Department of Humanities and Comparative World Literature
Thinking Across and Beyond Borders
The programs in our department invite students to think broadly and deeply about the arts, ideas, and history of human beings at different times and places. Rather than limit students to single disciplines or cultural traditions, our programs promote interdisciplinary and comparative study across borders of many kinds, including those between nations, regions, cultures, historical periods, creative forms, and media. Explore what we have to offer at the undergraduate and graduate level by clicking on the program links below.
Explore Our Programs
American Studies is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of American culture and society that draws upon courses from departments and programs in the humanities and social sciences. American Studies majors are prepared for a number of different career paths that value interdisciplinary knowledge, critical and creative thinking, and writing skills.
American Studies is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of American culture and society that draws upon courses from departments and programs in the humanities and social sciences. American Studies majors are prepared for a number of different career paths that value interdisciplinary knowledge, critical and creative thinking, and writing skills.
The Humanities program is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of arts and ideas in their cultural and historical contexts.
Video Games Studies is an interdisciplinary program that examines the many ways that video games intersect with our lives. We recognize video games as a uniquely complex media that we encounter through many different modes of experience: as games, stories, challenges, escapes, vehicles of self-creation, platforms for interaction with others, marketed commodities, cultural representations, and so much more.
Get to Know HUM/CWL
“What I really like is the autonomy you have to build your area of focus. It’s really great to be able to find what you’re very passionate about reading and writing about and to put them together on your own.”
— Jessica Mejia, 1st Year Graduate Student
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