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What Can I Do with My Humanities Degree?

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Browse our quarterly course highlights. We share compelling courses that tackle today’s biggest social questions. They are open to all majors, have no prerequisites, cover GEs, and are tagged as popular, STEM-friendly, online and social impact.

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Languages and Applied Linguistics

Ariel Chan

Philosophy

Sara Bernstein

Philosophy

Daniel Nolan

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Paid Internships

Students in the Humanities EXCEL cohort program hold positions with off-campus community organizations and build career-relevant skills. Interns earn $20/hour and work 10-20 hours per week.

Juan (Linguistics major), an undergraduate researcher, and Prof. Ariel Chan (Languages and Applied Linguistics) discuss the interplay of language processing, cognition, and social dynamics.

Paid Research

Students in the Humanities EXPLORE research program work with a Humanities faculty and receive mentorship. Undergraduate researchers earn $20/hour and contribute 10-20 hours per week to the project.

Humanities Career Engagement

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Humanizing Technology

Join the Humanizing Technology Certificate Program. Take three classes and get awarded the certificate!

Long days, snacks, and scan-a-thons: student archivists stepped up to save a treasure trove of Okinawan-American memories

In a cramped conference room, a small group of students spent countless hours digitizing the photos, slides and artworks of the Okinawan American community in Los Angeles County. These students work for the Okinawa Memories Initiative.

Making ethics accessible

Alumnus Tim Shannon (Cowell ’71, history) has philanthropically supported the Humanities at UC Santa Cruz for 15 years. His support of the Norcal Regional Highschool Ethics Bowl, hosted annually at UC Santa Cruz, has opened doors for public schools across the region.

Damming the Nile and the devastating cost of human progress

In her upcoming Nauenberg History of Science Lecture, World Wounds: The Damming of the Nile River and the Transformation of Medicine, Associate Professor of History Jennifer Derr will explore how massive infrastructure projects contributed to widespread illness, and offer insights into the global history of medicine.

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