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Comparative Literature

44 courses on record 21 with sections in Fall 2026
44 courses

Grades awarded Fall 2021 to Fall 2025, every instructor,

A course with no letter grades has no average to report, which is not the same as a course that grades badly.

Lower division 16

Lower division courses in Comparative Literature
Course Title Predicted GPA Fall 2026
1A World Literature: Antiquity to Middle Ages GE no grade history Not offered
1B World Literature: Middle Ages to 17th Century GE 3.58 61 grades Not offered
1C World Literature: Age of Enlightenment to 20th Century GE no grade history Not offered
1D Great Books from World at Large GE no grade history Not offered
1E Social Media and Storytelling: Comparing Cultures GE 3.78 239 grades Not offered
1H Introduction to Health Humanities GE 3.80 134 grades 5 sections
2AW Survey of Literature: Antiquity to Middle Ages GE no grade history Not offered
2BW Survey of Literature: Middle Ages to 17th Century GE 3.57 400 grades 4 sections
2CW Survey of Literature: Age of Enlightenment to 20th Century GE 3.56 810 grades 4 sections
2DW Survey of Literature: Great Books from World at Large GE 3.56 287 grades 4 sections
4AW Literature and Writing: Antiquity to Middle Ages GE no grade history Not offered
4BW Literature and Writing: Middle Ages to 17th Century GE no grade history Not offered
4CW Literature and Writing: Age of Enlightenment to 20th Century GE 3.62 59 grades Not offered
4DW Literature and Writing: Great Books from World at Large: Writing Exile and Alienation GE 3.66 386 grades 1 section
19 Fiat Lux Freshman Seminars Not offered
98TW Narrative Violence: Civil War Literature and Film from Lebanon, Iraq, and Syria 3.63 16 grades · Not offered

Upper division 20

Upper division courses in Comparative Literature
Course Title Predicted GPA Fall 2026
100 Introduction to Literary and Critical Theory 3.71 231 grades Not offered
M101 Hebrew Literature in English: Literary Traditions of Ancient Israel--Bible and Apocrypha 3.45 46 grades Not offered
104 Art of Film Adaptation 3.71 37 grades 1 section
107 Film on Brain 3.70 18 grades · Not offered
M110 One Thousand and One Nights/Alf Layla Wa-Layla 3.59 12 grades · Not offered
112 Poetics of Hip-Hop 3.68 61 grades Not offered
M142 Travel Narratives, Testimony, Autobiography: Travel, Migration and Exile in Brazil no grade history 1 section
M148 Contemporary Arab Film and Song 3.78 26 grades 1 section
C153 Post-Symbolist Poetry and Poetics 3.65 35 grades 1 section
C163 Crisis of Consciousness in Modern Literature 3.78 68 grades Not offered
169 Continental African Authors 3.70 48 grades 1 section
C178 India Ink: Literature and Culture of Modern South Asia no grade history 1 section
180 Variable Topics: Health Humanities in Comparative Contexts: Who, When, and Why of Test Subjects 3.76 18 grades · 1 section
182 Balancing Act: Comparative Approaches to Wellness, Health, and Medical Practice 3.81 17 grades · 1 section
183 Literature and Madness 3.70 25 grades Not offered
184 Moving Images: Mental Health on Film no grade history 1 section
188SA Individual Studies for USIE Facilitators no grade history 1 section
191 Variable Topics in Comparative Literature 3.76 167 grades Not offered
M191P Careers in Humanities 3.60 55 grades Not offered
198 Honors Research in Comparative Literature no grade history 1 section

Graduate 8

Graduate courses in Comparative Literature
Course Title Predicted GPA Fall 2026
200A Proseminar in Comparative Literature I no grade history 1 section
250 Seminar in Experimental Critical Theory 3.85 17 grades · Not offered
C253 Post-Symbolist Poetry and Poetics no grade history 1 section
284 Theories of Translation 3.80 9 grades · Not offered
290 Contemporary Theories of Criticism 3.87 56 grades Not offered
596 Directed Individual Study or Research no grade history 24 sections
597 Preparation for MA and PhD Examinations no grade history 25 sections
599 Research for PhD Dissertation no grade history 24 sections