Courses

*Courses in Comparative Literature are designed to meet the needs of students whose literary interests are broader than those that can be met by the curriculum of any single department. Below are the courses offered in Comparative Literature by term. Please check back often for up-to-date information on course meeting times and  availability, as these can change. Course descriptions can be found on the Registrar's ORC site.

To view Comparative Literature Undergraduate courses, click here.
To view Comparative Literature Graduate requirements,
click here.
To view Comparative Literature Graduate courses, click here.

COLT 79: Independent Study - ARR
Independent Study (COLT 79)
Independent studies require approval of the chair & a syllabus that has been worked on by the student and advisor.  This proposal should be sent to the chair for approval the steering committee.  An independent study should be on a topic that will not be the subject of a COLT class in the running academic year. 

Winter 2026

 

Spring 2026

  • COLT 001: Read the World - Stewart  - 2
  • COLT 07.xx: Utopia - Morsi - 2A
  • COLT 10.16: Modernist Literature - McGillen - 12
  • COLT 19.07/ASCL 70.25: Translating East Asian Languages - Dorsey - 10
  • COLT 19.08: Social Justice and Translation - Richter-Nilsson - 12
  • COLT 53.06/MES 19.03/WGSS 24.01: Arab Feminisms - Morsi - 2A
  • COLT 66.03/JWST 51*/GERM 42.06/WGSS 67.01: Psychoanalysis, Jews and Gender - Fuechtner  - 6B
  • COLT 67.07/WGSS 66.01*/INTS 17.16: Times of Crisis - Martin - 11
  • COLT 70.03/JWST 26/INTS 17.14: European Jewish Intellectuals - Kritzman - 2A
  • COLT 70.08/SPAN 65.17/LACS 35.17: Media and Environment - Broner - 10A* 
  • COLT 87: honors thesis - Fuechtner - ARR

Winter 2027

  • COLT 07.xx: Humanities and Human Rights: Thoughts on Community - Martin - 10
  • COLT 10.xx: Intro to Critical Theory - elhariry  - TBD
  • COLT 19.01: Translation: Theory and Practice - Wyatt -TBD
  • COLT 40.01/ENG 50.15: History of the Book - Beckman - 2A
  • COLT 49.xx*/INTS 19.xx: Languages at War - Komska - TBD
  • COLT 85: TBD

Spring 2027

  • COLT 01: Read the World - Stewart
  • COLT 07.09: Literature ot the Colonial Encounter - Coly - 12
  • COLT 10.11: Male Friendship - Kritzman - 2A
  • COLT 19.01: Translation: Theory and Practice - Canepa
  • COLT 39.07: Living in the City - LaGuardia
  • COLT 70.05: Environmental Imagination - Gilebbi  -  2
  • COLT 72.01: Global Literary Theory - Kolb - TBD