Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies (CLCS)
Major Requirements (27 Credits)
Foundation courses (6 Credits)
Two of the following courses:
| CRW 100 | Introduction to Creative Writing | 3 |
| LC 100 | The Stories We Live By | 3 |
| LC 110 | Reading Cultures: Approaches to Cultural Studies | 3 |
| LC 150 | Reading Film | 3 |
Major Requirements (15 Credits)
Five of the following, at least two of which must be at the 300-level.
CLCS 199
| First Year Seminar in Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies | |
| CLCS 200 | Gender and Sexuality in a Global Context | 3 |
| CLCS 220T | Inventing the Past: The Uses of Memory in a Changing World | 3 |
| CLCS 225 | Music and Popular Culture from the 1950s to the 1990s | 3 |
| CLCS 230 | Science / Fiction: Envisioning the Possible | 3 |
| CLCS 238T | Reading the Postcolonial City: Berlin and Hamburg | 3 |
| CLCS 241 | Forbidden Acts: Queer Studies and Performance | 3 |
| CLCS 242 | Representations of Poverty in Literature, Film and the Media | 3 |
| CLCS 243 | The Cultural Politics of Sports | 3 |
| CLCS 244 | Enslaved: American Slavery and its Legacies in Literature, Film and Culture | 3 |
| CLCS 247T | French Cultural Institutions: Power and Representation | 3 |
| CLCS 248T | European Food Systems: You Are Where You Eat | 3 |
| CLCS 250 | Ecocritical Approaches to Film | 3 |
| CLCS 253T | On Refugees: Representations, Politics and Realities of Forced Migration: Greece | 3 |
| IS 274 | Italian and Italian-American Cinema | 3 |
| LIT 243 | On Being Human | 3 |
| LIT 254 | Introduction to Postcolonial Literatures and Theories | 3 |
| LIT 258 | Literary Adaptations | 3 |
| CLCS 300 | Masculinities in Literature and Film | 3 |
| CLCS 320 | Culture, Class, Cuisine: Questions of Taste | 3 |
| CLCS 330 | The Politics of Mobility: Exile and Immigration | 3 |
| CLCS 350 | Culture and Human Rights | 3 |
| CLCS 360 | Critical Race Studies in a Global Context | 3 |
CLCS 370
| Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies | 3 |
| CLCS 371 | Law and Culture | 3 |
| CLCS 372 | Tales of Catastrophe | 3 |
Capstone Requirement (6 Credits)
The CLCS capstone includes a first semester of research in preparation for the second semester of thesis or internship work.
| LC 497 | Capstone: Comprehensive Readings in CLCS and Literature | 3 |
One of the following:
| LC 498 | Capstone: Internship in CLCS or Literature | 3 |
| LC 499 | Capstone: Thesis in CLCS or Literature | 3 |
A thesis is recommended for students interested in pursuing graduate studies. In the case of a combined major, please decide which discipline you wish to emphasize, and choose your first reader accordingly. An internship is recommended for students interested in entering a professional field. Students should take the first capstone course in their penultimate semester or in the second semester of their junior year.
It is strongly recommended that CLCS combined majors take at least one Academic Travel course with a CLCS, LIT or LC designation.