The humanities; academic disciplines such as literature, history, philosophy, and social sciences.
大学では文科の授業で哲学や歴史も学べる。
At university you can study philosophy and history in humanities courses.
研究室は理学系より文科系の学生が多い。
There are more humanities students in that research lab than science students.
彼は文科出身だが、IT企業で働いている。
He majored in the humanities but works at an IT company.
A literary course or department; an academic program/major that focuses on literature (a humanities major).
彼女は文科に進学して日本文学を専攻した。
She entered a humanities program and majored in Japanese literature.
文科の学生は語学や文章表現の授業が多い。
Humanities students have many classes in languages and written expression.
大学のパンフレットで文科の学び方を確認した。
I checked how the humanities program is taught in the university brochure.