"Coming into the Humanities program at MSU, Mankato I was a clean cut southern Minnesotan Lutheran preparing for a career in the Christian ministry. I thought that the Humanities program would provide a strong foundation on which I could later proclaim my truth to others. Instead it turned me into a truth searcher and cultural diversity admirer. Humanities courses enticed me to engage with then dangerous ideas I had never before encountered, appreciate beauty in a plethora of forms which I had never imagined possible, and opened me up to seeing our world in a kaleidoscope of ways. Unlike many Humanities programs, MSUM's offers courses in both Western and Global Humanities. These non-Western focused courses planted the seed of cultural curiousity which is currently flowering in Mongolia where I teach college English as a Peace Corps volunteer. In a diverse world of inevitable career and life changes I cannot imagine a better intellectual preparation than what the MSUM Humanities program povided me: a thorough investigation of the worl'd beliefs, ideas, and arts."
Tysen Dauer
B.A. Double Major in Humanities and German
Minor in Music, 2008
Read more about alumni Tysen Dauer and his journey with the Peace Corps in Mongolia.
Check out the upcoming courses page! For Spring 2012, the schedule includes two new courses:
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