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Courses for Comparative Studies MA

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

  • Required Courses

    • CMPST 600: "Professional Development Seminar"

    • CMPST 605: "Pedagogical Methods"

    • CMPST 610: "Intro to Contemporary Theory"


  • 2+ grad-only seminars, CMPST 620R, 625R, 630R, 650R, 660R, 670R.


    • Topic Examples:

      "James Joyce and Modernism" | "Skepticism in Early Modern Europe" | "Metafication" | "Censorship, Society, and the Self" | "The With" | "Film Noir"

  • 5 graduate elective courses (15 credit hours) in related fields:

    humanities, classics, comparative literature, art history, musicology, philosophy, foreign language or literature, history, film, etc. Graduate level courses are 500-600 level.
    • No more than one directed readings course (CMPST 680R) may be counted toward the MA degree.

  • Reading List Exam

    (administered in August of your second year)


  • Master's Thesis, written in year 2.

MA COURSES
Latin
Greek
Interdisciplinary Humanities
Comparative Studies
Classics
Art History & Curatorial Studies

Latin Courses

  • Latin Poets

  • Latin Prose Writers

  • Studies in Genre

  • Period Studies

  • Seminar in Latin

Greek Courses

  • Greek Poets

  • Greek Prose Writers

  • Studies in Genre

  • Period Studies

  • Seminar in Greek

IHUM Courses

  • Directed Readings

  • Seminar in the Humanities

Comparative Studies Courses

  • Professional Development

  • Pedagogical Methods

  • Intro to Contemporary Theory

  • Studies in Periods and Movements

  • Area Studies

  • Studies in Genres and Forms

  • Studies in Genre

  • Interrelations of the Arts

  • Critical Theory

  • Directed Readings

  • Master's Thesis

Comparative Studies Courses

  • Seminar in Classics

Art History & Curatorial Studies Courses

  • Studies in Non Western Art

  • Studies in Ancient Art

  • Studies in Medieval Art

  • Studies in Renaissance Art

  • Studies in Baroque Art

  • Studies in 18- 19 Century Art

  • Studies in Modern/ Contemporary Art

  • Studies in Curatorship

  • Academic Internship

  • Individual Studies

  • Special Topics