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Humanities Online - Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
Faculty of Arts & Humanities via distance learning
Humanities via distance learning
Humanities stress on the importance and value of analyzing human beings from an integrated historic, philosophic, and artistic perspective. Through a thorough examination of the world's history, politics, religion, philosophy, and art, students learn how perspectives affect each other. Art is perceived as the expression of the historical events and ideas governing a particular era. History is recognized as the confrontation between ideas, society, and politics and their evolution. The ideas characterizing an epoch emanate from the analysis of previous philosophical failures. This program of humanities differently approaches the major crises of this century: globalization, environmental degradation, social chasm, and cultural clashes.
Academic Supervisor : Carmen Ramirez Hurtado
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Humanities Online via distance learning
Specialist, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor - Humanities.
This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's & Ph.D. (Doctor) Degree Programs. This academic program is designed at the postgraduate level (Master’s or Doctoral). This module may also be adapted to complete the course requirements of Specialist, Expert Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree. A further option is the enrollment into each of the courses listed within this specialization module. This module may be combined or completed with other modules from this faculty. For example: Ancient History - Anthropology - Archaeology - Comparative Literature - Cultural Studies - English Literature - Language Studies - Library & Data Management - Museology - Mythology & Occultism - Philosophy & Critical Thinking - World History .
Specialist - Expert Diploma - Humanities Online
Tuition Fee: 1.050 Euros (1.350 US$) ... 1.470 Euros (1.890 US$).
Specialist - Expert Diploma Online: 15 ... 21 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Humanities via distance learning = 42 Academic credits - Select 5 courses for the online diploma of Specialist or 7 courses for the Expert Diploma from the total of courses from the specialization module.
Bachelor's Degree - Humanities Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 3.510 Euros (4.420 US$) ... Max. 6.800 Euros (8.700 US$).
Bachelor's Degree Online: 130 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Humanities via distance learning = 42 Academic credits + 40 credits in General Education (may be transferred from previous education and professional experience) + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Philosophy & Critical Thinking.
Master's Degree - Humanities Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 4.680 Euros (6.120 US$) ... Max. 7.020 Euros (9.180 US$).
Master's Degree Online: 36 ... 54 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Humanities via distance learning = 42 Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Philosophy & Critical Thinking. + 13 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree - Humanities Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 5.850 Euros (7.650 US$) ... Max. 9.360 Euros (12.240 US$).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree Online: 45 ... 72 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Humanities via distance learning = 42 Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Philosophy & Critical Thinking. + 18 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Payment plans are available upon request up to 36 monthly installments. More info...
BIU adapts each Distance Learning Higher Education degree program to the needs of each student. More info...
Humanities Online
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 academic credits):
1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credits (30 hours of study).
You may study any subject as an independent online continuing education course. More info...
Civilization & Culture
This course studies how and why the first civilizations emerged and the preconditions necessary for state development: the domestication of plants/animals, the farming communities, the first cities, the religious ideologies, the evolution of language and its relationship to culture, and the progress of each civilization.
Academic Supervisor: Sara Hejazi
The Search for Meaning
This course focuses on the relationship between problems and the meaning individuals seeks in life. Distinction is made between philosophy and spirituality. It explores the stages of psychological and spiritual development of the individual and the methods for evoking meaning and purpose in life.
Academic Supervisor: Agusti Guisasola Prados
Philosophic Trends
This course explores the foundations of the major philosophical trends and their representative philosophers. It addresses the practical similarities and differences between these philosophers and the methods they use to solve human problems.
Academic Supervisor: Agusti Guisasola Prados
Literature & Culture
This course studies literature and its relation to culture. It focuses on literature as a cultural institution, directly related to the construction of individual identity and the dissemination and critique of values. Emphasis is placed on cross-cultural comparison of literary works.
Academic Supervisor: Peter A. Muckley
Art & Philosophy
This course deals with the natural, moral, and ethical ideas expressed in art. It provides an understanding of the ideological contexts within which modern and historical artists work, and the means by which art is interpreted. The course focuses in the ideas expressed through the visual, musical, and performing arts.
Academic Supervisor: Carmen Ramirez Hurtado
Art & Religion
This course investigates the religious meaning, development, and historical significance of art. It covers the interplay of major religious movements while focusing on the Western medieval period, the Islam, India, China, Japan, and South East Asia. It provides an analysis of religion as a universal aspect of human culture expressed through art, mostly painting, sculpture, and architecture.
Academic Supervisor: Robert Burton Bradley
World History
This course focuses on the study of world history with special emphasis on the political experience and its evolution in several countries and the interaction between society and philosophy in each era. The way we live now is the consequence of what happened in our past. Knowing our past is the best way to understand the goals and motivations that lead the humanity to conquer wonderful achievements and to suffer terrible disasters. Learning from our past mistakes will surely teach us how to solve today's problem. Upon request, this program may be adapted and focused to study the history of a specific country or epoch.
Academic Supervisor: Mohammed Said Belkassem
Art History
This course explores art history from the earliest cave paintings to contemporary experimental art. Art History covers the Western tradition and the cultures of the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, Africa, the Pacific Islands, and the Americas.
Academic Supervisor: Mohammed Said Belkassem
Comparative Historical Analysis
This courses presents a global review of the four Old World civilizations of the Middle East, India, China, and Europe, with special emphasis on their mutual influences and interaction across time. It touches on all aspects of civilization, including geography, communication, as well as technological and artistic developments.
Academic Supervisor: Mohammed Said Belkassem
Comparative Religion
This course studies the world's major religious traditions, including Hinduism and Buddhism, the religions of China and Japan, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. All our lives are affected by what goes on in other cultures and countries, so the better we understand each other; the better is our chance for achieving a safer, more productive, and more caring community.
