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Department of Comparative Studies Undergraduate Handbook 2007-08

Table of Contents

• Majoring in Comparative Studies
• Areas of Concentration
• General Requirements for All Comparative Studies Majors
• Requirements for Each Area of Concentration
  • Comparative Cultural Studies
    • Worksheet for Comparative Cultural Studies
    • Interdepartmental Courses for Cultural Studies
  • Comparative Ethnic and American Studies
    • Worksheet for Comparative Ethnic and American Studies
    • Interdepartmental Courses for Comparative Ethnic and American Studies
  • Comparative Literature
    • Worksheet for Comparative Literature
    • Interdepartmental Courses
  • Folklore
    • Worksheet for Folklore Studies
    • Interdepartmental Courses
  • Religious Studies
    • Worksheet
    • Interdepartmental Courses
  • Science Studies
    • Science Studies Worksheet
    • Science Study's Interdepartmental Courses.
• Requirements for the World Literatures Major
  • World Literatures Worksheet
  • World Literatures Interdepartmental Courses
• Minor Programs in Comparative Studies
  • American Studies Minor
  • Folklore Minor
  • Religious Studies Minor
• Undergraduate Courses in Comparative Studies
• Comparative Studies Undergraduate Student Group
• Study Abroad
• Honors Program
• The Marilyn R. Waldman Award
• College of Humanities Undergraduate Scholarships
• After Graduation
• Core Faculty of the Department of Comparative Studies
• Associated Faculty of the Department of Comparative Studies
• Staff of the Department of Comparative Studies

The Department of Comparative Studies

The field of Comparative Studies is cross-cultural and interdisciplinary. It provides the opportunity for comparative analysis of different elements of culture: how people express their ideas and concerns in art and literature, how they negotiate among themselves and with others, how they interpret the world around them and their relationship to it. Investigations such as these raise a number of questions. How, for example, do different belief systems and different ways of describing the world structure our values and expectations?

What values are important in different cultures, and why are they important? How are we affected by the languages and images that surround us? How do people come to identify themselves with particular groups, and does that identity depend upon the presence of others who are “different”? How do different cultures develop different knowledge systems?

Why do certain discourses (different ways of speaking about the world) have more authority than others? How do different forms of knowledge and expression—religious, artistic, scientific—intersect and influence each other? The field of Comparative Studies raises these and other questions about cultural differences and about different ways of producing knowledge, while emphasizing interrelationships among the various elements of culture and their historical contexts.

The Department offers the Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Studies and the Graduate Minor in Comparative Cultural Studies; coordinates the new undergraduate major in World Literatures and undergraduate minors in American Studies, Folklore, and Religious Studies; and teaches a number of courses in all areas that satisfy GEC requirements. (Minors in Asian American Studies and Latino/a Studies are now administered by the Colleges of the Arts and Sciences. Undergraduate Comparative Studies majors may focus their studies in one of six areas: Comparative Cultural Studies, Comparative Ethnic and American Studies, Comparative Literature, Folklore, Religious Studies, or Science Studies. Undergraduates may also choose the new interdepartmental major in World Literatures. The Department also continues to offer courses and promote interdisciplinary work in such emergent fields as performance studies and sexuality studies. In both the undergraduate and graduate programs, students take some courses in Comparative Studies and some in other departments.

Majoring in Comparative Studies

As a Comparative Studies major, you will learn more about the variety of ways people have developed to understand and describe the world, their place within it, and their relationship to others. Understanding cultural similarities and differences is at the heart of the Comparative Studies program. Comparative Studies raises questions that help us understand how culture shapes the lives of individuals and groups. How, for example, does religion influence social change and stability in different cultures? How do different people express themselves and their concerns through literature and the arts? How do science and technology reflect cultural values and beliefs? 

While Comparative Studies is most broadly concerned with the study of culture and cultural differences, individual faculty and students develop particular areas of expertise. The six areas of concentration for majors are Comparative Cultural Studies, Comparative Ethnic and American Studies, Comparative Literature, Folklore, Religious Studies, and Science Studies. Unlike many Arts and Sciences majors, the Comparative Studies major is interdisciplinary, which means that you will be taking courses in several departments to satisfy the requirements. Once you’ve chosen an area of concentration, you and your adviser can begin to put together the set of courses that best reflects your particular interests and also satisfies the requirements of that area. Comparative Studies maintains lists of courses in other departments that count for major credit in each area. As a Comparative Studies major, you will take an active role in planning the program that best accommodates your academic goals.

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Areas of Concentration

The fields represented by the several areas of concentration differ:

Comparative Cultural Studies. The concentration in Comparative Cultural Studies draws on social and aesthetic theory to understand how social identities, actions, and desires are produced and practiced in everyday life. The approach is both interdisciplinary and cross-cultural; we pay particular attention to social politics—such issues as race, gender, sexuality, class, nation, and ethnicity—in their encounter with different forms of cultural production. Because cultural studies wants to know how culture is lived and experienced by a full range of participants, it does not limit itself to studying “high art” or official history. Rather, cultural studies pays special attention to those forms that permeate everyday experience: subcultures, popular media (television, film, the internet), and a range of performance practices—dance, music, sports, and fashion.

