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College of Humanities students learn essential skills with a human perspective to navigate the workforce of the future.

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Learn the skills to compete in the global economy by studying Humanities. Declare a major or minor using our online form below!

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Graduating Soon?

Find all the information you need about the College of Humanities Convocation Ceremonies – a special celebration every semester for just our grads.

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Congratulations to Our High Achieving Students

The College of Humanities is pleased to recognize and reward our undergraduate students whose performance merits special attention.

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Nov. 8, 2024

Humanities Seminars Program Celebrates 40 Years

There’s a certain magic that develops in the Humanities Seminars Program, an energy created by the convergence of knowledgeable professors, engaged students and topics of great interest. For 40 years, that magic has driven the University of Arizona’s premier lifelong learning program and built a community around the exchange of ideas and the enduring lessons of the humanities.

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Humanities Seminars Program celebrates its 40th anniversary.

Recent News

University Distinguished Professor Melissa A. Fitch brings experiences on global pilgrimages into the classroom

‘The Road is Made Upon Walking’

Nov. 6, 2025
The last thing Melissa Fitch had ever imagined she would be doing on her sabbatical was fleeing an angry 300-pound Antarctic fur seal on the remote South Georgia island near Antarctica. As a University Distinguished Professor of Latin American…
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Dean A-P Durand and Steve Kerr

Steve Kerr Announces $1M Gift to Fund College of Humanities Study Abroad

Nov. 4, 2025
Wildcat legend Steve Kerr's international upbringing sparked a curiosity about the world, a love of travel and a lifelong embrace of cultural diversity. Now, he and his wife Margot, also a U of A graduate, have made a gift commitment of $1…
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Josiah Patrick Santos & Sophia Akimi Troetel

In Memoriam: Sophia Akimi Troetel, Josiah Patrick Santos & Katya Castillo-Mendoza

Nov. 4, 2025
The College of Humanities community is profoundly saddened by the loss of two of its students in a traffic collision Thursday night near the U of A campus. Sophia Akimi Troetel, a double major in Spanish and Psychology, and Josiah Patrick Santos,…
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