What are Liberal Arts and Humanities?Liberal Arts and Humanities are college degree programs that emphasize a broad study across disciplines.As defined by the Encyclopedia Britannica, a college or university with a liberal arts and humanities has the goal of “imparting general knowledge and developing intellectual capacities, in contrast to a professional, vocation, or technical curriculum.”Liberal Arts and Humanities encompass literature, history, foreign languages, philosophy, and art.Humanities departments usually have a focus on the human condition and may include Anthropology, geography, and cultural studies programs.Some colleges include Humanities within the study of Liberal Arts.These colleges generally consider Liberal Arts the study of three disciplines: the humanities (history,