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Humanist Worldviews: Then & NowHumanist Philosophies & UnderstandingsHumanist Aesthetics & PracticesHumanist Leadership: Developing both the Person and the Professional

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Humanist Philosophies & Understandings

Full tuition for Leadership: Developing both the person and the professional is $2,175

Discounts are available for Humanist Chaplains endorsed by the Humanist Society, students enrolled in the Humanist Studies Certificate Program, and AHA members in good standing. Use above checkboxes to indicate which discounts you seek and they will be applied to your remaining fees after course deposit. For questions, please email: education@americanhumanist.org

Scholarships are available. To be considered for a scholarship, please complete this form.

A general-obligation deposit of $100 is required upon course registration. The deposit will be applicable to the overall cost of the course and substracted from the final balance due. The deposit is forfeited by failure to provide notice of withdrawal within 60 days of the course start date.

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The AHA Center for Education admits students of any age, race, gender, sexuality, national or ethnic origin, or ability to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, gender, national or ethnic origin or disability status in administration of its education policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, or school-administered programs. Students are admitted without regard to their religion so long as they are respectful of the principles of humanism.

Academic Year 2026-2027 -- Fall Offering

Humanist Philosophies & Understandings

Class will be Zoom Connect and Canvas Platform

Instructor: The instructor for this fall course is James Croft. James is the First Humanist Lead Chaplain at any UK university. He is a graduate of the Humanist Studies Program. His bio is here: https://www.croftspeaks.org/about

Spring term: Semester Starts September 6 - December 14, 2026

First Class Session: TBD

In-class sessions via zoom:

Course Description:

Humanist Philosophies & Understandings: Who am I? Why am I here? How do I know what is true? How should we treat each other? These are questions religions exist to answer–but if you are not religious, is there anything to say? Humanist philosophy can be understood as an attempt to provide nonreligious answers to these questions, answers which question traditional assumptions about God and the soul and embrace a secular, this-worldly view. In this course we will explore these existential and spiritual questions through a Humanist lens, clarifying the nature of Humanism by seeing how different Humanist philosophers respond. You will be invited to dialogue with their ideas and, in the process, develop your own.