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

The five core courses:

• 201 Major Texts: Reading Comparatively
• 202 Major Texts: Literatures, Genres, Media
• 301 Methods of Interpretation
• 302 Literary Theory
• 490 Literature Major Seminar

*PLEASE NOTE: ALL CPLT CORE COURSES MAY NOT BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT*

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:

• 201 Major Texts: Reading Comparatively
• 202 Major Texts: Literatures, Genres, Media
• 301 Methods of Interpretation
• 302 Literary Theory
• 490 Literature Major Seminar

*PLEASE NOTE: ALL CPLT CORE COURSES MAY NOT BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT*