Welcome to the Humanities Department. Our mission is to PREPARE students for the intellectual demands of the university experience; to FOSTER & ENCOURAGE students to become betters writers and readers; and to INSTILL awareness of the complexities of history and literature.

While meeting the requirements for a high school diploma, students are able to explore topics of great breadth and depth with teachers who are truly experts in their field. (Click on individual faculty WebPages to see what we mean!)  Students who are looking for an intellectual candy shop may want to consider some of these courses:

History and Political Science History of WWII Gender Studies American West Civil Rights/Civil Liberties African-American History Modern Presidential Politics Modern Middle East Politics American Environmental History European Intellectual History since 1600 Great Powers' Strategy/Diplomacy since 1789

English and Literature Film Studies Shakespeare British Fantasy Kurt Vonnegut World Literature Irish Women Poets Southern Literature Science and Literature History of the English Language