English and Comparative Literature Major, B.A.

English and Comparative Literature majors study literature, film, writing, and media of broad geographic and cultural provenance, so students have opportunities to practice comparative thinking. Moreover, majors write and research about texts, film, and media inflected with markedly different generic and linguistic features, and this variety hones students' research and writing skills. English and Comparative Literature majors can follow a general course of study or choose to concentrate in one of seven different areas:

British and American Literature
Comparative and World Literatures
Creative Writing
Film Studies
Science, Medicine and Literature
Social Justice and Literature
Writing, Editing, and Digital Publishing

See the Requirements page for details on the major concentrations.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the English and Comparative Literature program, students should be able to:

Produce clear and persuasive analytical and/or creative writing (that demonstrates the qualities of literature)
Research productively and effectively
Read critically
Compare and analyze texts and contexts
Explain the significance and value of historical contexts

Particularly at this moment in American culture and history, we believe these skills are essential, both in the workplace and in the public sphere more broadly. The major's core curriculum ensures that students gain historical breadth in their discipline (in the form of surveys) as well as depth (in courses that focus on a single genre, topic, or author and thus allow for a sustained emphasis on close analysis). Individual concentrations also provide learning outcomes specific to their area of study.

Requirements

In addition to the program requirements, students must

earn a minimum final cumulative GPA of 2.000
complete a minimum of 45 academic credit hours earned from UNC–Chapel Hill courses
take at least half of their major core requirements (courses and credit hours) at UNC–Chapel Hill
earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.000 in the major core requirements. Some programs may require higher standards for major or specific courses.

For more information, please consult the degree requirements section of the catalog.

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Core Curriculum
Concentration in British and American Literature
Concentration in Science, Medicine, and Literature
Concentration in Social Justice and Literature
Concentration in Writing, Editing, and Digital Publishing
Concentration in Creative Writing
Concentration in Comparative and World Literatures
Concentration in Film Studies

Core Curriculum

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Core Requirements ¹
Survey I (select one):		3
ENGL 120	British Literature, Medieval to 18th Century ^H
ENGL 116	History of Writing: From Pen to Pixel
CMPL 120	Great Books I: Epic and Lyric Traditions
CMPL 121	Great Books I: Romancing the World ^H
CMPL 122	Great Books I: Visual Arts and Literature from Antiquity to 1750 ^H
CMPL 123	Great Books I: Politics and Literature from Antiquity to 1750
CMPL 124	Great Books I: Science and Literature from Antiquity to 1750
Survey II (select one):		3
ENGL 151	Nineteenth-Century American Literature
ENGL 152	Twentieth-Century American Literature
ENGL 117	Arguing on the Internet: Rhetoric in the Age of Social Media
ENGL 121	British Literature, 19th and Early 20th Century ^{H, F}
ENGL 122	Introduction to American Literature ^H
ENGL 124	Contemporary Literature
ENGL 129	Literature and Cultural Diversity ^{H, F}
CMPL 130	Great Books II ^H
CMPL 131	Great Books II: Savage, Native, Stranger, Other
CMPL 132	Great Books II: Performance and Cultural Identity in the African Diaspora
CMPL 133	Great Books II: Imaging the Americas from the Late 18th Century to the Present
CMPL 134	Great Books II: Travel and Identity ^H
CMPL 142	Visual Culture II
Depth Course (select one):		3
ENGL 223	Chaucer (British) ^H
ENGL 225	Shakespeare (British) ^H
ENGL 230	Milton (British) ^H
ENGL 235	Studies in Jane Austen (British)
ENGL 243	Studies in Virginia Woolf (British)
ENGL 250	Faulkner (American)
ENGL 272	Studies in African American Authors (American)
CMPL 220	Global Authors: Jane Austen (British) ^H
CMPL 223	Global Authors: Cervantes
CMPL 225	Global Authors: The Worlds of Shakespeare (British)
Concentration (seven courses), see requirements below ²		21
Additional Requirements
At least six (6) courses (out of 10) must be at or above the 200 level. ³
Of these six (6), at least two (2) courses (out of 10) must be at the 300-level (Writing Intensive) in ENGL or CMPL. ³
Of these six (6), at least one (1) course (out of 10) must be at the 400-level (Research Intensive) in ENGL or CMPL. ³
Total Hours		30

H	Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply.

