Twelve hours advanced-level (300-level or 400-level) courses in the major must be taken on this campus.

All foreign language requirements must be satisfied.

A Major Plan or Study Form should be completed and submitted to the LAS Student Affairs Office before the end of the fifth semester (60-75 hours). Please see your advisor.

Core sequence in Comparative Literature: CWL 201 – Comparative Literary Studies I and CWL 202 – Literature and Ideas.

The remaining hours should be selected from different types of courses taught in CWL (for example, CWL 189, 190, 241, 242, 441, 461, 471).

One literature in the original language: Ancient or Modern (including Far Eastern and African), 12 hours of which are at the 300 level or above, studied in depth and in its historical development. Normally this is the primary literature of the student’s educational background.

Second literature in the original language: 200 level or above courses in a second literature in the original language. With the assistance of the advisor, these courses should be carefully chosen so as to correlate meaningfully with the student’s primary literature. A student may center his or her interest on a cultural period such as medieval, Renaissance, neoclassical and Enlightenment, or modern (19th and 20th centuries) or on genres, relations, or critical theory.

Single national literature or work in several national literatures, including comparative literature; or in other humanistic fields, such as history, philosophy, speech, art, music, psychology, sociology, theatre, anthropology, and Asian studies. Because some of the courses in these subjects are more suitable than others to balance a student’s individual major in comparative literature, the student must follow guidelines set by his or her advisor.

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Comparative Literature—Major