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World Literature Minor
Program Requirements
Lower Division Requirements
Students complete a total of 12 units, including one of
Explores how texts resonate in other cultural contexts, influence foreign traditions, and become works of world literature. Breadth-Humanities. Breadth-Humanities.
Surveys pre-modern texts of world literature. Writing/Breadth-Humanities. Prerequisite: . Writing/Breadth-Humanities.
Surveys poetry and prose from the seventeenth-century to the present, with a focus on the literary exploration of issues of humanity. Writing/Breadth-Humanities. Prerequisite: . Writing/Breadth-Humanities.
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Introduces major theoretical approaches to literature and fundamental techniques of literary analysis. Develops students' critical skills for analytical writing about literature in comparative, cross-cultural contexts. Prerequisite: REQ-six units in World Literature, including WL 100, 103W or 104W.
and two additional three-unit lower division WL courses.
Upper Division Requirements
Students complete a total of 15 upper division units in WL courses.
Relevant Topic Courses
With prior approval, students may complete one lower or upper division relevant topic course (up to four units) from outside the World Literature Program by submitting the course description to the world literature advisor.
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Major Requirements
For all bachelor of arts (BA) programs (except the honours program), students complete 120 units, which includes
- at least 60 units that must be completed at 間眅埶AV
- at least 45 upper division units, of which at least 30 upper division units must be completed at 間眅埶AV
- at least 65 units (including 21 upper division units) in Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences courses
- satisfaction of the writing, quantitative, and breadth requirements
- an overall cumulative grade point average (CGPA) and upper division CGPA of at least 2.0, and a program (major, joint major, extended minor, minor) CGPA and upper division CGPA of at least 2.0
Residency Requirements and Transfer Credit
The University’s residency requirement stipulates that, in most cases, total transfer and course challenge credit may not exceed 60 units, and may not include more than 15 as upper division work.
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