Academic Supervisor: Joseph Kariuki Njino
Comparative Literature
This course deals with reading, understanding, and enjoying literature from various countries, in different forms of expression (e.g., dramatic, lyric, narrative, and rhetorical) and representative periods. It provides a comparative study of the themes and motifs common to literature in the world.
Academic Supervisor: Peter A. Muckley
Contemporary World History
This course provides a historical analysis of the contemporary world (XX Century) in global perspective from the First World War to nowadays. It examines the World Wars and Peace, Cold War, social and economic patterns, neo-imperialism, decolonization's, globalization, peace initiatives, and the local and international effects of global conditions and events, like global terrorism.
Academic Supervisor: Mohammed Said Belkassem
Contemporary Religious Thought
This course provides an academic study of religion, with attention to: common dimensions of religious experience; the interaction of religion and culture; theoretical accounts of religious believes; religious expression in myth, ritual, symbol, and social organization; and religious responses to human problems.
Academic Supervisor: Joseph Kariuki Njino
Humanities
Humanities stress on the importance and value of analyzing human beings from an integrated historic, philosophic, and artistic perspective. Through a thorough examination of the world's history, politics, religion, philosophy, and art, students learn how perspectives affect each other. Art is perceived as the expression of the historical events and ideas governing a particular era. History is recognized as the confrontation between ideas, society, and politics and their evolution. The ideas characterizing an epoch emanate from the analysis of previous philosophical failures. This program of humanities differently approaches the major crises of this century: globalization, environmental degradation, social chasm, and cultural clashes.
Academic Supervisor: Carmen Ramirez Hurtado
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Humanities Online via distance learning
Recommended Professional References.
Joining the proper association is the best way to become an updated professional.
Bircham International University graduates may join many professional associations. Membership requirements for each association may vary depending on the degree program, specialization and graduate resume en each occasion. BIU can not guarantee membership in all instances. BIU does not intermediate in these procedures. Bircham International University provides a list of available memberships and professional references from each faculty where some BIU graduates may belong. Contact directly the ones you select. More info...
AADH - Australasian Association for Digital Humanities
ACE - Accion Cultural Española
ACFAS - Association Francophone pour le Savoir
ACH - Association for Computers and the Humanities
ADHO - Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations
AEPCHS - Associação Espírita de Pesquisas em Ciências Humanas e Sociais
AGEAC - Asociación Geofilosófica de Estudios Antropológicos y Culturales
AH - Associação Humanidades
AHH - Asociación Hispánica de Humanidades
AHRA - Architectural Humanities Research Association
AICSLP - Associação Internacional de Ciências Sociais e Humanas em Lígua Portuguesa
ASBH - American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
BHA - British Humanist Association
CFHSS - Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
CSDH - Canadian Society for Digital Humanities
EADH - European Association for Digital Humanities
FSHC - Federation of State Humanities Councils
FSHS - Fédération des Sciences Humaines et Sociales
HERA - Humanities Education and Research Association
HU - Humanities Association
Humanistica - Association Francophone des Humanités Numériques Digitales
ICPHS - International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences
JADH - Japanese Association for Digital Humanites
MHRA - Modern Humanities Research Association
NHA - National Humanities Alliance
SBHC - Sociedade Brasileira de História da Ciência
SBHE - Sociedade Brasileira de História da Educação
SHH - Society for the History of the Humanities
SHS - Sciences Humaines et Santé
SIHDH - Sociedad Internacional de Humanidades Digitales Hispánicas
SSHRA - Social Science and Humanities Research Association
WHA - World History Association
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Admission requirements - Humanities
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
For official admission status at Bircham distance education university; you need to send in a filled out, dated, and signed official Application for Admission. You may download this application form from the website or request it by email or mail. Please send this application and enclosed documents to our address. You may also submit this application and attached documents by email in a PDF Format. More info...
Bircham International University issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the distance learning degree program's major. Bircham University can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission. More info...
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METHOD OF INSTRUCTION: Distance Learning Higher Education
This distance learning education program is completed by a traditional correspondence instruction method. Once you sign up for the course, Bircham International University will send you (to your mailing address) the suggested textbooks. After reading the book, you will be asked to write a 20 to 35 pages report that reflect your understanding of the book. This report is equivalent to the exam and can be submitted by email or mail. Bircham International University will evaluate your written work. If passed, BIU will issue the corresponding diploma. For more instructions about BIU pedagogy, tutoring, and evaluation, please read our distance learning education study guide. More info...
Students enrolling into this distance education program should be aware that:
1. Location: Bircham International University needs a functional geographical location to ship the book and materials for successful completion of this program of study.
2. Communication: Email, courier, phone are key communication instruments with Bircham University that play an important role in the progress and support of this program of study.
3. Capacity: Any impediment, physical or psychological, to read a book and write a report must be communicated to Bircham International University prior to enrollment into this distance learning program.
4. Technology: No specific technology is required to complete this distance education program.
5. Language: Book reading and report writing in other language than English must be requested (and approved by BIU) prior to enrollment in any distance learning program.
6. Discrimination: There is no discrimination with respect to race, color, gender, beliefs or religion.
7. Age: Check the admission requirements for each distance education degree program. More info...
Duration - Humanities Online via distance learning
For a program of 21 credits, the estimated time for completion is 21 weeks. For 45 credits, the estimated time for completion will be 45 weeks, and so on. Calculations are approximate. The length of each distance learning degree program is calculated based on an average of 15 hours of learning per week. It also depends on the number of validated credits from previous knowledge and the level of commitment to the studies. More info...
All information related to the distance learning degree programs is in English, although you may, upon request and approval, submit the required assignments in other languages.
Recognition - Humanities Online via distance learning
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Faculty of Arts & Humanities via distance learning
Humanities Online
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
