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Degree Requirements
Course Distribution Requirements: A minimum of 33 credit hours is required for the M.A., 6 of which must be at the 600-800 level (excluding thesis credits). In addition, teaching assistants must take the one-credit Teaching Workshop.
- Comparative Literature/Translation Studies: 12 credits
- First Concentration: 6 credits
- Second Concentration: 6 credits
- Elective: 3 credits
- Thesis: 6 credits
Please note the following course requirements
- Comp Lit 751, Theory and Practice of Translation
- Comp Lit 681, Introduction to Interpreting and Translation Research and Practice I
- Comp Lit 550, Translation and Technology (or demonstrated equivalent competence)
- 4. One advanced seminar in Translation Studies
- 5. One graduate Comparative Literature course that combines theoretical perspective with practical criticism (CL 752 is recommended but not required.)
For the M.A. with thesis, up to three credits of Special Problems Courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of the requirements for the degree. Literature in translation courses may not be counted towards the literature components of the Distribution Requirements unless special arrangements are made to complete required readings in the original language and this has been approved by the GPD. With the approval of the Graduate Program Director and the student's adviser, a student may substitute a course in Comparative Literature for a course in the first or second concentration.