Studio and Humanistic Studies

Studio and Humanistic Studies

The Dual Major in Humanistic Studies is for students who seek a deeper engagement with the Liberal Arts and Sciences curriculum at MICA.

All MICA students have Liberal Arts requirements, but Dual Majors enhance this curriculum by simultaneously majoring in a studio discipline and in Humanistic Studies, with both majors recognized on the BFA Degree transcript. Apart from the special Majors Seminar, On Being Human, taken in one of the first two years, the Major’s Humanistic Studies course of study is largely student-generated from the array of HMST course offerings in consultation with faculty mentors, to create an enriched research and writing practice in accordance with student interests. The Major culminates in a Thesis in the Senior Year that can stand alone, or can complement and amplify a student’s studio thesis project. Past student theses have included Tricketerology: Art, Ecology and Religion, Planting Seeds, Bombing Banks: A Neoliberal Dream State in Modern Day Iraq, and g.url: Girls, Gender Discourse, and How the Internet is Reestablishing Culture.

Our Faculty

MICA's Humanistic Studies faculty include distinguished scholars with doctorates from such institutions as Columbia, Oxford, Johns Hopkins, Penn and Yale, and who include poets and novelists, as well as experts in politics, science, literature, feminist studies and film.

Photo by Akea Brown
Artwork by Kazi Rayhan
Human Mannequins by Miqueala Hernandez
Artwork by Kazi Rayhan
Photo by Akea Brown

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Artist
Akea Brown
Date
2018
Medium
Photography
Artwork by Kazi Rayhan

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Artist
Kazi Rayhan
Date
2017
Credit

Christopher Myers

Human Mannequins by Miqueala Hernandez

Human Mannequins

Artist
Miqueala Hernandez
Credit

Justin Tsucalas

Artwork by Kazi Rayhan

Untitled

Artist
Kazi Rayhan
Date
2017
Credit

Christopher Myers

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Humanistic Studies Department Contacts

Elizabeth Wagenheim, Chair

Location

Bunting Center, 4th Floor

Contact

Dex Fitch, Program Coordinator

Location

1300 West Mount Royal Avenue 403 Bunting Baltimore, MD 21217

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