Mar 17, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
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2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

Comparative Literature, Minor in

Administered by the Department of Comparative Literature, Languages, and Linguistics .

Totals for both the major and the minor can include credits that fulfill other college and university requirements.

Minor Requirements - Total Semester Hours: 18

A minor in comparative literature consists of the successful completion of 18 semester hours as described below, with at least 6 hours in residence.

1. Language - Total Semester Hours: 9

Complete 6 s.h. in a language other than English beyond level 2; and complete 3 s.h. in another language other than English. 

2. Literature - Total Semester Hours: 9

9 s.h. in comparative literature or literature in translation (including French literature in translation, Italian literature in translation, and Spanish literature in translation), with one course in a non-Western literature.

These may include HUHC 013 and HUHC 014 (the Humanities component of Culture & Expression in Honors College)