Lit Hum

See also: Lit. Hum.

English

Noun

Lit Hum (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of Lit. Hum. (“literae humaniores”); (US) abbreviation of Literature Humanities
    • 1987 April 12, Edward B. Fiske, “Humanities is Tradition at Columbia”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 5 November 2017:
      While both year-long courses deal only with great books by major writers, “Contemporary Civilization” focuses on philosophy and political theory while “Lit Hum” emphasizes literature and, to a lesser extent, historical works.
    • 2024 October 1, Rose Horowitch, “The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books”, in The Atlantic‎[2], →ISSN, archived from the original on 1 October 2024:
      Lit Hum often requires students to read a book, sometimes a very long and dense one, in just a week or two. But the student told Dames that, at her public high school, she had never been required to read an entire book.
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