Arts & Humanities
Develop a background of knowledge across fundamental areas of study
Contemporary citizen-scholars comprehend and appreciate how knowledge across a broad range of disciplines is developed and have a fundamental understanding of the breadth of human achievement in diverse branches of knowledge and the arts. Participating in courses and experiences that establish such a breadth of knowledge takes student beyond the focus of their academic major(s), promoting the integration of ideas and knowledge and exposing them to possibilities for wider thought and action.
Required Credit Hours: 6 from two different disciplines.
Students are strongly encouraged to take one Social Responsibility & Ethics course to fulfill their arts & humanities requirement.
Courses that satisfy the goal:
- Search a list of KU Core 34 courses that satisfy this goal.
Additional options for achieving the goal:
- Test Scores (e.g. Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate)
- Retroactive Credit: Non-Native Languages
- Transfer Credit
KU Core 34 Learning Outcome:
Upon reaching this goal, students will be able to leverage sources, methods, and arguments in the arts and humanities to deepen their understanding of, critically question, and effectively apply knowledge within these disciplines’ foundational ideas. Examples of relevant skills and learning might include engaging with a wide array of critical frameworks, perspectives, and styles; evaluating historical, creative, and cultural narratives, performance, and other forms of artistic expression and exploration of the philosophical, cultural, archival, and stylistic underpinnings of these forms of expression.
Institutional Learning Goal (Creative Inquiry & Discovery):
Creative Inquiry & Discovery - Apply cognitive skills and a broad array of knowledge to promote inquiry, discover solutions, and generate new ideas and creative works.