Through their studies, students learn the key words, critical tools, and basic methods used in the practice of cultural critique: we interpret “dominant” popular media, and learn to engage alternative forms aimed at producing social change. Cultural studies does not assume that “consumers” of cultural forms—students, audiences, readers, believers, bystanders—are passive in their “consumption.” To the contrary, cultural studies invites students to see themselves also as potential producers and authors of cultural analysis and cultural theory, and as creators of alternative cultural forms. Requirements for Comparative Cultural Studies, p. 8.

Comparative Ethnic and American Studies. The concentration in Comparative Ethnic and American studies (CEAS) provides a course of study that engages interdisciplinary and comparative understanding of ethnicity and race in the Americas. Like other concentrations in Comparative Studies, CEAS places “comparison” at the heart of its mission: we analyze processes of racialization in relation to gender, sexuality, and class as they have shaped ethnic American experiences, cultural production, and relations to citizenship.

The program enables focused study of specific ethnic cultures, arts, and communities, but understands these within changing national, transnational, and global contexts. “American” is understood broadly, embracing hemispheric and transnational perspectives: we consider indigenous cultures, transnational migrations, and dislocations of peoples; we consider the historic position of the United States within the Americas and in the world at large. Interdisciplinary by definition, the program builds on work in related disciplines that illuminate questions of social difference, power, and knowledge. Students in Comparative Ethnic and American studies thus build critical knowledge vital for engaging contemporary society. Requirements for Comparative Ethnic and American Studies, p. 15.

Comparative Literature. Comparative Literature focuses on the study of literature from different cultures, nations, and genres, and explores relationships between literature and other forms of cultural expression. Comparative Literature poses such questions as What is the place of literature in society? How does literature as a form change over time, and in relation to other forms of making art? How does literature shape and respond to values, social movements, or political contexts?

If you have interests in literature, and have or can achieve command of one language in addition to English, comparative literature may be a rewarding course of study. Focused study of two literary traditions and advanced skills in a second language are required for the concentration. As a student of comparative literature, you will have the opportunity to study texts from a range of cultural contexts, historical periods, or literary movements. You will also engage more complex questions of comparison, translation, and transmission across cultural, linguistic, and national boundaries, and study literature in relation to other disciplines (e.g., religious studies, philosophy, ethnic studies) and to other forms of art and cultural production (e.g., film, digital culture, performance). Further, comparative literature includes study of historical and contemporary literary theory and criticism. Like all other concentrations in Comparative Studies, this concentration allows students, with the help of their adviser, to design a course of study that suits their particular interests. Requirements for Comparative Literature, p. 20.

Folklore. The study of folklore focuses on a broad spectrum of social expression, examining the forms and ways of living through which communities shape their reality; those forms include language, work, food, play, dance, song, gestures, beliefs, and so forth. Folklore tends to focus on those cultural forms that permeate the everyday, which are passed from generation to generation, usually orally, with no one author or creator. Folklorists might study such activities as riddles, bell ringing, ethnic joking, or urban legends, apparently trivial practices which, when examined in context, reveal themselves as significant performances: constructions of identity, presentations of self, strategies of control or resistance, manipulations of resources, exercises of virtuosity, spaces of reflection upon the nature of things. Ohio State boasts one of the largest concentrations of folklorists in the country, who work in various departments throughout the University as well as in Comparative Studies.

The folklore concentration provides an introduction to the study of folklore methods and folk materials, as well as a further focus within a particular area to provide depth. That area of focus might be the folklore of a particular geographical region or community, or the study of a particular genre, such as oral narrative or performance. Students will learn how different cultural groups interact among themselves and with others, while focusing their study on particular subjects (verbal arts, material culture, etc.) or particular geographical regions or cultural groups. Requirements for Folklore, p. 26.

Religious Studies. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, religion continues to be a major force shaping cultural, political, and ethical debates around the world. Religion is a critical part of the way we understand the relationship between the individual and society, the role of spiritual authority in the political sphere, and the connections between religious commitment and national identity in the current moment.

The Religious Studies concentration offers a uniquely comparative, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary way to study the beliefs, practices, histories, and texts of the world’s religious communities. Unlike most conventional departments of Religion at other major universities, Religious Studies at OSU is situated in an explicitly cross-disciplinary program. Rather than studying religion in isolation, we examine religion through the insights and methods of literary studies, ethnography, historiography, social analysis, and cultural comparison. We also view religion as inextricably intertwined with race, class, gender, and ethnicity, among other categories of affiliation and identification.

In our approach to the study of religion, we strive to maintain a careful balance between sympathetic respect and critical analysis. At the same time, our classes invite students to reflect on the category of religion itself, exploring the inter-relations between knowledge and power in our own academic discourse about the category of "religion." In our teaching, research projects, and public programming, we promote engaged intellectual inquiry into the rich diversity of religious institutions, rituals, ideas, and communities both past and present.

