How F&M Does Humanities
When you study humanities at F&M, you'll explore the ways people across different times and places make sense of their lives in diverse forms of artistic, cultural and intellectual expression. Through your courses and hands-on work, you'll examine the range of human experience through the study of languages, literatures, philosophies, religions and cultural and artistic productions.
Subjects You Can Study
- Africana Studies
- American Studies
- Chinese Language
- Classics
- Cognitive Science
- Comparative Literary Studies
- Dance
- Data Science
- English: Creative Writing, Literature
- Environmental Studies
- Film and Media Arts
- French and Francophone Studies
- German and German Studies
- Greek
- History
- History of Art and Architecture
- Hebrew
- International Studies
- Italian
- Japanese Language
- Judaic Studies
- Latin
- Latin American Studies
- Linguistics
- Moral Psychology
- Music
- Philosophy
- Public Health
- Religious Studies
- Russian and Russian Studies
- Science, Technology and Society
- Spanish
- Studio Art
- Theatre
- Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Out-of-the-Classroom Learning
We emphasize hands-on experiential work. When you study humanities at F&M, you’ll have opportunities to step out of the classroom and into the field to engage in different, dynamic forms of learning. With off-campus study and research opportunities, internships and more, you’ll collaborate with world-class humanities faculty, engage with the community, get practical, real-world experience and explore questions students elsewhere might only read about.
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Careers in Humanities
After graduating from F&M, many of our students pursue graduate studies in the humanities at leading programs around the world. Other students leverage the skills they've gained from the humanities — writing, analysis, critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and cultural knowledge and awareness among others — and find success in careers in education, law, medicine, business, the nonprofit sector, and more.
Explore success beyond F&M »See Humanities at F&M in Action
March 24, 2025
Sara Beqiraj ’25 Pursues Passion for Medicine
“Given my early passion in medicine, I knew F&M would be the right place for me,” says Sara Beqiraj, a biochemistry and molecular biology major and Spanish minor. See what she learned in the science lab and beyond at F&M.
March 20, 2025
Students Help Plan Emerging Writers Festival
Meet the students behind the Emerging Writers Festival, slated April 2 to 4. The collaborative effort between students and faculty champions the work of rising writers early in their careers.
March 7, 2025
Preparing to Make Real Change in Public Health Advocacy
Anaya Peguero ’25 quickly found that F&M professors saw her promise — and would challenge her to fulfill her potential and own her influence.