SECTION 2 - THE PROGRAM OF STUDY

IV.The Ph.D. in Comparative Literature

For the Ph.D., students are required to take 66 credits of course work after the B.A. Students who already have an M.A. degree in Comparative Literature, or graduate-level course work in Comparative Literature completed elsewhere, must have their transfer credits individually evaluated.

Upon application to the Executive Officer, credit may be awarded for graduate work done elsewhere provided passed courses are acceptable and appropriate to the Program. Students who come into the Program with a master's degree may transfer a maximum of 30 credits. Students may petition the Executive Officer for special consideration.

Three courses are required:

1. CL 79500 Proseminar: Theory and Practice of Literary Scholarship and Criticism. This course is offered once every academic year, usually in the Fall, and is required of all students in their first year of study. A final examination is required in this course.

2. CL 89100 History of Literary Theory and Criticism I
3. CL 89200 History of Literary Theory and Criticism II. These two courses are offered every year, consecutively.

Students are not required to take them in sequence.

The 66 credits should normally be distributed in the following manner: (a) 30 credits in comparative literature; (b) 24 credits in individual national literatures, in courses offered in literature and/or other programs at The Graduate School; at least 12 of these credits must be in a foreign literature; (c) 12 credits to be determined in consultation with the Executive Officer or adviser.