FY-Launch class sections may be available. A FY-Launch section fulfills the same requirements as a standard section of that course, but also fulfills the FY-SEMINAR/FY-LAUNCH First-Year Foundations requirement. Students can search for FY-Launch sections in ConnectCarolina using the FY-LAUNCH attribute.

¹: The concentration in Film and Media Studies includes different core requirements. See the requirements for this concentration below.
²: If no concentration is chosen, select seven (7) electives in ENGL and/or CMPL (excluding ENGL 100, ENGL 105, ENGL 105I, ENGL 110, and ENGL 191).
³: Required for all concentrations except for the Creative Writing concentration.

Concentration in British and American Literature

In addition to the core curriculum (three courses) and additional requirements described above, students must complete the following requirements.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Pre-1800 course (select one)		3
ENGL 115	History of the English Language
ENGL 223	Chaucer ^H
ENGL 224	Survey of Medieval English Literature, excluding Chaucer ^H
ENGL 225	Shakespeare ^H
ENGL 226	Renaissance Drama ^H
ENGL 227	Literature of the Earlier Renaissance ^H
ENGL 228	Literature of the Later Renaissance ^H
ENGL 230	Milton ^H
ENGL 233	Contemporary Approaches to 18th-Century Literature and Culture ^H
ENGL 236	18th-Century Fiction ^H
ENGL 237	18th-Century Drama ^H
ENGL 325	Shakespeare and His Contemporaries ^H
ENGL 327	Renaissance Literature and Its Intellectual Contexts
ENGL 330	Perspectives on the Renaissance
ENGL 331	18th-Century Literature ^H
ENGL 430	Renaissance Literature--Contemporary Issues
ENGL 619	Survey of Old and Middle English Literature
ENGL 620	Introduction to Old English Language and Literature
ENGL 621	Arthurian Romance
ENGL 630	Shakespeare and His Contemporaries
ENGL 660	War in Shakespeare's Plays
Pre-1900 American literature course (select one)		3
ENGL 151	Nineteenth-Century American Literature
ENGL 220	American Literature, Before 1900 ^H
ENGL 367	African American Literature to 1930 ^H
ENGL 443	American Literature before 1860--Contemporary Issues ^H
ENGL 444	American Literature, 1860-1900--Contemporary Issues ^H
Multi-Ethnic and Diversity course (select one)		3
CMPL 252
CMPL 254	Horror and the Global Gothic: Film, Literature, Theory
ENGL 129	Literature and Cultural Diversity ^{H, F}
ENGL 134H	First-Year Honors: Women's Lives
ENGL 137	Digital Literature
ENGL 140	Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Culture and Literature
ENGL 155	The Visual and Graphic Narrative
ENGL 164	Introduction to Latina/o Studies ^H
ENGL 240	Caribbean Literature
ENGL 248	Intersectionality: Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Social Justice
ENGL 263	Literature and Gender ^H
ENGL 264	Healing in Ethnography and Literature
ENGL 265	Literature and Race, Literature and Ethnicity ^H
ENGL 267	Growing Up Latina/o
ENGL 269	Introduction to Disability Studies
ENGL 270	Studies in Asian American Literature
ENGL 271	Mixed-Race America: Race in Contemporary American Literature and Culture
ENGL 272	Studies in African American Authors
ENGL 289	Jewish American Literature and Culture
ENGL 359	Latina Feminisms: Civil Rights, Ecofeminism, and Health Studies
ENGL 360	Contemporary Asian American Literature and Theory
ENGL 361	Asian American Women's Writing
ENGL 363	Feminist Literary Theory ^H
ENGL 367	African American Literature to 1930 ^H
ENGL 368	African American Literature, 1930-1970 ^H
ENGL 369	African American Literature, 1970 to the Present ^H
ENGL 370	Race, Health, and Narrative ^H
ENGL 371	The Place of Asian Americans in Southern Literature ^H
ENGL 377	Introduction to the Celtic Cultures
ENGL 382	Literature and Media ^H
ENGL 385	Literature and Law
ENGL 386	Gender, Sexuality, and the South Asian Diaspora
ENGL 387	Canadian Literature
ENGL 467	Educating Latinas/os: Preparing SLI Mentors
ENGL 472	African American Literature--Contemporary Issues ^H
ENGL 475	Southern Literature--Contemporary Issues
ENGL 665	Queer Latina/o Literature, Performance, and Visual Art
ENGL 666	Queer Latina/o Photography and Literature
ENGL 670	Being and Race in African American Literature
ENGL 685
Select four (4) additional courses from ENGL and/or CMPL ¹		12
Total Hours		21

