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CLAS : Humanities      About Humanities . . . . By providing a range of interdisciplinary courses in comparative arts, the Humanities Program offers you the opportunity to explore, understand and appreciate the arts, and to evaluate their importance to life - especially how artists and their ideas evoke self-discovery and promote self-knowledge. Faculty member encourage classroom discussions which examine the value of arts in historical and contemporary contexts, explore the significance of the arts in urban settings, and reveal the unique way in which all of the arts express and embody meaning. Emphasis is placed on discovering relationships among art, music, poetry, literature, history and philosophy from both topical/theoretical and historical perspectives.  Leonardo da Vinci once stated that "knowledge has its origins in our perspectives." With that in mind, we investigate the various ways in which experience underlies all of the arts and humanistic disciplines and seek answers to such essential questions as: What qualities are shared by all of the arts and humanities? What characteristics are unique to each? Artists, musicians, thinkers and writers of a particular era are linked by bonds of chronology and context. But artists, musicians, thinkers and writers - from every place and from all eras - are also linked by a shared commitment to creativity. The study of Humanities addresses and investigates these several types of bonds. In exploring such varying relationships, you will develop and enhance verbal, perceptual and intellectuals skills which well serve you well in whatever future career you may choose. Join us! Be rewarded by acquiring a fuller knowledge and a more broadly based appreciation of humanity's most important thoughts and artifacts.   Faculty   Courses   Humanities Program Schedule of Classes   Humanities Resources on the Web   Study Humanities Abroad - "Paris Spring Break" For additional information please contact: Dr. Richard Studing, Director Humanities Program Wayne State University 5057 Woodward Ave. Detroit, MI 48202 (313) 577-3035 fax (313) 577-6930 emaill: ad9393@wayne.edu Ms. Louise Dezur, Humanities Program Secretary email: ac0485@wayne.edu Return to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Main Website   Disclaimers and WSU's Policy on Acceptable Use of Information Technology Resources.