Track I: Comparative Media and Culture
The primary goal of the track in comparative media and culture is to prepare students to engage in original research and teaching after acquiring: a broadly based knowledge of the formal specificity and possibilities of different print, visual, sound and digital media; an understanding of the development of different media within their specific cultural and linguistic contexts; and a knowledge of the principles of criticism and theory essential to the analysis, interpretation and evaluation of individual works.
Course Requirements
Completion of at least eight courses (29–32 units) distributed as follows: CSLC 501 , CSLC 502 and CSLC 503 ; one course in a non-Anglophone literary or cultural tradition (CLAS, EALC, FREN, SLL or SPAN); four additional courses in fields relating to the student’s program, of which at least two are in CSLC. No more than one of these eight courses may be in directed research (CSLC 590 ).
First-Year Review
The program conducts a thorough review of all first-year students at the end of the second semester. To be permitted to continue doctoral work, students must receive a satisfactory evaluation in this review.
Track I Field Examination
A written exam based on a reading list must be successfully passed by all students in the track. It is normally taken at the end of the semester in which MA course work is completed.
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