University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Humanities and Fine Arts

College of Humanities & Fine Arts
Public constituent college
University of Massachusetts Amherst
South College in 2014
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Location	Amherst, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°23′22.3″N72°31′44.0″W / 42.389528°N 72.528889°W / 42.389528; -72.528889
Full name	University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Humanities and Fine Arts
Abbreviation	HFA
Established	1915;110 years ago (1915)
Colors	[1] [2]
Gender	Co-educational
Dean	Barbara Krauthamer
Membership	3,371
Undergraduates	2,738
Postgraduates	633
Newspaper	The Scribe(Literary Journal)
Website	http://www.umass.edu/hfa/

The College of Humanities & Fine Arts (in full, University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Humanities and Fine Arts) is a college of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The college was founded in 1915.

Departments

• W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies
• Department of Architecture
• Department of Art
• Department of Classics
• Department of English
• Department of History
• Department of History of Art and Architecture
• Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies
• Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
• Department of Linguistics
• Department of Music and Dance
• Department of Philosophy
• Department of Theater
• Department of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies ^[3]

Programs

• Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
• Arts Extension Service
• Center for the Study of African American Language
• Film Studies Program
• Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies
• Interdisciplinary Studies Institute
• The Writing Program ^[4]

MFA Program for Poets & Writers

The MFA Program for Poets & Writers is a graduate creative writing program founded in 1963 and is part of the English Department at the College of Humanities and Fine Arts. ^[5]

Notable alumni

Main page: Category:University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Humanities and Fine Arts alumni

• Jim Waldo, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University

References

1. "Color". UMass Brand Guide. University of Massachusetts Amherst. Archived from the original on April 30, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
2. "Brand Identity".
3. "Departments, Institutes & Centers". August 6, 2018.
4. "Departments, Institutes & Centers". August 6, 2018.
5. "English MFA for Poets & Writers | UMass Amherst". www.umass.edu. Retrieved January 22, 2020.

External links

• College of Humanities and Fine Arts official site