Course Requirements
A minimum of forty-eight credits of graduate work are required for the
Ph.D. Students who hold an M.A. in Comparative Literature or a related
discipline can request that their transcript be evaluated by the Graduate
Studies Committee and may receive a maximum of 30 credits toward their
Ph.D. All students seeking the Ph.D. must take the required courses listed
for the M.A., unless the Graduate Studies Committee accepts comparable
courses taken previously, in which case other courses may be substituted.
In addition, all Ph.D. students must acquire a minimum of one semester
of formal teaching experience (even if they are unsupported or are on a
fellowship requiring no teaching duties) and must take the formal teaching
practicum, CLT 698 during their first year in the program.
Students must take the required courses when they are offered, and cannot
replace them by Independent Study courses, except in the most unusual circumstances
and by petition to the Director of Graduate Studies at the beginning of
the term the course is offered. The petition has to be signed by the person
directing the Independent Study and must be approved by the Graduate Studies
Committee.
Students taking any Independent Study or Directed Reading course will do
so under the departmental rubrics, CLT 599 and CLT 699. Under exceptional
circumstances, the Director of Graduate Studies may approve Independent
Study under another department's designator, contingent on proper Comparative
Literature procedures being followed. A maximum of six credits of Independent
Study courses is applicable to the degree requirements. All such courses
must be approved by the Director of Graduate Studies before the end of
the add/drop period of the semester during which they are to be taken.
All students taking Independent Study or Directed Reading courses must
file a detailed description, for which forms are available in the Department
office. Failure to have these courses approved in a timely fashion will
result in de-registration or in denial of credit for the courses.
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