School of Humanities

Mission Statement

The disciplines encompassed by the School of Humanities evolve from the basic human activities of seeing, hearing, speaking, and thinking. These human activities, when translated into action, become art, music, literature, and philosophy. All of these disciplines attempt to make sense of the human experience and call for the creative production of structured forms in one medium or another. The purpose of these is the communication of human perceptions, thoughts, and emotions to others. While offering studies that enable the student to specialize in one of these areas and to prepare for entry into professional and graduate schools and, ultimately, careers, the School of Humanities is dedicated to the liberal arts concept of education. This philosophy of education calls for a broad and well-balanced range of educational experiences, including the social and natural sciences, mathematics, and history. This approach integrates the disciplines in such a way that it encourages students to form their own worldview.

Majors

The School of Humanities offers the Bachelor of Arts degrees in the following areas of study: English, mass communication, history, and music.

DEPARTMENTS	DEGREES OFFERED
ENGLISH	B.A. English, English Education
MASS COMMUNICATION	B.A. Mass Communication
HISTORY	A.A. and B.A. History; History Education
MUSIC	B.A. Music; Music Education

Special Activities

The Music Department provides many musical performances by the Tougaloo College Concert Choir, Women’s and Men’s Ensembles, the Instrumental Ensemble, the Opera Workshop Ensemble, and individual performers whom they train and develop.

The English Department sponsors a variety of intellectual programming related to the study of language and literature such as speaker series, readings, and conferences.

The Mass Communication Department also produces the Tougaloo Harambee, the college’s digital student newspaper. The department also produces a television newscast for the campus station.

Each spring, the entire School collaborates to produce its Humanities Day. Lectures, discussions, demonstrations, concerts, exhibitions, and dance and dramatic performances are coordinated around a central theme, different each year. The day’s presenters are students and faculty, as well as nationally- known guest scholars and artists.