We have the faculty resources to train students in all the major religions of the world, including ancient Greek and Roman traditions, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Taoism, Confucianism as well as a variety of Indigenous traditions and New Religious Movements. We also provide critical courses in the major theoretical approaches for interpreting the plurality of religious claims in our own increasingly inter-connected but often violent historical moment. Students who have completed the Comparative Studies degree with a concentration in religious studies have gone on to some of the most prestigious graduate programs in the country, as well as to a wide range of non-academic employment. Requirements for Religious Studies, p. 29.

Science Studies This emerging field focuses on the comparative study of the many relationships between science, technology, and culture. The concentration offers courses covering a wide range of concerns and perspectives. These include an introduction to the history and philosophy of science, the role of technology in contemporary society, cultural dimensions of medicine, relations between gender and science, historical and contemporary studies of visuality, and the intertwining of science and technology with western and other cultures in local and global contexts.

In Science Studies students consider not only the ways in which science and technology shape culture, but how culture shapes the direction and growth of science and technology and how science is interwoven with other aspects of culture. The contributions of science to our understanding and misunderstanding of difference—racial, ethnic, gender, sexual—is also of central concern, along with social and political problems related to economic globalization, environmental deterioration, and global networks of communication, transportation, and migration. Requirements for Science Studies, p. 35.

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General Requirements for All Comparative Studies Majors

The major in Comparative Studies is an interdisciplinary degree program in which students take some of their courses in Comparative Studies and some in other departments. Each student chooses one area of concentration within Comparative Studies that provides a focus for his or her program. All Comparative Studies majors, whichever concentration they choose, fulfill “foundation,” “interdisciplinary/thematic/comparative,” and “distribution” requirements.

Foundation courses provide an introduction to the area of concentration and raise the issues and questions that are most important in each area. The interdisciplinary/thematic/comparative requirement provides different disciplinary perspectives on each subject, as well as an awareness of the relationships among those perspectives. This requirement also emphasizes the interconnections among literature, religion, folklore, and science and technology within the larger contexts of culture and cultural differences. The distribution requirement is fulfilled through upper level courses in Comparative Studies and selected courses in other departments. These courses provide depth and focus within the area of concentration (e.g., particular religious or literary traditions, folklore genres, areas of scientific research or technological development).

The following apply to all Comparative Studies majors:

• Comparative Studies 398, Approaches to Comparative Studies, and Comparative Studies 598, Senior Seminar, are required for all students.
• At least one 600-level course or an approved substitute is required, in addition to fulfillment of all other requirements for the selected area of concentration.
• No credits at the 100-level may count toward the major.
• No more than the number of hours at the 200-level specified for each area of concentration may count toward the major.
• No more than a total of 10 hours of independent study or other non-coursework credit (CS 293, 489, 693, 699) may count toward the major. Honors thesis credits (CSH783) are taken in addition to all other major requirements.
• Students must fulfill all Foundation, Interdisciplinary/Thematic/Comparative and Distribution requirements for one specific area of concentration.
• One additional new course, Comparative Studies 598, Senior Seminar, will be required for students graduating in Autumn 2007 or later. This course will add five credits to the 55 currently required for graduation (total 60 hours required Autumn 2007 and later).

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Requirements for Each Area of Concentration

The area of concentration you choose provides a focus for the major program. (If you haven’t already done so, be sure to read the general descriptions of each area beginning on page 4.) While the areas within Comparative Studies are interrelated, each emphasizes a different set of texts, traditions, practices, and ideas that you will study in depth. This section provides details of the particular requirements you will need to complete in one of the six areas of concentration for the B.A. in Comparative Studies. Worksheets and a list of elective courses in other departments that satisfy the distribution requirements for each concentration are included here. A list of courses being offered each quarter in other departments is available in the Comparative Studies office and on the Comparative Studies Web site (http://comparativestudies.osu.edu/courses/default.cfm) before the quarter starts. This schedule is made available each quarter as registration windows open.

All Comparative Studies courses are listed in this handbook (p. 46) and may also be found at (http://comparativestudies.osu.edu/courses/courses_under_all1.cfm). Courses in other departments (also listed in this handbook) that can fulfill major requirements are listed on the Web site under “requirements” for each area of concentration. (http://comparativestudies.osu.edu/undergraduates; click on an area of concentration).

Sections explaining requirements and including a worksheet and list of elective courses for each area of concentration are found on the following pages of this handbook:

Comparative Cultural Studies, p. 8 (http://comparativestudies.osu.edu/courses/concentrations/ccs/requirements.cfm)
Comparative Ethnic & American Studies p. 15 (http://comparativestudies.osu.edu/courses/concentrations/ceas/requirements.cfm)
Comparative Literature, p. 20 (http://comparativestudies.osu.edu/courses/concentrations/cl/requirements.cfm)
Folklore, p. 26 (http://comparativestudies.osu.edu/courses/concentrations/fs/requirements.cfm)
Religious Studies, p. 30 (http://comparativestudies.osu.edu/courses/concentrations/rs/requirements.cfm)
Science Studies, p. 35 (http://comparativestudies.osu.edu/courses/concentrations/ss/requirements.cfm)

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Interdepartmental Courses in Comparative Ethnic and American Studies
(Courses not listed below may, given appropriate content, be substituted at the discretion of the Comparative Studies adviser.)

