Eligibility
Our current cohort is now full.
However, eligible students can still submit an application to be considered for a spot on our waitlist. To be eligible for the waitlist, applicants:
- Must be a sophomore student at Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, Pitzer College, Pomona College, or Scripps College
- International students studying on a visa are not eligible for the program
- Must agree to participate in all aspects of the program and meet all expectations of the program if selected. Find more about program expectations here.
- Must have a strong desire to broaden the range of scholarly perspectives in the US academy, with a focus on the humanities and the humanistic social sciences.
- Must be planning to pursue graduate study, especially a PhD, in one or more of these fields:
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- Anthropology and archaeology
- Area/cultural/ethnic/gender studies
- Art history
- Classics
- Geography and population studies
- English
- Film, cinema, and media studies (theoretical focus)
- Musicology, ethnomusicology, and music theory
- Foreign languages and literatures
- History
- Linguistics
- Literature
- Performance studies (theoretical focus)
- Philosophy and Political Theory
- Religion and theology
- Sociology
- Theater (theoretical focus)
- Interdisciplinary studies: Interdisciplinary areas of study may be eligible if they have one or more of the above eligible fields at their core, but must be approved on a case-by-case basis. Please contact your campus liaison to discuss your plans.
- Please note that interdisciplinary education graduate programs, even those that incorporate one or more eligible fields, are not eligible for MMUF graduate benefits.