University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Humanities and Fine Arts

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.

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″N 72°31′44.0″W
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/

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]