Comparative Studies
205 Literature and Ethnicity
234 American Icons
241 Introduction to Asian American Studies
242 Introduction to Latino/a Studies
243 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Race and Ethnicity in the Americas
314 Women in East Asian and Asian-American Literature
322 Native American Religions
336 Cultural Studies of American Musics
339 Transnationalism and Culture in the Americas
345 South Asian American Religion and Culture
367.01 American Identity in the World
367.04 Latino/a Identities
470 Folklore of the Americas
526 New Age and New Religious Movements
531 The City and Culture
535 Gender, Sexuality, and Science
542 Native American Identity
543 Asian American Literature and Culture
544 Latino/a Literature and Culture
645 Studies in Korean American Literature
665 Studies in Japanese American Literature
678 Studies in Chinese American Literature
651 Topics in Comparative Studies

Anthropology
421.08 Indians of North America

African and African American Studies
218 Black Urban Experience
243 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Race and Ethnicity in the Americas
244 Survey of African & African-Derived Music in Western World
251 Intro to African Literature
254 Themes in African American Literature
288 Bebop to Doowop to Hiphop: The Rhythm and Blues Tradition
303 Language, Race, and Ethnicity in the U.S.
310 Perspectives on the African Diaspora
323.01 History of African Americans in the Age of Slavery
323.02 History of African Americans from Emancipation to the
326 Black Americans and Legal System
345 African American Thinkers
351 Caribbean Literature in English
361 Psychology of the Black Experience
367.03 African Amer Voices in US Lit
367.04 African Amer Women’s Literature
375 Early African American Art
378 History of Jazz I
379 History of Jazz II
451 Black Experience in African, Caribbean, and African American Literature
504 Black Politics
549 Historical Evolution of the Black Community
552 Contemporary African American Culture
555.01 Topics in African Amer History I
555.02 Topics in African Amer History II
565 Slavery in the Atlantic World
571 Images of Black People in Mass Media Production
595 Theorizing Race

Art Education
367.01 Ethnic Art: A Means of Intercultural Communication

Chinese
678 Studies in Chinese American Literature
East Asian Languages and Literatures
346 Asian American Film

English
281 Introduction to African American Lit
367.03 African American Voices in US Lit
367.05 The U.S. Folk Experience
550 Colonial and U.S. Lit to 1830
551 U.S. Lit: 1830-1865
552 U.S. Lit: 1865-1914
553 20th Century U.S. Fiction
577 Studies in Folklore
577.01 Folk Groups and Folk Communities
577.02 Folklore Genres
577.03 Issues & Methods in Study of Folklore
581 Spec Topics in US Ethnic Literatures
582 Speci Topics in African American Literature
583 Spec Topics in World Literature in English
586 American Indian Literature & Culture
587 Asian American Literature and Culture
588 Latino/a Literature and Culture
681.01 Studies in Korean Amer Literature
681.02 Studies in Japanese Amer Literature
681.03 Studies in Chinese Amer Literature

History
323.01 History of African Americans in the Age of Slavery
323.02 History of African Americans from Emancipation to the Present
325 Intro to Women’s History: American Experience
332 Jews in American Film
346 Intro to Asian American History
368 Intro to Native American History
525 Topics in Women's History (e.g., Black Women in Slavery and Freedom, Asian American Women's History, Women in Latin America)
527 History of the Family
530.04 The American Jewish Experience
533.01 Colonial Latin American History
533.02 South Amer since Independence
533.06 Women in Latin America
555.01 Topics in African American History (e.g., Free Black Communities in Antebellum America)
555.02 Topics in African Amer History II
559 History of Slavery in North America from Colonial Times to 1860
567 American Environmental History
568.01 Native American History from European Contact to Removal 1560-1820
568.02 Native American History from Removal to the Present
569 American Labor History
570.01 The U.S. Constitution and American Society to 1877
570.02 The U.S. Constitution and American Society since 1877
577.01 Chicano History, from the Spanish Colonial Period to 1900
577.02 Chicano History, from 1900 to the Present Era
588 Slavery in Comparative Context

Japanese
665 Studies in Japanese American Literature

Korean
645 Studies in Korean American Literature

Linguistics
303 Language, Race, Ethnicity in the U.S.
372 Language & Social Identity in the U.S.

