{"id":42,"date":"2016-06-14T19:56:43","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T03:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/mmuf\/?p=42"},"modified":"2026-03-26T09:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:09:13","slug":"eligibiity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/mmuf\/how-to-apply\/eligibiity\/","title":{"rendered":"Eligibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-family: arial;\">Applicants must be a sophomore student at Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, Pitzer College, Pomona College, or Scripps College.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: arial;\">If selected for MMUF, fellows must agree to participate in all aspects of the program and meet all expectations of the program. \u00a0Find more about program expectations <a href=\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/mmuf\/program-components\/program-expectations\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants 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.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mf-Tu mf-Yu\">\n<div class=\"mf-9u\">\n<div class=\"mf-tI\">\n<p style=\"font-family: arial;\">To be eligible for selection as an MMUF fellow, students must be planning to pursue graduate study, especially a PhD, in one or more of these fields:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mf-9u mf-Yu\">\n<div class=\"mf-tI\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-family: arial;\">Anthropology and archaeology<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: arial;\">Area\/cultural\/ethnic\/gender studies<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: arial;\">Art history<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: arial;\">Classics<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: arial;\">Geography and population studies<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: arial;\">English<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: arial;\">Film, cinema, and media studies (<strong>theoretical focus<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: arial;\">Musicology, ethnomusicology, and music theory<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: arial;\">Foreign languages and literatures<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: arial;\">History<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: arial;\">Linguistics<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: arial;\">Literature<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: arial;\">Performance studies (<strong>theoretical focus<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: arial;\">Philosophy and Political Theory<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: arial;\">Religion and theology<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: arial;\">Sociology<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: arial;\">Theater (<strong>theoretical focus<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: arial;\">Interdisciplinary studies: <b>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. \u00a0<\/b>Please contact <a href=\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/mmuf\/campus-contacts\/\">your campus liaison<\/a> to discuss your plans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-family: arial;\">Please note that interdisciplinary education graduate programs, even those that incorporate one or more eligible fields, are not eligible for MMUF graduate benefits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family: arial;\">If a fellow&#8217;s plans change to a non-eligible field or to a path that does not include graduate study, that fellow will withdraw from the MMUF program. \u00a0In those instances, we&#8217;ll assist in finding other, more relevant forms of support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applicants must be a sophomore student at Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, Pitzer College, Pomona College, or Scripps College. 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