Track One: International Literary Studies
(New Requirements Effective Fall 2007)
Students will take a combination of CMPL courses and courses in a foreign literature; in some cases approved by the advisor, courses in a second foreign literature could also be included.
Ten courses are required for the major:
(1) Literary Traditions I (CMPL 120, 121, 122, 123, or 124)
(2) Literary Traditions II (CMPL 130, 131, 132, or 133)
(3) Either CMPL 250 or CMPL 251
(4, 5, 6) Three literature courses in a single foreign (or classical) language, one of which may be in translation. It may happen that the most appropriate literature courses in the student’s chosen foreign (or classical) language are offered only in translation. One such course may be counted toward the major; but if another is to be counted, arrangements must be made for the student to do some of the reading in the original and to write the final paper using texts in the original language.
(7, 8, 9) Three additional literature courses in English, Comparative Literature, Classics, Asian Studies, African and African-American Studies, or any foreign language department or program. At least one of these courses should concentrate on literature from a language group different from the student’s primary focus. Only one of these may be in the literature of the student’s primary focus. The student may petition the Undergraduate Adviser to substitute one non-literature course from a related field for one of the ‘additional courses’, but must present a compelling rationale for so doing. This would also apply to a non-literature course taken in the student’s primary language while on study abroad.
(10) The Senior Seminar in CMPL (CMPL 500) or Honors Thesis (first course counts towards major).
FRESHMAN or SOPHOMORE
Literary Traditions I (choose one among CMPL 120-124)
Literary Traditions II (choose one among 130-133)
SOPHOMORE
Either CMPL 250 or CMPL 251
Complete up to level 4 proficiency in one foreign language
JUNIOR or SENIOR
Three literature courses in a single foreign (or classical) language, one of which may be in translation
Three additional literature courses in English, Comparative Literature, Classics, Asian Studies, African and African-American Studies, or any foreign language department or program.
SENIOR
The Senior Seminar in CMPL (CMPL 500)