H	Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply.

¹: Excluding ENGL 100, ENGL 105, ENGL 105I, ENGL 110, and ENGL 191.

Concentration in Science, Medicine, and Literature

In addition to the core curriculum (three courses) and additional requirements described above, students must complete the following requirements.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Select four (4) electives from the lists below: ¹		12
Courses in the department:
CMPL 383	Literature and Medicine ^H
ENGL 264	Healing in Ethnography and Literature
ENGL 266	Science and Literature ^H
ENGL 268	Medicine, Literature, and Culture ^H
ENGL 269	Introduction to Disability Studies
ENGL 300	Professional Writing and Editing
ENGL 370	Race, Health, and Narrative ^H
ENGL 610	Practicum in Health Humanities
ENGL 611	Narrative, Literature, and Medicine: Advanced Interdisciplinary Seminar
Courses outside the department (no more than two): ¹
AAAD 300	Cultures of Health and Healing in Africa
ANTH 147	Comparative Healing Systems
ANTH 270	Living Medicine
ANTH 319	Global Health
ANTH 442	Health and Gender after Socialism
ANTH 443	Cultures and Politics of Reproduction
ANTH 444	Medicine, Politics, and Justice
ANTH 470	Medicine and Anthropology
ANTH 473	Anthropology of the Body and the Subject
ANTH 474	The Anthropology of Disability
GEOG 222	Health and Medical Geography
HIST 329	An Introduction to the History of Medicine ^H
HNRS 650	Topics in Medicine and the Humanities (must be taken for 3 credits)
MEJO 560	Environmental and Science Journalism ^H
PLCY 361	Health Policy in the United States
PLCY 565	Global Health Law & Policy
PLCY 570	Global Health and Human Rights
RELI 665	Body and Suffering in Christian Mysticism
SOCI 422	Sociology of Mental Health and Illness
SOCI 431	Aging
Select three (3) additional courses from ENGL and/or CMPL ²		9
Total Hours		21

H	Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply.

¹: No more than two (2) courses outside the department.
²: Excluding ENGL 100, ENGL 105, ENGL 105I, ENGL 110, and ENGL 191.

