In the new era when science and technology has achieved the exponential growth,English Major oriented toward the humanities education is expected to strengthen students'scientific literacy.A very important method to foster this scientific humanism is to expose them to the frontier of the global scientific humanities.Digital humanities can be integrated into the curriculum to innovate the teaching method.Energy humanities can help students realize the cultural dilemma of the overreliance on energy and the blindness to this reliance.Environmental humanities can encourage students to reflect on the roots of the present ecosocial crisis and the way out of this crisis.To sum up,English Major needs to adapt to the social changes posed by the dramatic progress of science and technology in the new era and an important method is to integrate the latest findings in the global scientific humanities in the course of its readjustment.
English Majorscientific humanismdigital humanitiesenergy humanitiesenvironmental humanities