Music
244 Survey of African American Musical Traditions
252 History of Rock and Roll
253 Intro to Jazz
672 Introduction to Ethnomusicology
748 Contemporary Art Music Traditions of Africa and the Diaspora

Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
341 Islam in the United States
642 Representing the Middle East in Film

Political Science
504 Black Politics
508 Asian American Politics

Psychology
375 Stereotyping and Prejudice
545 Cross-Cultural Psychology

Social Work
300 Minority Perspectives: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
301 Needs and Social Conditions of Latino/as, Social Policies, and Human Services

Sociology
345 Contemporary American Society
380 American Racial and Ethnic Relations
382 Sociology of Asian American Life
391 The Community
435 Sociology of Women
463 Social Stratification
464 Work, Employment, and Society
605 Sociology of Sexuality
606 Social Movements and Collective Behavior
608 Gender, Race, and Class in Mass Communications
635 Men in Society
666 Political Sociology

Spanish and Portuguese
330 Reinventing American
331 Caribbean Cultures
380 Introduction to Latin American Film
555 Indigenous and Colonial Literatures of Colonial America
557 Survey of Latino/Latina Lit in the US
560 Introduction to Spanish AmerCultures
H565 Latin American Indigenous Literatures and Cultures
580 Latin American Film
650 Senior Seminar in Spanish or Spanish American Literature (e.g., Minority Voices from Spanish-Speaking America)
660 Senior Seminar in Hispanic Culture
689 Spanish in Ohio

Women's Studies
215 Reading Women Writers
305 Gender, Culture and Power in International Perspective
340 Latina Experience in the U.S.
367.02 Latina Writers: Texts and Contexts
367.04 African American Women Writers: Texts and Contexts
375 Women and Visual Culture
505 Feminist Analysis in Global Perspective
510 American Women’s Movements
520 Women of Color and Social Activism
524 Women and Work
540 Studies in Women of Color Writing Culture
620 Special Topics in Women’s Studies
623 African Women
624 Women and Social Change in Latin America

Yiddish
367 Jewish-American Voices in US Literature

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3. Comparative Literature

In addition to sharpening your ability to analyze literature, you will learn about at least two different literary traditions, study literature written in a foreign language, and develop your understanding of relationships among literature, other kinds of writing, and other forms of art.

The major requires 60 credits. At least one 600-level course is required for the concentration in Comparative Literature.

1. Foundation courses (5 credit hours):
   One of the following courses is required:
   Comp St 273 Introduction to World Literature
   Comp Studies 373 Problems in Literary and Cultural Translation
2. Interdisciplinary requirement (25 credits):
   
   The following courses are required (15 credits):
   Comp St 398 Approaches to Comparative Studies
   Comp St 598 (for students graduating Autumn 2007)
   Comp St 651 Topics in Comparative Studies (or an approved alternative)
   
   Two of the following (at least one upper level) are required (10):
   Comp St 201 Literature and Society
   Comp St 202.01 Literature and Religion
   Comp St 203 Literature and the Self
   Comp St 204 Literature, Science, and Technology
   Comp St 205 Literature and Ethnicity
   Comp St H240 The Nature of Modernity
   Comp St 273 Introduction to World Literature
   Comp St 301 Love in World Literature
   Comp St 306 The Quest in World Literature
   Comp St 308 Representations of the Experience of War
   Comp St 314 Women in East Asian and Asian-American Literature
   Comp St 358 Film and Literature as Narrative Art
   Comp St 373 Problems in Literary and Cultural Translation
   Comp St 508 Utopia and Anti-Utopia
   Comp St 510 The Twentieth-Century Novel: Transnational Contexts
   Comp St 541 Myth and Ritual
   Comp St 543 Studies in Asian American Literature and Culture
   Comp St 544 Studies in Latino/a Literature and Culture
   Comp Studies 573 World Literature: Theory and Practice
   Comp St 645 Studies in Korean American Literature
   Comp St 651 Topics in Comparative Studies (subject to adviser's approval)
   Comp St 660 Modernism: Its Origins and Development in 20th-Century Culture and Politics
   Comp St 665 Studies in Japanese American Literature
   Comp St 672 Poetry and Politics in the 20th-century Mediterranean
   Comp St 677.01 Genres of Folk Literature
   Comp St 678 Studies in Chinese American Literature
   English 575 Studies in Literary Forms and Themes
   English 576 Studies in Critical Theory
3. Distribution requirement (30 credit hours):
   
   Students must take coursework in two different literary traditions, only one of which may be in the English language. At least 10 credit hours in a non-English literary tradition at the 400-level or above must be taken in the original (foreign) language. (Prerequisites beyond 104 may in some cases be required; these will not be counted toward the major.) The remaining 20 credit hours may be in English, in the original or in translation. These must be focused in a particular area and must include at least 5 credits in related non-European and non-North American literatures (e.g., African, Caribbean, East Asian).
   
   Coursework is to be chosen from the departments of English, African American and African Studies, East Asian, Greek and Latin, French and Italian, German, NELC, Spanish and Portuguese, and Slavic and East European. The list of courses that satisfy this requirement is found on pages 23-25 of this handbook.. No more than five credits at the 200-level may count toward the Distribution Requirement.

