethnic Heritage
HUM 3320: Foreign Literature in Translation
HUM 3321: Hispanic Culture and Civilization

For students placing out of any foreign language courses, other courses in English, humanities or social sciences may be substituted.

Upper-Level Requirements (36 hours)

HUM 3310: Cultural Criticism (3 hours)

HUM 4350: Senior Seminar (3 hours)

30 hours upper-level courses from the following disciplines:

Art
Communication
Drama (except DRA 3332)
English
History
Humanities
Philosophy
Spanish
Speech
Social Sciences: SOS 3302 and 3303: Development of Political Ideas I and II only
Political Science: POLS 4304, American Political Thought and POLS 4306,
Women and Politics only
Psyhology: PSY 4301: History of Psychology only

Electives (15 hours)

From any department at any level, with the following restrictions: Developmental course (ENG 1300, MATH 0300, MATH 1300 and READ 1300) may not apply to graduation requirements. No more than 25 percent of the hours presented for graduation may be credits in business. Electives are an important part of the degree program and should be selected in consultation with an academic advisor.