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Degree Requirements

Requirements for the Major

Guidelines for the Major

  • 100-level courses (including freshman seminars and CPLT 110/101) do not count toward the major
  • A literature course that does not count toward the major of the department that offers the course would also not count for the Comparative Literature major
  • Majors are encouraged to fulfill their three literature electives with advanced courses
  • ALL CPLT CORE COURSES MAY NOT BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT

The five core courses

  1. 201 Major Texts: Reading Comparatively
  2. 202 Major Texts: Literatures, Genres, Media
  3. 301 Methods of Interpretation
  4. 302 Literary Theory
  5. 490 Literature Major Seminar

Electives

  • Two courses in a language other than English at the 200 level or above (We highly encourage students to take a Language Placement Exam by the beginning of the second semester of their sophomore year so that they are aware of their level placement before pre-registration for Fall semester of their junior year. This should give students the two years they need to take the usual 100-level & 200-level sequence to complete by graduation.)
  • Three courses offered by the Dept. of Comparative Literature at the 300 level or above (up to two of these courses may be replaced by literature courses in a language other than English at the 300 level or above)

Requirements for the Minor

The five core courses

  1. 201 Major Texts: Reading Comparatively
  2. 202 Major Texts: Literatures, Genres, Media
  3. 301 Methods of Interpretation
  4. 302 Literary Theory
  5. 490 Literature Major Seminar