Comparative Literature is a way of studying world literature. It is a literary discipline designed to go beyond the chronological, geographic and linguistic boundaries of individual national literatures.
Comparative and World Literature Minor — Minimum 18 units
Core Courses (12 units)
- CWL 400GW - Approaches to Comparative and World Literature - GWAR
- Three CWL courses (9 units). One course may be a lower-division CWL course (CWL 214 does not count toward the minor).
Program Electives (6 units)
- Two upper-division literature courses
In consultation with departmental advisers, students select upper-division literature courses that reflect the breadth of literary studies. These courses may be from departments other than CWL.
Up to two courses (6 units) of lower-division literature courses may be used toward the total units; one course (3 units) of these may come from a non-CWL literature course.
View the Comparative & World Literature minor requirements prior to Fall 2016.
To ensure adequate planning of a student’s program, all minors must consult an adviser at least once per year.
All students in the Comparative and World Literature minor are urged to acquire reading competence in at least one language in addition to English.
Bachelor of Arts students must complete at least twelve units of complementary studies outside of the primary prefix for the major. (Note: Students may not use an alternate prefix that is cross-listed with the primary prefix for the major.)
Students who complete two majors or a major and a minor automatically complete the complementary studies requirement. An additional way to complete complementary studies for students in the Comparative Literature major is completion of 12 units in a language other than English or in some other group of courses outside the CWL-prefix (and not cross-listed with CWL) that is approved by a major adviser (which may include, but is not limited to, languages other than English, units toward a minor or certificate, study abroad, and literature courses taught in other departments).
Students who have earned AA-T or AS-T degrees and are pursuing a similar B.A. degree at SF State are required to fulfill the Complementary Studies requirement as defined by the major department. Students should consult with a major adviser about how transfer units and/or SF State units can best be applied to this requirement in order to ensure degree completion within 60 units.