The phrase "humanities background" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to someone's educational or professional experience in the humanities field, such as literature, philosophy, or history.
Example: "Her humanities background has equipped her with strong analytical and critical thinking skills."
Alternatives: "background in the humanities" or "humanities education."
I don't know enough science to call it "bad science", but even with my humanities background it looks supremely dodgy.
And without a humanities background, the grads are not even likely to be as creative, thoughtful or insightful as those employees who have a liberal arts degree.
The median age group was 40 to 49. Thirty percent of survey respondents had a business background, 17% had a computer science or engineering background, 13% had a social sciences background and 13% had a humanities background.
She is studying for her masters in electrical engineering here, which when contrasted with my humanities background, will serve to provide a broader and hopefully, a more interesting and varied perspective.
The humanities may not help get that first job, but a good humanities background can make many jobs easier.
Perhaps more importantly, the general education requirements of college give students an important humanities background, necessary to be a well-rounded citizen.
Cultural and creative industries will require students with humanities backgrounds".
Jyri and I both came from humanities backgrounds.
However, there are also number of scholars from humanities backgrounds, especially geography and history, using historic records of weather and nature-induced disaster as a way of exploring the 'long-term frequency and magnitude of extreme events' (MacDonald 2007, p. 136), or to examine climatic and environmental processes.
'I Walk in the City All the Time': An Interview with Orhan Pamuk: the Turkish author talks writing about food and eating, urban exploration, and bringing the humanity of background characters to the fore.
BLESSED with courage, humanity, a Lebanese background and the support of a British newspaper, Hala Jaber had the credentials to spell out the true ugliness of "collateral damage" in the Iraqi war.
