About the College
HArCS
Art professor Tom Bills working with a sculpture student.
From literacy in music to literacy in countless languages, the division of Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies (HArCS) explores a range of aesthetic and cultural expression. Faculty and students in departments ranging from Design, to Music, to Native American Studies create new avenues of discovery while at the same time getting a solid grounding in core literacies essential to success in the 21st century. The curricula focus on enabling students to master communication skills, language fluency, critical thinking and cultural competency.
Dean Jessie Ann Owens, who arrived to lead the HArCS division in 2006, discusses her vision.
Learn more about Dean Owens
Get a glimpse of some of the HArCS faculty through this page, featuring recent honors, publications, research, and profiles.
Get a glimpse of some of the HArCS faculty through this page, featuring recent honors, publications, research, and profiles.
Discover what our featured major is all about – from its areas of rigorous study and critical thinking to the many avenues that a focus in this area can take you in your career.
Learn about the groundbreaking research and life-changing outreach programs that are centered in HArCS.
The music department is world-renowned for its faculty, including D. Kern Holoman, conductor for the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra.
The department features free concerts throughout the year as well as special performances for ticket holders.
http://musdra.ucdavis.edu/
The Department of Theatre and Dance holds performances throughout the academic year, exhibiting the tremendous talent of its
faculty and students. This link takes you to the departments events page for show and ticket information.
http://theatredance.ucdavis.edu/
http://designmuseum.ucdavis.edu/
http://gormanmuseum.ucdavis.edu/
http://nelsongallery.ucdavis.edu/