Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Department of Humanities
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Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1982 - 1983
History
The Department of Humanities was formed after a reorganization following the split of Douglas College and Kwantlen College in the early 1980s. For the academic year 1982-1983, it was chaired by John Terrence Farrell, and its administrative responsibilities included courses from the former Department of Fine and Applied Arts. These included Theatre and the Performing Arts, Drawing, Sculpting, Music, Music Theory, and Graphic Design. Also included were courses in the Humanities, such as Anthropology, Education, Geography, History, Modern Languages, Political Science, and Psychology. In 1983, the department was renamed to the Department of Arts and Humanities to reflect the inclusion of the arts subjects in its administrative area.
It should be noted there is limited information within the Archives regarding departmental titles for the years 1979-1981.