The Integrated and Applied Arts and Humanities major is a multidisciplinary program that leads to a B.A. or B.S. depending on the specialization selected by a student in coordination with their faculty advisor. The degree is designed for students seeking to consolidate two primary areas of study or specializations, one of which must include selections from the department of Philosophy, which include Humanities, Philosophy, and Religion and Cultural Studies courses. Students can focus on various specializations, such as those listed below.
Human Expression and Thought
This specialization is well suited for students with backgrounds or interested in: applications of arts and creativity, architecture, visual arts, dramatic arts, music, aesthetics, performance theory, cultures and cultural productions and practices, religion and religious traditions, philosophy, interfaith literacy, ethical theory, history of ideas, social theories, and ways of living.
Being Human in an Age of Technology
This specialization is well suited for students with backgrounds or interested in: AI, applied ethics, ethics of technology, ethics and science, big data, cognitive sciences, data democratization, ethical theory, history of ideas, cultural studies, logic, social theories, digital humanities, and philosophy of science and technology.
Medical and Environmental Humanities
This specialization is well suited for students with backgrounds or interested in health and wellness, mental health, health care, medicine, public health, medical ethics, environmental humanities, environmental philosophy, religion and medicine, interfaith literacy, religion and applied ethics, ethical theory.
Individualized Pathway
See the program coordinator to discuss your areas of interest, previous coursework, and design a program of study.
Students in the major will work with faculty advisors to make course selections in one of the defined specializations or tailor their individualized pathway. Whatever your interests and academic background, we welcome you to the Department of Philosophy to explore your intellectual and creative passions and craft a plan suited to future professional and educational goals.
Requirements
Consult the UCF catalog for a complete list of required courses.