Comparative Literature worksheet, p. 22
Comparative Literature courses, p. 23

Worksheet for Comparative Literature Concentration

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1. Foundation Courses (Total 5 credit hours)

Course	Title	Quarter Taken	Credit
Comp St 273 Or Comp St 373	Introduction to World Literature Problems in Literary and Cultural Translation

2. Interdisciplinary Requirement (Total 25 credits)

Course	Title	Quarter Taken	Credit
CS 651	Topics course (or approved alternative)
CS 398	Approaches to Comparative Studies
CS 598	Senior Seminar

3. Distribution Requirement (Total 30 credits) Courses in and area of focus, e.g., cultural theory; global studies; performance studies; politics of culture; visual culture and media.

Course	Title	Quarter Taken	Credit

Total credits required: 60

Interdepartmental Courses in Comparative Literature
(Courses not listed below may, given appropriate content, be substituted at the discretion of the Comparative Studies adviser.)
Comparative Studies
214 Intro to Sexuality Studies
H240 Nature of Modernity: Key Ideas and Enduring Problems
241 Intro to Asian American Studies
242 Intro to Latino/a Studies
243 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Race and Ethnicity in the Americas
264 Reading Popular Culture
270 Intro to Comparative Religion
272 Science and Society
273 Intro to World Literature
274 Intro to Comparative Cultural Studies
275 Intro to Visual Representation
301 Love in World Literature
306 The Quest in World Literature
308 Representations of Experience of War
314 Women in East Asian and Asian American Literature
358 Film and Literature as Narrative Art
373 Problems in Literary and Cultural Translation
508 Utopia and Anti-Utopia
510 Twentieth-century Novel: Transnational Contexts
541 Myth and Ritual
542 Native American Identity
543 Asian American Literature and Culture
544 Latino/a Literature and Culture
545 Intersections: Approaches to Race, Gender, Class, and Sexuality
550 Wexner Center Seminar
573 World Literature: Theory & Practice
645 Studies in Korean American Literature
648 Studies in Orality and Literacy
651 Topics in Comparative Studies
660 Modernism: Its Origins & Dev in 20th-century Politics & Culture
665 Studies in Japanese American Literature
672 Poetry and Politics in the 20th-century Mediterranean
677.01 World Folklore: Genres of Folk Literature
678 Studies in Chinese American Literature
African American and African Studies
251 Introduction to African Literature
254 Themes in African American Literature
271 Contemporary Black Drama
351 Caribbean Literature in English
451 Black Experience: Caribbean, African, & Afr-Amer Lit
460 Political Thought in African Literature
545 Intersections: Approaches to Race, Gender, Class, and Sexuality
551 Sel Topics in African American and Related Literatures
581 Philosophy in Contemporary African Literature
H584 Literature and the Modern Expericence in Africa
595 Theorizing Race
756 Theorizing Race and Ethnicity

Arabic
371 Classical and Medieval Arabic Literature in Translation
372 Modern Arabic Literature in Translation
*401 Intermediate Literary Arabic Reading
615 Translation: Theory and Practice
*626 Intro to the Qur'an
*627 Classical Arabic Poetry
*628 Classical Arabic Prose
*651 Contemporary Arabic Prose Fiction
*652 Contemporary Arabic Poetry and Drama
671 The Qur'an in Translation
672 Arabic Folk Narrative in Translation

Chinese
251 Chinese Literature in Translation
501 Chinese Poetry in Translation
502 Chinese Fiction in Translation
503 Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
504 Chinese Drama in Translation
505 China in Chinese Film
*310, 311 Intensive Second-Third Year Chinese I and II
*510, 511 Intensive Third Year Chinese I and II
*601, 602, 603 Classical Chinese I, II, and III
*610, 611, 612 Fourth Year Chinese I, II, and III
651 History of Chinese Literature I
652 History of Chinese Literature II
678 Studies in Chinese American Literature

Classics
222 Classical Mythology
H223 Topics in Ancient Literature and Society
301 Greek and Roman Epic
302 Greek and Roman Drama
303 Comic Spirit in Antiquity
310 Topics in Ancient Literature and Culture
322 The Hero in Classical Mythology
505 Political Thought and Institutions in the Greco-Roman World

East Asian
346 Asian American Film
675 Women Writers, Culture, and Society in East Asia

