Comparative Literature

The Comparative Literature Studies program provides a challenging curriculum option for students interested in interdisciplinary studies. The student, in consultation with an adviser, develops his/her own program with an international, interdisciplinary focus.

The program's chief purposes are to enrich the student's knowledge and understanding of literatures and cultures outside the Western tradition and to emphasize the connections between literatures within the framework Western culture. The program's concentration on the humanities satisfies the requirements of professional, which currently expect their students to integrate disciplines and focus on the relationship between cultures.