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The
Major
The Minor
Restrictions
Honors Graduation
Declaration
of Major
To declare a major, a student must successfully complete
one course originating in the Department of Comparative Literature.
As with other CAS majors, such a declaration must be made
by students who have earned 64 or more points. Because of
the rigorous academic requirements of Comparative Literature,
however, students with fewer than 64 points are strongly encouraged
to declare the major as early in their academic career as
possible.
Special Note: Students planning on Junior Year/Term Abroad,
must consult and declare with the Director of Undergraduate
Studies in Comparative Literature before their departure.
Major
The major has two tracks, each consisting of 10 4-point
courses organized as follows:
Track 1: Literature. This track includes the following
courses:
- Four courses originating in the Department of Comparative
Literature, including Introduction to Comp Lit and the junior
theory seminar.
- Four courses in a national literature department at the
100 level or above conducted in the language of that literature
(including the prerequisite course).
- Two courses in a related cultural field or discipline.
Fields could include history, art history, religion, philosophy,
classics, politics, cinema studies, and so on and could
also be another foreign language or literary area. If the
national literature department selected for specialization
is English, these two courses must be in a foreign language.
The choice of these courses will be made in consultation
with the adviser to form a coherent intellectual field and
a defined objective in the major.
Track 2: Literary and Cultural Studies. Track 2 includes
the following requirements:
- Four courses originating in the Department of Comparative
Literature, including Introduction to Comp Lit and the junior
theory seminar.
- Four courses in a related cultural field or discipline.
Fields could include history, art history, religion, philosophy,
classics, politics, cinema studies, and so on. The choice
of these courses will be made in consultation with the adviser
to form a coherent intellectual field and a defined objective
in the major.
- Two courses in a foreign literature department in the
language of that literature, normally at the 100 level or
above.
Minor
Four courses originating in the Department of Comparative
Literature, including Introduction to Comp Lit, and a demonstrated
reading knowledge of one of the foreign literatures studied
in these courses.
Restrictions for the Major/Minor
Step 1 of either Track 1 or Track 2 requires "Four courses
originating in the Department of Comparative Literature .
. ." as stated above. This is the department's minimum requirement
and should be satisfied with courses taught on the Washington
Square campus by the Department of Comparative Literature
full time faculty.
Honors Graduation
Effective September 2005, to be eligible for honors graduation
a student must maintain at least a 3.65 average in both CAS and the 10 courses in the Comparative Literature major. The student
choosing honors status is also required to write a senior
thesis. This thesis is written in the context of the Senior
Seminar in Comparative Literature (V29.0400) or, with special
approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies, as an
independent study under the supervision of a Comparative Literature
faculty member.
All honors work is in addition to the 10 courses of
the Comparative Literature major.
Double
Major
Because of the heavy
demands of the discipline of comparative literature, the department
discourages double majors between Comparative Literature and
other departments. The possibility of pursuing a double major
should be discussed with the Director of Undergraduate Studies
early in the junior year.
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