| College of Humanities & Fine Arts | |
|---|---|
| Public constituent college | |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | |
 South College in 2014 | |
 Logo | |
| Location | Amherst, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42°23′22.3″N 72°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 (1915) |
| Colors | 12 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Dean | Maria del Guadalupe Davidson |
| Membership | 3,083 |
| Undergraduates | 2,483 |
| Postgraduates | 600 |
| 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 Studies3
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 Program4
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
- Jim Waldo, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University
References
References
- "Color". UMass Brand Guide. University of Massachusetts Amherst. Archived from the original on April 30, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
- "Brand Identity".
- "Departments, Institutes & Centers". August 6, 2018.
- "Departments, Institutes & Centers". August 6, 2018.
- "English MFA for Poets & Writers | UMass Amherst". www.umass.edu. Retrieved January 22, 2020.