English
201 Selected Works of British Lit: Med. through 1800
202 Selected Works of Brit Lit: 1800 to the Present
220 Introduction to Shakespeare
264 Reading Popular Culture
275 Thematic Approaches to Literature
277 Intro to Disability Studies
280 The English Bible
281 Intro to African American Literature
290 Colonial and U.S. Literature to 1865
291 U.S. Literature: 1865 to Present
H296 Honors Seminar: Literature and Intellectual Movements
513 Intro to Medieval Literature
514 Middle English Literature
515 Chaucer
520.01 Shakespeare
520.02 Special Topics in Shakespeare
521 16th-Century Literature
522 Early 17th-Century Literature
531 Restoration and Early 18th-Century Literature
533 Literature of the 18th Century: 1740-1800
535 The Early British Novel: Origins to the 1830s
540 Poetry and Poetics of the British Romantic Period
541 Victorian Poetry and Poetics
542 The Victorian Novel
543 20th-Century British Fiction
547 20th-Century Poetry
549 Modern Drama
550 Colonial and U.S. Literature to 1830
551 U.S. Literature 1830-1865
552 U.S. Literature, 1865-1914
553 20th-Century U.S. Fiction
559 Intro to Narrative and Narrative Theory
560 Special Topics in Poetry
561 Special Topics in Fictional and Nonfictional Narrative
562 Special Topics in Drama
563 Contemporary Literature
564.01 Major Author Med Renaissance Brit Lit
564.02 Major Author 18th & 19th Century Brit Lit
564.03 Major Author American Lit to 1900
564.04 Major Author 20th Century Lit
575 Special Topics Literary Forms &Themes
576 Studies Topics in Critical Theory
576.01 History of Critical Theory: Plato to Aestheticism
576.02 History of Critical Theory: 1900 to Present
576.03 Issues & Movements in Critical Theory
578 Studies in Film
578.01 Special Topics in Film and Literature
578.02 Special Topics in Cinema
579 Special Topics in Non-Fiction
580 Special Topics in Gay and Lesbian Language and Literature
581 Special Topics in U.S. Ethnic Literatures
582 Studies in African American Literature
583 Special Topics in World Literature in English
585.01 Intro to the Study of Literacy
585.02 History of Literacy
586 American Indian Literature and Culture
587 Asian American Literature and Culture
588 Latino/a Literature and Culture
H590 Honors Seminar: Major Periods in Literary History
H590.01 Honors Seminar: The Middle Ages
H590.02 Honors Seminar: The Renaissance
H590.03 Honors Seminar: 18th-century
H590.04 Honors Seminar: Romanticism
H590.05 Honors Seminar: Later 19th Century
H590.06 Honors Seminar: Modern Period
H590.07 Honors Seminar: Literature in English after 1945
H590.08 Honors Seminar: U.S. and Colonial Literature
592 Special Topics in Women in Literature
593 Literature and Law
597 The Disability Experience in the Contemporary World
H598 Honors Seminar: Sel Topics in Lit & Lit Interpretation
681.01 Studies Korean American Literature
681.02 Studies Japanese American Literature
681.03 Studies Chinese American Literature

French
250 Topics in French Literature and Culture in Translation
*425 French Literature and Society
*426 French Literature and the Self
*427 Francophone Literature: from Empire to Nation
*440 Intro to the Study of Contemporary French Culture
470 Intro to French Cinema
*602 French Translating
*631 French Literature of the Renaissance
*643 From Absolute Monarchy to WWII
*644 French Civilization since WWII
*650 Survey of Medieval French Literature
*652 French Literature of the 17th Century
*653 French Literature of the Enlightment
*655 French Literature from Naturalism to World War I
*656 French Literature between the Two World Wars
*657.01 Francophone Lit: Black Africa & the Caribbean
*657.02 Francophone Lit: North Africa
*657.03 Francophone Lit: Quebec
*663 Women in French Literature
670 Studies in French Cinema
672 French Cinema 1945 to Present
*700-level courses in original language

German
*230 Intro to German Prose
*231 Intro to German Poetry
*232 Intro to German Drama
250 German Literature and Popular Culture
261 German Classics in Translation
262 Modern German Literature in Translation
H263 The Faust Theme
275 Develop Contemp Germany: Dresden Yesterday & Today
291 Early German Literature in Cultural Context
292 Modern German Literature in Cultural Context
299 Weimar & the Third Reich in German Literature and Film
303 The Practice of Translation
399 The Holocaust inn Literature and Film
*420 Studies in German Literature I (750-1700)
*421 Studies in German Literature II (1700-1870)
*422 Studies in German Literature III (1870-Present)
*463 German Culture of the 19th and 20th Centuries
*540 Literature and Life in German-Speaking Countries
*550 Current Events in German-Speaking Countries
*640 Topics in German Literature and Culture
671 German Cinema to 1945
672 German Cinema from 1945 to the Present
*700-level courses in original language

Greek
*223 Homer
*605 Greek Tragedy
*607 Greek Epic
*609 Readings in Plato
*610 Greek Comedy
*611 Greek Hymn, Lyric and Elegy

Hebrew
370 Biblical and Post-Biblical Hebrew Literature in Translation
371 Medieval Hebrew Literature in Translation
372 Modern Hebrew Lit in Translation
373 Prophecy in the Bible and Post-Biblical Literature
374 Women in Biblical and Post-Biblical Hebrew Literature
378 Biblical and Post-Biblical Wisdom Literature
*421 Modern Hebrew Short Story
*422 Modern Hebrew Poetry
*425 Readings in the Mishnah
*620 Intro to Hebrew Literary & Cultural Texts
*621 The Bible as Literature: Selected Readings
*623 Readings in Rabbinic Literature
671 The Problem of Evil in Biblical & Post Biblical Literature
*700-level courses in original language

