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Thematic Concentrations

Description

Interdisciplinary Focus -

Applicants to the major must write a statement articulating the focus of the concentration and explaining the choice of courses in relation to that focus.

Students may choose a period specific focus, such as:
  • Modern Thought and Literature
  • Early Modern Studies
  • Film, Literature, and Society
  • Medieval Studies
  • Performance, Culture, and Society
  • Ecology, Philosophy and Literature
  • Philosophy and the Visual Arts
  • Culture and Politics

Admissions

See below.

Requirements

  • Program of study must include at least 12 courses (over and above the requirements of the honors program) for a minimum of 60 units, including six courses from one of the following categories and three from each of the others:
  1. literary/cultural study
  2. historical study
  3. philosophical study
  • If additional courses are needed to make up the 60 unit minimum, students may take those courses in any of the 3 categories.