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Brigham Young University. Department of Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1978-

Biography

The Department of Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature (est. 1978) is an academic department in the College of Humanities at Brigham Young University. The department was formed in 1978 in a merger of the earlier Department of Humanities and Comparative Literature, and the Department of Classical, Biblical, and Middle Eastern Languages. The department provides instruction in interdisciplinary humanities, Classics, Greek, Latin, comparative literature, and Scandinavian studies.

Citation:
BYU organizational history, via WWW, Oct. 3, 2012 (Dept. of Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature; previously Dept. of Humanities and Comparative Literature, and Dept. of Classical, Biblical, and Middle Eastern Languages; merged in 1978; under direction of the College of Humanities; provides instruction in interdisciplinary humanities, Classics, Greek, Latin, comparative literature, and Scandinavian studies)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Department of Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5782
Scope and Contents

Contains department meeting minutes collected from between 1973 and 1986 by faculty member George S. Tate. Also includes memorandums sent by Tate to Dean Richard H. Cracoft between 1983 and 1986, a nomination for the Ben E. Lewis Management Award, and notes, guidelines, student and faculty responses, and other materials used by Tate in the preparation of a self study report on the Department of Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature.

Dates: 1973-1986