Undergraduate Student Support
The Humanities Institute cultivates critical thinkers and prepares undergraduate students to grapple with a complex world.
Our focus on experiential scholarship promotes student success and encourages our undergraduate students to take charge of their education. We provide hands-on training and professional development opportunities beyond the classroom, including an innovative EXCEL Fellowship program that places Humanities students in paid internships that prepare them for rich and lasting careers. We offer opportunities for undergraduate students to pursue independent research projects and present their work. Programs like THI’s Deep Read also engage our students with the campus and broader community. See our current and previous THI Fellows here.
Keep reading to learn more about the different kinds of support THI offers for undergraduate students. More information can be found in each link.
THI Research Fellowships support undergraduate research projects at UC Santa Cruz in the humanities and prepare students to present their findings in a research poster for the Humanities Spring Awards.
Humanities EXCEL Fellowships create opportunities for humanities students to contribute to research, programming, communications, and other activities at non-profit oganizations, companies, and cultural institutions.
The Deep Read is an annual THI program, which invites curious minds to think deeply about books and the most pressing issues of our contemporary moment. THI offers an undergraduate class connected to the book, free books for students, and an opportunity for students to meet the author.
THI has also partnered with faculty to create international research travel opportunities for undergraduate students, including a trip to Egypt and visits to Okinawa with the Okinawa Memories Initiative.