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

Meet Arizona students who have chosen Humanities.

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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

U of A earns top 5 ranking in bachelor's degrees for languages

Sept. 30, 2025
The University of Arizona is ranked in the top five universities in the nation for producing graduates with foreign language degrees!  According to a recent analysis by The Chronicle of Higher Education, the U of A confers the fifth most…
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Tucson Humanities Festival 2025: Everywhere

Tucson Humanities Festival reaches wide with 'Everywhere' theme

Sept. 30, 2025
The humanities are everywhere. It’s a message that Alain-Philippe Durand, Dorrance Dean of the College of Humanities, hopes to share with the university and campus communities during this year’s Tucson Humanities Festival, with a series of…
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Professor Courtney Friesen

Prof. Friesen Wins Book Award

Sept. 11, 2025
Courtney Friesen, Professor in the Department of Religious Studies & Classics, has received the Frank W. Beare Award from the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies.Presented at the society’s annual meeting in June in Toronto, the Beare…
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