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Division of Humanities, Arts & Cultural Studies & Degree Programs
 Welcome to the Division of Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies. In this exciting unit, the faculty engage in genuinely interdisciplinary research and teaching.
They have sought and studied the oral histories of people living in communities subject to oppression—now and in the past; they have explored the ethics of reparations and the social and philosophical landscape of human suffering; they investigate environmental issues and bioethics; they read literature and visual texts, politics and social situations; they make sound art, visual art, performance art, and a whole range of digital arts. They work in our neighborhood and in communities across the world. The subjects of their work are people, texts, histories, and some of the most complex questions humans face—about justice, beauty, meaning, life and death. If you’re interested in these questions, HArCS has so much to offer you.We offer degree programs in American Studies, Applied Science, Documentary Studies, English, Ethnicity, Race & First Nations Studies, History, Integrative Studies, Interdisciplinary Arts & Performance, Religion & Applied Ethics Studies, Spanish, Women & Gender Studies and additional certificates in Film & Video Studies, Oral History, Philosophy, Rhetoric & Literature, and Writing. We are the home to a literary magazine, opportunities to serve as Course Assistant or in the NCUIRE program; our students write analyses, plays, and poetry. They read, paint, program, and perform. They become nuanced critical thinkers.More and more, employers look for graduates who have the capacity to think critically across as broad range of contexts. They want to hire flexible, creative minds. Whatever work you do in the world, developing your creative capacity and your critical thinking and writing skills can transform your ability to succeed—and not just in the job market, in life. ASU president Michael Crow recently said in Slate Magazine, “It is essential that we develop in our students the ability to understand the complexity and interrelatedness of our cultural, economic, natural, political, social, and technological systems.” The best thinking comes from those people who are “capable of learning anything over the course of their lifetimes.” We invite you to join us in just this learning endeavor. Dr. Marlene Tromp |