Undergraduate - Major
Major in Comparative Literature
Introduction
The Comparative Literature Program studies literature and film as they transcend the confines of a national culture. It explores the relationships among different cultures and between literature, cinema and other fields of knowledge, both visual and verbal, such as art history, philosophy, religion, and political thought. Typical areas of inquiry include traditions and periods, genres, and motifs; patterns of influence and reception of works among national cultures; and the general principles of literary and cinematic theory and criticism.
Students who major in Comparative Literature select either the Literature Option or the Cinema Studies Option. See the Comparative Literature Undergraduate Advisor to declare the major.
There are currently two different sets of requirements for the Literature Option depending on whether you enrolled in Comparative Literature BEFORE FALL 2009 or whether you were accepted FALL 2009 AND BEYOND. Please make sure you keep your admission date to the major in mind when selecting the proper requirements. Please select your Comparative Literature admission date below for a list of admission and major requirements.
This includes all admission dates through Summer 2009
OR
This includes all admission dates beginning in Fall 2009 and onward.
Staff Undergraduate Adviser: Tamara Cooper B-534 Padelford (206)685-1642 tcoop@uw.edu