Program Overview
The PhD in Comparative Literature at UMass Amherst allows students to tailor their studies in representation, race, and other interdisciplinary topics. The program requires broad historical coverage and advanced proficiency in two languages. Students may complement their studies with certificates in various fields.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The PhD in Comparative Literature at UMass Amherst offers students significant freedom in designing their course of study. The program emphasizes interdisciplinary exploration of topics such as representation, race, class, gender, performance studies, literature and human rights, postcolonial and diaspora studies, and film studies. Students focus on three literatures or fields of concentration, requiring broad historical coverage from the premodern period to the contemporary era.
Other:
- Students can complement their studies with certificates in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino studies, feminist studies, and film studies.
- The program requires advanced proficiency in the second language of concentration and intermediate competence in the third.
