Arts & Humanities Degrees

Studying the arts and humanities can be made simple through distance learning. Here is a list of distance learning art degrees and distance learning humanities degrees.

History

 

     * African history

     * American history

     * Ancient history

     * Chinese history

     * Diplomatic history

     * Ethnohistory

     * European history

     * History of science and technology

     * Military history

     * Modern history

     * Intellectual history

     * Cultural history

     * Economic history

     * World history

 

Languages and linguistics 

 

     * Applied Linguistics

     * Computational linguistics / Natural language processing

     * Discourse analysis

     * Historical linguistics

     * History of linguistics

     * Interlinguistics

     * Morphology

     * Philology

     * Phonetics

     * Phonology

     * Pragmatics

     * Semantics

     * Semiotics

     * Sociolinguistics

     * Syntax

     * Composition studies

     * Rhetoric

       * Languages

           o Classics

           o Standard English

           o Business English

           o World Englishes

           o Modern language

 

Literature 

 

     * English literature

           o American literature

                 + African American literature

                 + Jewish American literature

                 + Southern literature

           o Australian literature

           o British literature

                 + English literature

                 + Scottish literature

                 + Welsh literature

           o Canadian literature

           o Indian literature

           o Irish literature

           o New Zealand literature

           o Nigerian literature

           o Medieval literature

           o Post-colonial literature

           o Post-modern literature

     * World literatures

           o Arabic literature

           o Classics

           o Comparative literature

           o Chinese literature

           o French literature

           o Gaelic literature

           o German literature

             o Hindi literature

           o Hebrew literature

           o Japanese literature

           o Italian literature

           o Latin American literature

           o Portuguese and Brazilian literature

           o Russian literature

           o Spanish literature

           o Yiddish literature

           o Tamil literature

     * Literary theory

           o Critical theory

           o Literary criticism

           o Poetics

           o Rhetoric

       * Creative writing

           o Creative nonfiction

             o Fiction writing

           o Non-fiction writing

           o Literary journalism

           o Poetry composition

           o Screenwriting

           o Playwrighting

 

Performing arts

 

     * Arts administration

     * Music

           o Accompanying

             o Chamber music

           o Church music

           o Musical composition

           o Conducting

                 + Choral conducting

                 + Orchestral conducting

                 + Wind ensemble conducting

           o Early music

             o Jazz studies

           o Music education

           o Music history

           o Music theory

           o Musicology

                 + Ethnomusicology

           o Performance and literature

                 + Organ and historical keyboards

                   + Piano

                 + Strings, harp, and guitar

                 + Voice (Singing)

                 + Woodwinds, brass, and percussion

           o Orchestral studies

     * Dance

           o Choreography

           o Dance notation

           o Ethnochoreology

           o History of dance

     * Film and television

           o Animation

           o Film

           o Film criticism

           o Film theory

           o Television studies

     * Theatre

           o History

           o Acting

             o Directing

           o Design

           o Dramaturgy

           o Playwrighting

           o Scenography

           o Musical theatre

 

Philosophy

 

     * Meta-philosophy

     * Metaphysics

           o Ontology

           o Teleology

           o Philosophy of mind

                 + Philosophy of artificial intelligence

                 + Philosophy of perception

           o Philosophy of space and time

           o Philosophy of Action

     * Epistemology

     * Logic

           o Philosophical logic

           o Mathematical logic

     * Ethics

           o Bioethics

           o Normative ethics

           o Meta-ethics

           o Theory of value

           o Moral psychology

           o Applied Ethics

     * Political Philosophy

           o Philosophy of Law

     * Decision, Rational Choice and Game Theory

     * Aesthetics/Philosophy of Art

     * Social philosophy and political philosophy

           o Feminist philosophy

           o Anarchism

           o Marxism

     * Philosophical traditions and schools

           o African philosophy

           o Analytic philosophy

           o Continental philosophy

           o Eastern philosophy

           o Feminist philosophy

     * History of philosophy

           o Ancient philosophy

           o Medieval philosophy

           o Modern philosophy

           o Contemporary philosophy

     * Applied philosophy

           o Animal rights

           o Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science

           o Philosophy of education

           o Philosophy of history

             o Philosophy of religion

           o Philosophy of language

           o Philosophy of mathematics

           o Philosophy of music

           o Philosophy of science

                 + Philosophy of social science

                 + Philosophy of Physics

                   + Philosophy of Biology

                 + Philosophy of Chemistry

                 + Philosophy of economics

                 + Philosophy of Psychology

           o # Philosophy of engineering

           o Environmental ethics

           o Systems philosophy

 

Religion

 

     * Abrahamic religions

           o Christianity

                 + Christian Theology

                       # Bibliology

                       # Hermeneutics

                       # Theology Proper

                             * Christology

                             * Pneumatology

                       # Theological anthropology

                       # Soteriology

                       # Nomology

                       # Ecclesiology

                         # Escathology

           o Gnosticism

           o Islam / Islamic studies

           o Judaism / Jewish studies

     * Indian religions

           o Buddhism

           o Hinduism

           o Jainism

           o Sikhism

     * Taoic religions

             o Chinese folk religion

           o Confucianism

           o Shinto

           o Taoism

     * Other religions

           o African religions

           o Ancient Egyptian religion

           o Native American religions

           o New religious movements

             o Sumerian religion

           o Zoroastrianism

     * Atheism and Humanism

     * Comparative religion

     * Mythology and Folklore

     * Western Esotericism (academia)

 

Visual arts

 

     * Art history

     * Calligraphy

     * Creative arts

     * Drawing

     * Fine arts

     * Painting

     * Photography

     * Printmaking

     * Studio art

     * Sculpture

     * Art conservation