Many students who come out of the UCF Humanities Program consider graduate school, but many have a difficult time locating programs that will allow them to do what they want. There are not many graduate programs in "humanities" – most are in specific disciplines. However, we have broken the program into three concentrations (Classical, Multi-cultural, and Critical Humanities), plus one track (Philosophy, Religion & Popular Culture). Whichever concentration/track you have been on should help to direct you to different kinds of grad schools.
Keep in mind that just because a program doesn’t have "humanities" in the title, doesn’t mean that it isn’t appropriate. Think about other interdisciplinary programs that might fit. Some suggestions: American studies, cultural studies, museum studies, liberal arts, liberal studies, great books, visual culture, peace and conflict studies, science, technology and society studies, performance studies, and women’s/gender studies.
I will list some possibilities below, but this is by no means an exhaustive list. These are programs our students have gone to in the past, or have applied to, or seem like a good fit. This list is meant as a beginning point; do some more research on your own. I will not separate these out by concentration/track, as many programs will be useful for more than one.
As with any discipline, some programs will be better than others, and some will be more appropriate for you than others. Some of these programs are very rigorous, and others are a loose collection of courses. It is worth thinking about what you want to do with the graduate degree. Are you thinking about teaching at the high school or university level?
Some professional organizations have guides for their members on graduate programs in their areas. If you are thinking about working in (for instance) religious studies, history, or the like, you might check those organizations. There are also some other guides:
- Humanities Grad School Programs
- Philosophical Gourmet Report (Brian Leiter)
- US News and World Report Report on Ph.D. Programs
Certificate Programs
- Certificate in Contemporary Humanities (Philosophy, UCF)
- Certificate in Theoretical and Applied Ethics (Philosophy, UCF)
- Certificate in Museum Studies (FSU)
Master’s Programs
- Draper Interdisciplinary M.A. in Humanities and Social Thought (NYU)
- English Literature (Public Texts) (Trent University – beginning fall 2007)
- Humanities M.A. (Penn State Harrisburg)
- Humanities M.A. (Arcadia University)
- Humanities M.A. (U. of West Florida)
- Humanities M.A. (Marymount University)
- Humanities M.A. (Old Dominion University)
- Humanities M.A. (Central Michigan University)
- Humanities M.A. (Towson University)
- Humanities M.A. (Mount St. Mary’s College)
- Humanities M.A.: Concentration – Film Studies (SUNY Buffalo)
- Humanities and Sciences M.A. (Fordham University)
- Liberal Arts (Johns Hopkins)
- Liberal Arts (Great Books) (St. John’s College)
- Liberal Studies/M.L.S. (UCF)
- Liberal Studies (Duquesne)
- Master of Arts Program in the Humanities (U. of Chicago)
- Theory, Culture and Politics M.A. (Trent University)
- Visual Language and Interactive Media (Digital Media, UCF)
M.A. + Ph.D. Programs (may support both programs; students can possibly enter the Ph.D. with a B.A.)
- Arts and Letters (Drew University)
- Human Computer Interaction (Iowa State University)
- Interdisciplinary Humanities (Florida State University)
- Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities (Stanford University)
- Medical Humanities (Drew University)
- Medical Humanities (University of Texas, Medical Branch)
- Modern Culture and Media (Brown University)
- Philosophy (DePaul University)
- Philosophy (Duquesne University)
- Philosophy (Northwestern University)
- Philosophy (Temple University)
- Philosophy (Villanova University)
- Philosophy, Interpretation and Culture (SUNY Binghamton)
Only Ph.D. Programs (must have M.A. to enter)
- Cultural Studies Ph.D. (Trent University – starting fall 2007)
- Texts and Technologies (Dept of English, UCF)