Concentration in Social Justice and Literature

In addition to the core curriculum (three courses) and additional requirements described above, students must complete the following requirements.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Select four (4) courses from the lists below: ¹		12
Courses in the department:
CMPL 180	Race and Ethnicity in Hollywood Productions and Beyond
CMPL 258	Iranian Prison Literature
CMPL 261	India and Orientalism
CMPL 262	Film and Politics
CMPL 270	German Culture and the Jewish Question
CMPL 359	Literary Diasporas of the Middle East
CMPL 442	Postcolonial Literature of the Middle East
ENGL 129	Literature and Cultural Diversity ^{H, F}
ENGL 140	Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Culture and Literature
ENGL 158	Postcolonial Literature ^H
ENGL 164	Introduction to Latina/o Studies ^H
ENGL 240	Caribbean Literature
ENGL 248	Intersectionality: Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Social Justice
ENGL 263	Literature and Gender ^H
ENGL 265	Literature and Race, Literature and Ethnicity ^H
ENGL 267	Growing Up Latina/o
ENGL 269	Introduction to Disability Studies
ENGL 270	Studies in Asian American Literature
ENGL 271	Mixed-Race America: Race in Contemporary American Literature and Culture
ENGL 272	Studies in African American Authors
ENGL 289	Jewish American Literature and Culture
ENGL 359	Latina Feminisms: Civil Rights, Ecofeminism, and Health Studies
ENGL 360	Contemporary Asian American Literature and Theory
ENGL 361	Asian American Women's Writing
ENGL 363	Feminist Literary Theory ^H
ENGL 367	African American Literature to 1930 ^H
ENGL 368	African American Literature, 1930-1970 ^H
ENGL 369	African American Literature, 1970 to the Present ^H
ENGL 370	Race, Health, and Narrative ^H
ENGL 371	The Place of Asian Americans in Southern Literature ^H
ENGL 385	Literature and Law
ENGL 386	Gender, Sexuality, and the South Asian Diaspora
ENGL 403	Rhetoric in the Museum ^H
ENGL 472	African American Literature--Contemporary Issues ^H
ENGL 488	Critical Security Studies
ENGL 659	War in 20th-Century Literature ^H
ENGL 665	Queer Latina/o Literature, Performance, and Visual Art
ENGL 666	Queer Latina/o Photography and Literature
ENGL 685
ENGL 670	Being and Race in African American Literature
Courses outside the department (no more than two): ¹
PLCY/AAAD 354	The Lived Experience of Inequality and Public Policy
Select three (3) additional courses in ENGL and/or CMPL ²		9
Total Hours		21

H	Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply.

¹: No more than two (2) courses outside the department.
²: Excluding ENGL 100, ENGL 105, ENGL 105I, ENGL 110, and ENGL 191.

