Overview

Our two-year, 30-unit Humanities program at Mount Saint Mary’s University brings together students from all educational and professional backgrounds to talk, think, and write about the timeless ideas that have animated culture and society, as well as the contemporary issues we face in Los Angeles, the Pacific Rim, and our larger global environment.

Our weekend-only format is also an innovative approach to adult learning that provides an alternative way of being a graduate student for professionals with complex work and personal schedules. It redistributes the weekly coursework for a traditional fifteen-week semester into six intensive weekends of class instruction. The weekends are non-consecutive and are scheduled two to three weeks apart.

Why Humanities?

The point of the humanities is to develop habits of rigorous reflective thinking and reasoning, the skill to express ideas in a compelling way, and the ability to solve problems with creativity and innovation. Basically, the humanities are the study of human nature, human values, and what it means to be human using critical and analytical methods of study.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Single Author: Chaucer

Modernism and War: Literature of WWI

Classical Rhetoric

Science & the Victorians

Fairy Tales, Ideology, and Culture

Architectural Imagination

Great Historical Figures: Hitler and the Third Reich

Critical Eras: The Age of the Borgias

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

The Emergence of Christianity I: The Apostolic Fathers

Sexual Psychosis in Renaissance Poetry

The Quest for the Historical Jesus

Apocalyptic Literature

Wonderful Wall Street

Reading Moby Dick by the Sea

Identity Construction in African American Films of the Early

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-23 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-01 00:00:00

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Language

English

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus, Blended, Online

Campus Location

Los Angeles, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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100

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

A baccalaureate or professional degree (or equivalent foreign credential) from a U.S. college or university.

Possess a minimum of a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale.

Application

Application essay

Resume

Transcripts from all schools attended

2 letters of recommendation.

English Language Exam

International Student Data (ISD) Form and Proof of Funds (POF)

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

18150 USD / year

≈ 18150 USD / year
Out-of-State

18150 USD / year

≈ 18150 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

18150 USD / year

≈ 18150 USD / year

Living costs

Los Angeles

United States

1520 - 2570 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Overview

Why Humanities?

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

Prepare for Your English Test

Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Los Angeles

Funding

Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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