The intent of this degree is to prepare students for careers where skills learned in the Humanities are applicable or in specific disciplines within the broad designation of Humanities. This degree emphasizes the methods and values of humanistic study. Students investigate the role that language, philosophy, literature, religion, history, and the arts play in the shaping of human cultures. The curriculum also encourages students to consider how the central traditions, values, ideas, and texts, and the aesthetic concepts of a culture, reflect the human condition.