Concentration in Writing, Editing, and Digital Publishing

In addition to the core curriculum (three courses) and additional requirements described above, students must complete the following requirements.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Select one (1) course from the following list: ¹		3
ENGL 300	Professional Writing and Editing
ENGL 300I	Professional Writing in Health and Medicine (Interdisciplinary)
ENGL 301	Professional Writing in the Arts
ENGL 302	Professional Communication for Social Movements
ENGL 303	Scientific and Technical Communication
ENGL 304	Advanced Business Communication
ENGL 305	Advanced Legal Communication
ENGL 318	Multimedia Composition ^H
Select four (4) courses from the following lists: ²		12
Courses in the department (as many as four):
CMPL 250	Approaches to Comparative Literature ^H
CMPL 251	Introduction to Literary Theory
ENGL 115	History of the English Language
ENGL 117	Arguing on the Internet: Rhetoric in the Age of Social Media
ENGL 119	Picture This: Principles of Visual Rhetoric
ENGL 127	Writing about Literature
ENGL 130	Introduction to Fiction Writing
ENGL 131	Introduction to Poetry Writing
ENGL 132H	First-Year Honors: Introduction to Fiction Writing
or ENGL 133H	First-Year Honors: Introduction to Poetry Writing
ENGL 136	The Publishing Industry: Editing, Design, and Production
ENGL 137	Digital Literature
ENGL 138	Introduction to Creative Nonfiction ^H
ENGL 149	Digital Composition
ENGL 150	Introductory Seminar in Literary Studies
ENGL 206	Intermediate Fiction Writing
ENGL 207	Intermediate Poetry Writing
ENGL 208	Reading and Writing Creative Nonfiction
ENGL 213	Grammar of Current English
ENGL 215	English in the U.S.A. ^H
ENGL 283	Life Writing ^H
ENGL 300	Professional Writing and Editing
ENGL 300I	Professional Writing in Health and Medicine (Interdisciplinary)
ENGL 301	Professional Writing in the Arts
ENGL 302	Professional Communication for Social Movements
ENGL 303	Scientific and Technical Communication
ENGL 304	Advanced Business Communication
ENGL 305	Advanced Legal Communication
ENGL 306	Playwriting
ENGL 307	Studies in Fiction and Poetry: Stylistics
ENGL 308	Gram-O-Rama: Grammar in Performance
ENGL 309
ENGL 317	Writing and Social Networks
ENGL 318	Multimedia Composition ^H
ENGL 324	Creating the Video Essay
ENGL 384	Podcasting
ENGL 392	Professional Writing Portfolio Development and Publication
ENGL 400	Advanced Composition for Teachers
ENGL 402	Investigations in Academic Writing and Writing Centers
ENGL 403	Rhetoric in the Museum ^H
ENGL 406	Advanced Fiction Writing
ENGL 407	Advanced Poetry Writing
ENGL 408	Collaboration: Composers and Lyricists
ENGL 409	Lyrics and Lyricists: A Collaborative Exploration of the Processes of Popular-Song Lyric Writing
ENGL 480	Digital Humanities History and Methods
ENGL 482	Metadata, Mark-up, and Mapping: Understanding the Rhetoric of Digital Humanities
ENGL 487	Everyday Stories: Personal Narrative and Legend
ENGL 674	Digital Literature
ENGL 675	Teaching Online
ENGL 676	Digital Editing and Curation
Courses outside the department (no more than two):
AMST 475	Documenting Communities ^H
BUSI 401	Management and Corporate Communication
COMM 113	Public Speaking
COMM 350	Practices of Cultural Studies
COMM 432	Visual Culture
COMM/DRAM 131	Writing for the Screen and Stage
COMM/ENEC 375	Environmental Advocacy
COMM/WGST 224	Introduction to Gender and Communication ^H
DRAM 231	Playwriting I
HIST/FOLK 670	Introduction to Oral History
MEJO 153	Writing and Reporting
WGST 695	Senior Seminar: Principles of Feminist Inquiry ^H
Select two (2) additional courses in ENGL and/or CMPL ³		6
Total Hours		21

H	Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply.

¹: Students may substitute a course from this list for the depth requirement from the core. Students would then need to select a second course from this list to fulfill the requirement for the concentration.
²: No more than two (2) courses may be taken outside the department.
³: Excluding ENGL 100, ENGL 105, ENGL 105I, ENGL 110, and ENGL 191.

Concentration in Creative Writing

In addition to the core curriculum (three courses) described above, students must complete the following requirements. No concentration courses may be taken online.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Select five (5) courses from one of the following options:		15
Combination of Genres ¹
Any course from any track below and/or from the following list of courses:
ENGL 307	Studies in Fiction and Poetry: Stylistics
ENGL 351	From Manuscript to Press: Writer as Publisher
ENGL 490	Creative Writing: Special Topics
COMM 330	Introduction to Writing for Film and Television
COMM 433	Intermediate Screenwriting
MEJO 356	Feature Writing
Fiction Track
ENGL 130	Introduction to Fiction Writing
or ENGL 132H	First-Year Honors: Introduction to Fiction Writing
ENGL 307	Studies in Fiction and Poetry: Stylistics (with approval based on topic)
or ENGL 206	Intermediate Fiction Writing
ENGL 406	Advanced Fiction Writing
ENGL 693H & ENGL 694H	Creative Writing Senior Honors Thesis, Part I and Creative Writing Senior Honors Thesis, Part II
Poetry Track
ENGL 131	Introduction to Poetry Writing
or ENGL 133H	First-Year Honors: Introduction to Poetry Writing
ENGL 307	Studies in Fiction and Poetry: Stylistics (with approval based on topic)
or ENGL 207	Intermediate Poetry Writing
ENGL 407	Advanced Poetry Writing
ENGL 693H & ENGL 694H	Creative Writing Senior Honors Thesis, Part I and Creative Writing Senior Honors Thesis, Part II
Musical/Musical Theater Writing Track ¹
ENGL 306	Playwriting
ENGL 308	Gram-O-Rama: Grammar in Performance
ENGL 309
ENGL 408	Collaboration: Composers and Lyricists
ENGL 409	Lyrics and Lyricists: A Collaborative Exploration of the Processes of Popular-Song Lyric Writing
ENGL 490	Creative Writing: Special Topics (with approval based on topic)
MUSC 166	Introduction to Composition
MUSC 381	Inside the Song: Analysis of Songcraft
DRAM 231	Playwriting I
DRAM 292	"Corner of the Sky": The American Musical
Creative Nonfiction Writing Track
ENGL 138	Introduction to Creative Nonfiction ^H
ENGL 208	Reading and Writing Creative Nonfiction
or ENGL 283	Life Writing
ENGL 404	Advanced Creative Nonfiction
ENGL 693H	Creative Writing Senior Honors Thesis, Part I
ENGL 694H	Creative Writing Senior Honors Thesis, Part II
Select two (2) additional courses in ENGL and/or CMPL ²		6
Total Hours		21

