Our undergraduate class is made up of 73% in the top 25% of their high school class. The student/faculty ratio is 15:1. There are 184 faculty and 34,000 living alumni.

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Learn about the big issues like values and the power of ideas. Study fiction and drama and their roles in human lives. Pursue a true liberal arts education and enrich your experience with classes from other fields. You will develop two skills highly prized in today's marketplace: communication and critical thinking. Corporate leaders tell us critical thinking and clear communication skills are keys to a successful career. So is the ability to see the world from multiple perspectives -- another outcome of majoring in Humanities.

Do you like to think about the big issues -- the meaning of life, the importance of human values, the power of ideas that have shaped the past and present, and will guide the future? Clarkson's program will help you develop and make better use of your most important asset -- your mind. Our curriculum develops the most important competency of all: learning how to learn. That skill will serve you for the rest of your life.

Even if you are studying the great minds of the 15th Century, you still need the tools provided by the 21st. That's the benefit of studying the masters at a comprehensive research university with a rich technology base. That's Clarkson.

Faculty work individually with students to prepare them for careers in a world economy. They help our Humanities majors focus on themes: American Studies; Cross-Cultural Perspectives; and Science, Technology, and Society. Humanities majors can also focus on literature and film, creative writing, and philosophy and ethics.

Our emphasis on collaboration, teamwork, and spanning disciplines works well in the Humanities program. Broader perspectives? Check. Outstanding scholarship? We have that, too. Understanding different perspectives and creativity in analyzing problems? You've come to the right place.