Humanistic education refers to the education aimed at improving the human nature of the educated, shaping their ideal personality and realizing their personal and social values. Its essence is humanistic education, and its core is to cultivate humanistic spirit. Generally, this spirit should be cultivated through various channels, including extensive cultural knowledge, elegant cultural atmosphere, excellent cultural traditions and profound practical experience in life. In the final analysis, it makes people understand and attach importance to the meaning of life, gives more humanistic care to the society, and fundamentally embodies the essence, people and ideals of education. The humanities education undergraduate major was approved by the Ministry of Education in 2005, serving the eighth basic education curriculum reform. It combines the knowledge of humanities and social sciences such as history, sociology, politics, economics, law, human geography, etc., and forms a comprehensive humanities education curriculum system covering core disciplines such as philosophy, literature, history and art. Paying attention to humanities education is also the trend of higher education reform in the world today. For example, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and tokyo institute of technology have all added humanities and social sciences majors and courses, and implemented the infiltration of arts and sciences to improve students' humanistic quality. The training goal of this section is to meet the needs of China's social development in the new century, and to cultivate advanced applied talents with solid foundation, reasonable knowledge structure, modern educational ideas and skills, certain theoretical literacy, innovative spirit and practical ability, which can meet the teaching needs of the comprehensive course of "Humanities and Society" in middle schools, as well as the teaching needs of history, Chinese and politics, and all-round development of morality, intelligence, physique and aesthetics. Editing the training specifications in this paragraph, the graduates of this major should have a solid foundation in history, Chinese and politics and a high comprehensive quality, be competent for the teaching of Chinese, history, politics, humanities and society in middle schools, and have strong social adaptability and basic conditions for continuous improvement and further study. The specific specification is: 1, with firm political orientation, loving the socialist motherland, adhering to the party's basic line, supporting China's leadership, and being loyal to the education of the party and the people; Have a scientific world outlook, outlook on life and values; Have a sense of national conditions, pioneering consciousness and enterprising spirit, have a noble morality and be a model for others. 2. Master basic theories, basic knowledge and basic skills such as history, Chinese, politics and geography. This major is a must, with an understanding of the development of this major, and initially has the ability to engage in the teaching of comprehensive courses of liberal arts in middle schools and the teaching ability of history, Chinese and politics, and has certain social investigation ability and the ability to analyze and solve social and historical problems. 3. Master ancient Chinese, a foreign language and computer application skills, and be able to skillfully use ancient Chinese and a foreign language to read historical books, literary works and related materials at all times and in all countries; Able to skillfully use modern computer technology to retrieve and analyze electronic resources and make web pages and courseware; Master the basic methods of history, linguistics, literature, politics and sociology, and have preliminary scientific research ability; Strong language skills and writing skills. 4. Have a wide range of basic knowledge and literacy in humanities, arts and natural sciences outside the major, and have the ability of self-study, innovation and lifelong learning habits, thus having the intelligent foundation of career migration, the potential ability of sustainable development and strong social adaptability. 5. Have a healthy body, sound psychological quality and civilized living habits. Editing this teaching method, the humanities major emphasizes that students should read cultural classics extensively, treat their unique research objects with a critical spirit and attitude, establish a unique way of thinking, and establish research methods and models. The curriculum arrangement consists of classroom theoretical teaching, practical teaching and practical teaching. Practical investigation is generally arranged in the holidays of freshmen, sophomores and juniors, and professional practice is arranged in the fourth grade. Employment direction of this paragraph: Graduates are mainly liberal arts teachers in basic education, engaged in comprehensive liberal arts, history, society and other humanities education and teaching in primary and secondary schools, engaged in social work such as civil servants, news, secretaries in government agencies, enterprises and institutions, and engaged in various management or service work in economic entities such as party and government organs at all levels, tourism, various enterprises and service industries. Edit the main courses of this section: China history, China literature history (including China modern and contemporary literature history), Marxist philosophy principle, world history, ancient Chinese, political economy, basic principles of literature, historical theory and method, legal theory and practice, China ancient literature course, middle school humanities teaching theory, introduction to humanities, comparative study of Chinese and foreign history, China ideological and cultural history, sociology, modern Chinese, geography introduction, psychology, education.