H	Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply.

¹: No more than two (2) courses can be taken outside the Department of English and Comparative Literature.
²: Excluding ENGL 100, ENGL 105, ENGL 105I, ENGL 110, and ENGL 191.

Concentration in Comparative and World Literatures

In addition to the core curriculum (three courses) and additional requirements described above, students must complete the following requirements.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
It is recommended to choose a CMPL course from the Survey I list in the core curriculum.
CMPL 250	Approaches to Comparative Literature ^H	3
or CMPL 251	Introduction to Literary Theory
CMPL 495	Advanced Seminar	3
Select one (1) to three (3) international literature courses taught in any foreign language department (200-level or higher) ^1,2		3-9
Select two (2) to four (4) CMPL or ENGL courses (excluding ENGL 100, ENGL 105, ENGL 105I, ENGL 110, and ENGL 191). No more than two (2) from ENGL.		6-12
Total Hours		21

H	Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply.

¹: Foreign language departments include Asian Studies, Classics, Germanic and Slavic Languages, Romance Studies.
²: At least one course should be focused on literature written in the original language.

Concentration in Film Studies

The film studies concentration focuses on the history, theory, analysis, and politics of cinema in a global context. Students become conversant with the evolution of film genres, styles, and traditions, while exploring relationships between film and other artistic forms, including literature, painting, photography, television, and digital video. This concentration enables students to gain skills of audiovisual literacy that are necessary for navigating the many screens of our modern world.

Students pursuing the film studies concentration do not follow the core requirements described above. Instead, students must complete the following requirements (10 courses):

