Faculty in American Sign Language, Chinese, English for Academic Purposes (EAP), French, Humanities, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Spanish, and Speech contribute to the college's General Education curriculum by helping students acquire valuable critical thinking and communication skills, and by teaching them about creative human endeavors in the past and present, which inspire a better future. Required: A master's degree in or a master's degree with at least 18 graduate semester hours in any combination of academic majors in the Humanities or history of arts, such as Art History, Classics, Languages and Literature, History, Music History, Philosophy, Religion, Anthropology, or Archaeology.