Global Humanities and Religions (formerly Liberal Studies) is an interdisciplinary and internationally oriented humanities program. In the Global Humanities and Religions (GHR) Program, students have the opportunity to craft their own interdisciplinary liberal arts degree while drawing on UM's faculty expertise in the literature, history and religions of Asia, Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. The GHR program offers a wide range of courses on topics such as: Gandhi's life and times, Mysticism, Bombay cinema, religion and violence, Hinduism, same-sex unions in literature and history, origins of Judaism and Christianity, prophets and prophecy, and much more. Please see the pages linked above for course listings and further information about each option available to all UM students through the GHR program.<br><br>In Global Humanities we examine how people, books and ideas have circulated over time between West and East, and how cultures connect with and influence one another. Adopting a comparative approach to Western and Asian Humanities (literature, history and philosophy), we study European, American and Asian texts, such as novels, drama, poetry and films, from various perspectives, including those of comparative literature, gender and sexuality studies, and cultural studies. Most of our courses fulfill General Education requirements.