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Core Requirements
Survey I course (select one):		3
CMPL 143	History of Global Cinema
Survey II course (select one):		3
CMPL 142	Visual Culture II
CMPL 150	Critical Theory: Fear, Love, Laughter, and Loss - Film Genres and Spectatorship
CMPL 227	Global Authors: The Middle Ages in World Cinema
CMPL 255	The Feast in Film, Fiction, and Philosophy ^H
CMPL 267
ENGL 244	Queer Cinema
ENGL 252	National and Transnational Cinemas
ENGL 255	Introduction to Media Studies
ENGL 323	American Cinema of the 1970s: New Hollywood and Beyond
ENGL 378	Film Criticism
ENGL 380	Topics In Film History ^H
ENGL 381	Literature and Cinema
ENGL 681	Topics in Contemporary Film and Media ^H
Depth course (select one):		3
CMPL 212	The Cinematic City
CMPL 225	Global Authors: The Worlds of Shakespeare
CMPL 254	Horror and the Global Gothic: Film, Literature, Theory
CMPL 262	Film and Politics
CMPL 271	Women, Gender and Sexuality in German Cinema
CMPL 280	Film Genres
CMPL/ASIA 379	Cowboys, Samurai, and Rebels in Film and Fiction ^H
CMPL 420	Film, Photography, and the Digital Image
CMPL 463	Cinema and Surrealism
CMPL 494	The Essay Film: Adventures in Modern Cinema since 1945
ENGL 251	Film Performance and Stardom
ENGL 389	Major Film Directors
ENGL 410	Documentary Film ^H
ENGL 494	Research Methods in Film Studies
ENGL 681	Topics in Contemporary Film and Media ^H
Methods/Critical Approach course (select one):		3
CMPL 240	Introduction to Film Theory
or ENGL 680	Film Theory
Foundational course (select one):		3
ENGL 142	Film Analysis ^H
Select two (2) additional ENGL and/or CMPL courses ¹		6
Film elective courses (select three):		9
AAAD 250	The African American in Motion Pictures: 1900 to the Present
AMST 268	American Cinema and American Culture
AMST 336	Native Americans in Film
AMST 365	Women and Detective Fiction: From Miss Violet Strange to Veronica Mars
AMST 371	LGTBQ Film and Fiction from 1950 to the Present
AMST 483	Seeing the USA: The Film Director as Public Intellectual
ARAB 453	Film, Nation, and Identity in the Arab World
ASIA 124	Iranian Post-1979 Cinema
ASIA 231	Bollywood Cinema
ASIA 235	Israeli Cinema: Gender, Nation, and Ethnicity ^H
ASIA 262	Nation, Film, and Novel in Modern India
ASIA 425	Beyond Hostilities: Israeli-Palestinian Exchanges and Partnerships in Film, Literature, and Music
ASIA 435	The Cinemas of the Middle East and North Africa
ASIA/CMPL 379	Cowboys, Samurai, and Rebels in Film and Fiction ^H
CHIN 244	Introduction to Modern Chinese Culture through Cinema
CHIN 346	History as Fiction or Fiction as History? Early Chinese History in Film and Literature
CHIN 464	The City in Modern Chinese Literature and Film
CMPL 144	Engaging Film and Media
CMPL 180	Race and Ethnicity in Hollywood Productions and Beyond
CMPL 212	The Cinematic City
CMPL 220	Global Authors: Jane Austen ^H
CMPL 223	Global Authors: Cervantes
CMPL 225	Global Authors: The Worlds of Shakespeare
CMPL 227	Global Authors: The Middle Ages in World Cinema
CMPL 254	Horror and the Global Gothic: Film, Literature, Theory
CMPL 255	The Feast in Film, Fiction, and Philosophy ^H
CMPL 262	Film and Politics
CMPL 266	Weimar Cinema
CMPL 267
CMPL 271	Women, Gender and Sexuality in German Cinema
CMPL 280	Film Genres
CMPL/GSLL 281	Holocaust Cinema in Eastern Europe
CMPL/RUSS 282	Russian Literature in World Cinema
CMPL 375	New Wave Cinema: Its Sources and Its Legacies
CMPL 382	Film and Nature
CMPL 420	Film, Photography, and the Digital Image
CMPL 452	The Middle Ages
CMPL 463	Cinema and Surrealism
CMPL 494	The Essay Film: Adventures in Modern Cinema since 1945
CMPL 452	The Middle Ages
COMM 130	Introduction to Media Production
COMM/DRAM 131	Writing for the Screen and Stage
COMM 230	Audio/Video/Film Production and Writing
COMM 330	Introduction to Writing for Film and Television
COMM 331	Writing the Short Film
COMM 335	Film Story Analysis
COMM 337	Visual Storytelling for Screenwriters
COMM/WGST 345	Gender and Film
COMM 412	Critical Theory
COMM 430	History of American Screenwriting
COMM 431	Advanced Audio Production
COMM 534	Aesthetic and Technical Considerations in Making Short Videos
COMM 635	Documentary Production
COMM 653	Experimental Video
COMM 654	Motion Graphics, Special Effects, and Compositing
COMM 681	Contemporary Film Theory
COMM 682	History of the Moving Image: Pasts, Presents, Futures
COMM 683
ENGL 251	Film Performance and Stardom
ENGL 252	National and Transnational Cinemas
ENGL 256	Crafting the Dramatic Film: Theory Meets Practice ^H
ENGL 257	Video Games and Narrative Cinema
ENGL 323	American Cinema of the 1970s: New Hollywood and Beyond
ENGL 324	Creating the Video Essay
ENGL 378	Film Criticism
ENGL 380	Topics In Film History ^H
ENGL 382	Literature and Media ^H
ENGL 399	Cinema and the Museum
ENGL 410	Documentary Film ^H
ENGL 494	Research Methods in Film Studies
ENGL 681	Topics in Contemporary Film and Media ^H
FREN 386	French New Wave Cinema
FREN 388	History of French Cinema I: 1895-1950
FREN 389	History of French Cinema II: 1950 to the Present
FREN 505	African Francophone Cinema
GERM 265	Hitler in Hollywood: Cinematic Representations of Nazi Germany
GERM 268	Auteur Cinema
GERM/WGST 271	Women, Gender and Sexuality in German Cinema
GERM 272	History of German Cinema
GERM 281	The German Idea of War: Philosophical Dialogues with the Literary and Visual Arts in WWI
GERM 382	Representations of Violence and Terrorism in Contemporary German Literature and Film
GSLL 283	Hungarian Cinema since World War II
GERM 479
HIST 124	United States History through Film
HIST 302	Movies Make History: Films as Primary Sources in Europe and America ^H
HIST 353	Cinema, Culture, and Society
ITAL 333	Italian Film and Culture
ITAL 335	Themes in Italian Film
ITAL 340	Italian America
JAPN 490	Topics in Japanese Language and Literature
PORT 388	Portuguese, Brazilian, and African Identity in Film
SPAN 361	Hispanic Film
WGST 345	Gender and Film
Additional Requirements
At least six (6) courses (out of 10) must be at or above the 200 level.
At least two (2) courses (out of 10) must be at the 300-level (Writing Intensive).
At least one (1) course (out of 10) must be at the 400-level (Research Intensive).
Total Hours		30

