Department of Arts and Humanities

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Edmund P. Cueva, PhD, Chair
S1009, 713-221-8104

Faculty

Academic Areas

Art
Art Administration
Communication Studies
Drama
Fine Arts
Humanities
Spanish

Mission and Objectives

The multiple disciplines that comprise the University of Houston-Downtown Department of Arts and Humanities and the stimulating ethnic and cultural diversity of our faculty and students both create and reflect our commitment to the truest sense of the liberal arts. Through the excellence of our faculty in the areas of teaching, scholarship, creativity and service, our mission is to educate students to think critically so that they will then be able to use appropriate communication skills to express effectively their ideas in a variety of media. The critical, historical, and global perspective we offer in the study of languages, rhetoric, and the visual and performing arts is enhanced by courses that offer hands-on applications, including those that incorporate new technologies. Such inclusion further broadens the scope of the liberal arts tradition by taking advantage of contemporary advances to build on past wisdom while anticipating future innovations. Students who wish to pursue a general liberal course of studies may enroll in the Bachelor of Arts with a major in Humanities. Students seeking to work in the communications profession pursue the Bachelor of Arts with a major in Communication Studies. A Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts degree prepares students for careers in the visual and performing arts industry. The department also offers a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish designed to prepare students for bilingual professions.

Honor Societies

Lambda Pi Eta, Communication Honor Society
Sigma Delta Pi, Spanish Honor Society

Programs

• Communication Studies - Corporate Communications Concentration, BA
• Communication Studies - Health Communications Concentration, BA
• Communication Studies - Interpersonal Communications Concentration, BA
• Communication Studies - Rhetorical/Public Communication Concentration, BA
• Fine Arts, BA
• Humanities - Critical Race Studies Concentration, BA
• Humanities - Cultural Studies Concentration, BA
• Humanities - Latino Studies Concentration, BA
• Humanities - Religious Studies Concentration, BA
• Spanish, BA

• Art Minor
• Arts Administration Minor
• Communication Studies Minor
• Drama Minor
• Spanish Minor

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