Introduction | Bibliographic Tools | Serials
Monographs: HUM 810 | HUM 811 | HUM 812 | HUM 813 | HUM 814 | HUM 815
HUM 816 | HUM 817 | HUM 818 | HUM 819 | HUM 820 | HUM 824 | HUM 825
Total Costs
revised March 7, 2008
Introduction
This is the Library report for the proposed Master of Arts in the Humanities. This assessment was first prepared in 2006, but has been updated to reflect revisions to the program proposal in March 2008.
The SFU Library's current collecting activities are at a very minimal level to support a graduate program in the Humanities. Particular weak areas of collecting are in religious studies, classics, and Southeast Asian Philosophies. Although the modest new course proposals included in this program do not justify additional funding for acquisitions, the Library and the Department of Humanities share the goal of strengthening SFU Library collections in support of Humanities. We will work together to identify opportunities to do so, possibly including seeking outside funding to develop or deepen collections in specific areas.
Bibliographic Tools
The library subscribes to a number of databases that will prove to be useful for this program including Academic Source Elite, Humanities and Social Science Index, Philosopher's Index, JSTOR, and Project Muse.
The ATLA Religious Database was purchased in 2007 and will also be useful for several courses in this program.
Serials
The SFU Library provides access to the following journals that will support this program:
American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly
American Journal of Philology
The Classical Journal
Classical Philology
The Ecumenical review
International Journal for Philosophy of Religion
Journal of Ecumenical Studies
Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion
Journal of religion in Africa
Philosophy and social criticism
Religion
Please also see the following lists of titles provided by current SFU Library subscriptions and licenses: Humanities Journal Titles
Possible additional titles to add to the collection include:
Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia $372
Ancient History Bulletin $35
The Asia Journal of Philosophy $883
Classical Antiquity $168
Classical World $57
Culture and Religion $337
Harvard Studies in Classical Philology $60
International Journal of Practical Theology $180
Journal of Chinese Religions $50
Journal of Law and Religion $40
Religion and the arts $387
Sociology of Religion $70
Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions $407
The Library will work with Humanities to identify funding for some of these once the program is approved.
Monographs
Hum 810-5 Theories and Methods in the Humanities
This course will first be offered in the Fall of 2008 and annually thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 10. It is one of three required courses for the Masters degree, and will offer an introduction to different disciplinary approaches and methodologies in research and provide conceptual grounding in some of the most important and influential paradigms of inquiry in the humanities.
All titles from the reading list are in our collection.
Total for this course: $0
Hum 811-5 Research Development Seminar
This course will first be offered in the Spring of 2009 with an estimated enrollment of 10 students, and annually thereafter. This is a required course that will provide training in research methods, literature review, archival research, and thesis preparation. It's goal is to assist students in refining, researching, and presenting their thesis area and topic through group work, library instruction, and faculty support.
All titles from the reading list are in our collection.
Total for this course: $0
Hum 812-5 Thematic Module
This course will first be offered in the Fall of 2008 and annually thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 10. This is a required course for the Masters in Humanities, applying the conceptual, theoretical, and disciplinary approaches taught in HUM 810. Its focus will be on intensive reading and research in one of the five thematic modules:
- Classical and Medieval Thought and Culture
- Modernity and its Discontents
- Religion and Culture
- Cross-Cultural Translation
- Humanities and Citizenship
All titles from the reading list are in our collection.
Total for this course: $0
Hum 813: Ancient Studies
removed from the proposal
Hum 814 Medieval Studies
removed from the proposal
Hum 815 Renaissance Studies
removed from the proposal
Hum 816 Humanities and Philosophy
removed from the proposal
Hum 817 the Humanities and the Critique of Culture
removed from the proposal
Hum 818: The Humanities and the Natural World
removed from the proposal
Hum 819 Religion in Context
removed from the proposal
Hum 820 Studies in Asian Religions
removed from the proposal
Hum 824: MA Thesis
Hum 825: Directed Readings
No additional library resources will be required to support HUM 824 & 825.
Total Costs:
There are no costs to the Department of Humanities.