H	Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply.

¹: Excluding ENGL 100, ENGL 105, ENGL 105I, ENGL 110, and ENGL 191.

Special Opportunities in English and Comparative Literature

Honors in English and Comparative Literature

The department offers at least two honors seminars each semester. In addition, students seeking a degree with honors in English and Comparative Literature (a 3.3 cumulative grade point average and a 3.6 grade point average in major courses required) undertake a year-long independent project during their senior year (ENGL 691H and ENGL 692H or CMPL 691H and CMPL 692H) and usually produce a 40- to 70-page thesis under the direction of a faculty member. Students pursuing a degree with honors normally meet every week with the professors supervising their projects. This opportunity for individually directed research and writing often proves to be a high point of the student’s academic career.

Honors in Creative Writing

See “Creative Writing Minor."

Study Abroad

Some of the best programs offered at the University for study overseas are especially appropriate and useful to majors in the Department of English and Comparative Literature. These include semester or year-long programs at Bristol, Manchester, Sussex, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and certain Australian universities. Students who have a minimum grade point average of 3.3 at the end of their sophomore year can participate in the King’s College Exchange Program at King’s College, London (representing either English or comparative literature). Special opportunities are also available at Oxford University and through the Joint Degree Program with the National University of Singapore. Comparative literature students most frequently travel to non-English-speaking destinations. For information on all overseas programs, see the Study Abroad Office.

Internship Program

Internships are a great way to explore career options before graduation. A major in English and comparative literature, with its focus on writing, oral communication, and research, opens the door to a wide variety of career paths. The Department of English and Comparative Literature provides the opportunity for students to receive credit for an internship that relates to the major.