World Literature and Culture Major

Lower division (three courses).  There are many ways to fulfill this requirement, including:

1. LTCS 50, 52, and a third course selected from LTEN 25, 26, 27, 28, 29; LTWL 4A-B-C-D-F-M; TWS 21-22-23-24-25-26; or LTWL 19A-B-C.

2. Or: a three-course sequence in literature chosen from any section in literature. For example, students can take a yearlong sequence of intermediate language courses: LTFR 2A-B-C or 50; LTGM 2A-B-C; LTGK 1, 2, 3; LTIT 2A-B, 50; LTKO 2A-B-C; LTLA 1, 2, 3; LTRU 2A-B; LTSP 2A-B-C and/or LTSP 50A-B-C.

3. Students can also combine courses in an original national language/literature with courses in translation to satisfy this requirement, such as LTFR 2A-B plus LTWL 4A (Film and Fiction in Twentieth-Century Societies: French).

4. Students may also use either the Revelle College Humanities sequence (HUM 1–5), Eleanor Roosevelt College’s Making of the Modern World (MMW 11–15), Marshall College’s Dimension of Culture (DOC 1–3), or Sixth College’s Culture, Art, and Technology sequence (CAT 1–3) to satisfy the lower-division sequence for the World Literature and Culture major.
   
   *Courses not listed in the examples above may be petitioned for credit. Please see an academic adviser.

Upper division (twelve courses):

1. Upper-Division Concentration: Students may choose one concentration from the options below. Double concentrations are not permitted. (Choose a minimum of six courses, maximum of nine courses):

   1. Language: Focus on literary and cultural production in a single non-Anglophone language.
      Course Options:
      Chinese: LTCH 100–190
      French: LTFR 100–190
      German: LTGM 100–190
      Greek: LTGK 100–190
      Italian: LTIT 100–190
      Korean: LTKO 100–190
      Latin: LTLA 100–190
      Russian: LTRU 100–190
      Spanish: LTSP 100–190
      Any languages or courses not listed above must be petitioned through the department.

   2. History: This concentration focuses on literature written prior to 1800.
      Course Options: LTEN 107, 110, 112, 113, 117, 120, 138; LTFR 121, 122; LTGK 100–190; LTIT 115; LTLA 100–190; LTEA 110A; LTEU 105; LTWL 100, 106, 110B, 111, 158A

   3. Media: Includes courses on film and television, digital media, and music as well as courses on the history of the book and translation.
      Course Options: LTCS 108, 119, 132, 170, 172, 173; LTEN 155, LTGM 134; LTAF 120; LTEA 120A-B-C, 138, 142; LTWL 134, 144, 157, 159, 180, 181, 183, 184

   4. Region: Focus on non-Anglophone literature and cultural production of a single region: Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Mediterranean, or Europe. Other regional concentrations can be petitioned.
      Course Options:
      Africa: LTAF 100–190
      The Americas: LTAM 100–190; LTEN 152, 154, 155, 156, 158, 159, 169, 171, 172, 174, 175A-B, 176, 180, 181, 183, 185, 186, 188; LTSP 116, 130B, 133, 134, 135A, 135B, 136, 137, 138, 140, 141, 142, 150A-B, 151, 154, 159, 160, 162, 166, 170, 171, 172
      Asia: LTEA 100–190; LTCH 100–190; LTKO 100–190
      The Mediterranean: LTEU 105, 140, 145, 146; LTGK 100–190; LTLA 100–190; LTIT 100–190; LTFR 100–190; LTSP 100, 119C, 122, 123, 129, 130A; LTWL 106, 158A-B-C
      Europe: LTEU 100–190; LTFR 100–190; LTGM 100–190; LTGK 100–190; LTIT 100–190; LTLA 100–190; LTRU 100–190; LTSP 100, 119C, 122, 123, 129, 130A; LTWL 106, 111, 166
      Any region or courses not listed above must be petitioned through the department.

2. Three upper-division courses in comparative breadth, comprised of the following:

   1. One course in Literatures of the Americas (LTAM)

   2. One course in Literatures of Europe (LTEU)

   3. One elective course from Literatures of Africa (LTAF), Literatures of the Americas (LTAM), Literatures of East Asia (LTEA), Literatures in English (LTEN), Literatures of Europe (LTEU), or Literatures of the World (LTWL)

3. The remaining upper-division electives, to total twelve upper-division courses can be from any literature subject. 

At least one course in a secondary language or literature; that is, a course taught in a language different from that of the primary literature. See “Secondary Language and Literature” above.