The student is required to follow a course of study approved in writing by the Executive Officer, a Deputy Executive Officer, or the student’s faculty advisor in the program. A minimum of 66 graduate credits are required for the degree. Additional credits may be required at the discretion of the program’s officers and the student’s advisor.

The student’s course of study will normally include work in at least three literatures. In one literature, the student is expected to acquire a thorough historical knowledge of the literature from its origins through its major phases, the texts to be studied in the original. In the other two literatures, the work will reflect the student’s special interests.

With the approval of the Executive Officer, a Deputy Executive Officer, or the student’s faculty advisor in the program, work in cultural disciplines related to literature, such as anthropology, philosophy, art history, social and intellectual history, political science, theatre, and musicology, may be incorporated into the student’s program.

C L 79500, Theory and Practice of Literary Scholarship and Criticism, is required of all students in their first year and of all students admitted with advanced standing who have not had the course or its equivalent. History of Literary Theory and Criticism I and History of Literary Theory and Criticism II are also required.

The 66 credits should normally be distributed in the following manner:

36 credits in Comparative Literature.

18 credits in individual national literatures, in courses offered in other literature programs. At least 12 of these credits must be in a foreign literature. The primary texts assigned in these courses must be in the foreign language.

12 credits to be determined in consultation with the advisory committee or its representative.

For a student specializing in Classics, the courses should normally be distributed in the following manner: 21 credits in Comparative Literature, including the required courses indicated above, and 12 credits to be determined in consultation with the Executive Officer, a Deputy Executive Officer, or the student’s faculty advisor in the program.

For a student specializing in German, the courses should normally be distributed in the following manner: 36 credits in Germanic Languages and Literatures, 24 credits in Comparative Literature, including the required courses indicated above, and 6 credits to be determined in consultation with the Executive Officer, a Deputy Executive Officer, or the student’s faculty advisor in the program.

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