"Every unfoldment of the nineteenth century in science, in art, in mechanism, in music, in literature. . . was prompted by His Spirit which before long will be poured out upon all flesh that will receive it." President Lorenzo Snow
President Gordon B. Hinckley - "The studies of humanities gives an aspect of living that is essential. You need technology. You need the professions. You need all of those things, but we need the heart also, and the humanities speak to the heart, men's aspirations for the good and the beautiful." --LDS Church News, March 19, 2005
Humanities and Philosophy
The goals of the department are to:- Help students differentiate between the workings of the mind and those of the heart.
- Help students discover avenues of both spiritual and intellectual enlightenment through the arts.
- Promote cultural literacy and enhance students abilities to function in society by exposing them to a broad body of knowledge important to our culture.
- Advocate a holistic understanding of culture by elucidating the connections between historical events, philosophical movements, and styles of art, architecture, music, and literature.
- Assist students in making connections between the cultural achievements of the past and their own search for meaning and fulfillment in life.
- Encourage students to think deeply, feel acutely, and communicate precisely.
- Inspire students to reassess their own values and to bring their listening and viewing habits into conformity with the standards outlined in the 13th Article of Faith.
- Lay the foundation for a lifetime of arts enjoyment and appreciation.
