he Department of Humanities is a multidisciplinary department. For its students, it strives to cultivate critical awareness and broad understanding of the ideas and values characterizing human history and experience. Humanities courses encourage critical, historically informed consideration of the collective experience of humanity and the many beliefs and conflicts in our common cultural heritage.

     Students study literature, philosophy, art, and music in the social, political, and economic contexts in which those works first appeared. The Humanities curriculum strives to provide an intellectual experience that increases students' awareness of human values, human history, and human experience.

     The department offers introductory and advanced courses in the areas of English composition, literature, history, philosophy, foreign languages, political science, music, and fine arts, in addition to the B.S. in Technical Communication.

Humanities Department
801 Leroy Place
Socorro, NM 87801
(505)835-5445
hum@nmt.edu

Last updated on Monday - June 28, 1999.

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