Students should consult with their advisors when selecting literary reading and analysis courses.
Growing as a writer depends upon growing as a reader. The literary reading and analysis requirement asks students to deepen their knowledge of the traditions and current practices that shape the genres in which they write; in the most general sense, courses that count toward the literary reading and analysis requirement are those whose concern is the literary study of works of literature. The requirement may be met by courses in literature, narrative, or poetics (generally at the 200-level and above) offered by the departments of Africana studies, cinema and media, comparative literature, English, theater, and language departments such as French and Italian and East Asian studies. Literary reading and analysis credit may, in some cases, be considered for courses outside of these departments but within the arts and humanities (ARHU) division of the college. All such considerations and decisions are at the discretion of the department chair or a designated faculty member. The department maintains a form which may be filled out to nominate a course for consideration as a literary reading and analysis course.
