Top 10 Undergraduate Humanities Courses

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For some people, there is a misconception that places STEM courses above Humanities. It is possible that this bias comes from the lack of knowledge for, exploring Humanities gives you transferable and scalable skills such as critical thinking, reasoning and analysis. You learn to analyse people, events, societies and cultures, delving into the core of what makes us human. It builds your emotional intelligence and soft skills as you open yourself to different cultures and the diversity that makes up this world.

Besides, there are almost as many jobs for Humanities graduates as there are for STEM people! So, if you find yourself getting drawn to the Humanities, this article is for you.


Top Humanities Degrees for International Students:


  • Languages
    • Scope:Learning multiple languages promotes critical thinking, adaptability, memory, problem solving and effective communication skills. Besides, you will not be studying only the architecture of the language but also immerse yourself in its culture and history. You also have the choice of combining it with any other discipline and enhance your skill set.
    • Career Prospects: Multinational companies, humanitarian organisations, government departments are always on the lookout for people who are well-versed in more than one language.
  • Media Studies
    • Scope: You will learn to research and analyse content, form, context and history of the different kinds of mass media. Drawing from communication studies, you can explore an interdisciplinary field that brings together almost all domains of humanities.
    • Career Prospects:The opportunities are endless. Depending on your specialisation, you can look at a career in digital marketing all the way to public relations and media management.
  • Law
    • Scope:It is a myth that you can only study law in the country you choose to practice. While it is true that most countries teach the law of the land, many law colleges also offer international law, corporate law, specialised courses on digital law and so forth. Besides, a good law degree teaches you how to study, apply, interpret and analyse legal jargon, irrespective of who wrote it.
    • Career Prospects:Depending on your specialisation, you can choose to enter the legal system or the corporate world. You can also concentrate on international contracts and treaties.
  • Political Science and International Relations
    • Scope:Politics is more than election campaigns and impassioned speeches. If political and legal systems, diplomacy, policy, international relations, trade and the notion of distribution of power are all things that interest you, then this is the domain in Humanities for you to consider.
    • Career Prospects: You are looking at roles like political assistants, roles in diplomacy offices, specialised roles in media and journalism and so on.
  • Journalism
    • Scope:As an international student pursuing journalism, you gain a set of highly transferable skills including research, data analysis and effective communication. Besides, exposure to global journalism opens you up to a variety of learning experiences.
    • Career Prospects:Everything from print media to audio-visual media, including news, documentary film making and so on.
  • History
    • Scope:While there are some who believe there is no point to studying history, it still remains one of the popular choices among international students. You get the ability to deal with vast amounts of information, process and synthesise it. Besides, let us not forget it is interesting as hell!
    • Career Prospects:Academics, journalism, mass media, government agencies are just some of the places that take in history graduates.
  • Cultural Studies
    • Scope: An inherently interdisciplinary field, you get to explore facets of economics, anthropology, sociology, psychology and mass media. You will learn to analyse contemporary and popular culture, looking at modern social structures and hierarchies.
    • Career Prospects:With a degree in cultural studies, you are looking at careers in diversity and inclusion, HR related positions, woke marketing campaigns and even public relations.
  • English Literature
    • Scope:While you will be studying literature from across the world, the skill you learn is that of logical argumentation, analysis and reasoning.
    • Career Prospects: Teaching and academics, language training, communications, advertising are some industries that hire literature graduates.
  • Philosophy and Religion
    • Scope: It graduates to develop many functional skills—logic and analysis, math, statistics, computer science, research and organisation, all transferable from one job to another.
    • Career Prospects:Philosophy and religion graduates pursue careers in various sectors, including non- profits, government/ legal, education and business.
  • Creative Arts
    • Scope:Including Performing Arts, the scope of this degree is immense, covering Drama, Fine Art, Music, Dance, Design, Writing and so on. It is designed to get you career-ready, bringing forth your creativity and imagination.
    • Career Prospects: Education, art and entertainment, Advertising, Design, etc.

Top 10 Universities for Humanities in the World


World Ranking University
1 University of Oxford, U.K.
2 University of Cambridge, U.K.
3 Harvard University, U.S.A.
4 University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
5 Stanford University, U.S.A.
6 Yale University, U.S.A.
7 Columbia University, U.S.A.
8 New York University, U.S.A.
9 The University of Edinburgh, U.K.
9 University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

Source: QS Rankings, 2022

With a Bachelors in Humanities, there is always something to do. Do lot let social biases stop you from pursuing your passions!


Date added
26.04.2022

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