History
332 Jews in American Film
513.01 European Intellectual & Cultural History: 19th Century
513.02 European Intellectual & Cultural History: 20th Century

History of Art
260 Introduction to World Cinema
350 World Cinema Today
546 Introduction to Film Theory
647 Silent Cinema: 1895-1927
648 Classical Sound Cinema: 1927-1948
649 Recent Cinema: 1948-Present
650 Avant Garde Cinema
653 History of Documentary Cinema

Italian
221 Masterpieceds of the Italian Cinema
251 Dante in Translation
*420 Thematic Approaches to Modern Italian Lit & Culture
602 Italian Translating
*621 Dante
*622 Petrarch and Boccaccio
*625 Italian Literature of the Renaissance
*626 Italian Lit of the 17th and 18th Centuries
*627 Modern Italian Fiction
*628 Modern Italian Poetry
*700-level courses in original language

Japanese
251 Japanese Lit in Translation
252 Modern Japanese Lit in Translation
501 Japanese Lit in Critical Perspective
*654 Japanese Lit: Classical Period
*655 Japanese Lit: Medieval and Edo Periods
*656 Japanese Lit: Modern Period
665 Studies in Japanese American Literature
*300-, 500-, and 600-level language courses and 700-level courses in original language

Korean
251 Korean Literature in Translation
505 Korean Drama in Translation
645 Studies in Korean American Literature
653 Advanced Readings in Korean
654 Korean Literary Traditions
*300-, 500-, and 600-level language courses and 700-level courses in original language

Latin
*206 Roman Comedy
*210 Cicero
*211 Vergil
*213 Ovid
*214 Latin Lyric
600-level courses in Latin

Modern Greek
371 Modern Greek Lit in Translation
*628 Byzantine Greek Prose
*651 Contemporary Greek Prose
*652 Contemporary Greek Poetry

Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
244 Films of the Middle East
271 Sacred Texts of the Near East
272 Masterpieces of Near Eastern Lit in Translation
360 Sheherazade and Company: Sex, Gender and Power in Middle Eastern Storytelling
371 Songs of Kings and Lovers: Literature of the Ancient Near East
372 Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World
374 The Novel in the Middle East
642 Representing the Middle East in Film
648 Studies in Orality and Literacy
671 Canon and Communities in the Near East
672 Poetry and Politics in the 20th-century Mediterranean

Persian
370 Mythology and Folklore
371 Persian Literature in Translation
*651 Persian Prose
*652 Persian Poetry
*700-level courses in original language

Philosophy
240 Philosophical Problems in the Arts
H242 Honors Philosophy of Film
672 Philosophy in Literature

Polish
300 Masterpieces of Polish Literature
630 Polish Literature to 1900
631 Polish Literature 1900-Present

Portuguese
510 Portuguese Translation
*551 Survey of Portuguese and Brazilian Literatures I
*552 Survey of Portuguese and Brazilian Literatures II
*560 Portuguese Culture and Civilization
*561 Brazilian Culture and Civilization
*650 Topics in Literature of the Portuguese-Speaking World

Russian
235 Modern Russian Culture: Magnificence, Mayhem, and Mafia
250 Masterpieces of 19th Century Russian Literature
251 Masterpieces of 20th and 21st Century Russian Literature
360 Russian Dreams and Nightmares: The Modern Russian Experience through Film
520 The Golden Age of Russian Literature
521 Russian Lit in the Age of Realism
522 Modernism and Revolution in Russian Literature
523 Rise and Fall of Soviet Literature
*560 Contemporary Russian in Cultural & Literary Context I
*561 Contemporary Russian in Cultural & Literary Context II
644 Russian Folklore
650 Dostoevsky
651 Tolstoy
653 Russian Drama
656 Russian Women Writers
660 Basic Approaches to the Study of Russian Literature
675 Writing Seminar on Topics of Russian Lit, Lang, & Life
*700-level courses in original language

Scandinavian
222 Nordic Mythology and Medieval Culture
500 Masterpieces of Scandinavian Literature
520 The Films of Ingmar Bergman

Slavic Languages and Literatures
245 Introduction to Slavic Literature and Culture
H583 Cinderella’s Fantasy: Gender and Women in Western and Eastern Europe

Spanish
320 Don Quixote in Translation
321 The Spanish Don Juan Theme in Theatre
380 Introduction to Latin American Film
*450 Introduction to the Study of Literature and Culture in Spanish
520 Latin American Literature in Translation: Fictions and Realities
*551 Spanish Golden Age Lit
*552 Modern Spanish Lit
*555 Indigenous and Colonial Literatures of Spanish America
*556 Modern Spanish American Literature
*557 Survey of Latino/a Literature in the U.S.
*H565 Latin American Indigenous Literatures and Cultures
*580 Latin American Film
*581 Spanish Film
*H590 Interdisciplinary Protocols: Identity and National Formation in Latin America: Perspectives from Literature, Culture and History
*650 Senior Seminar in Spanish or Spanish Amer Literature
*660 Senior Seminar in Hispanic Culture
*700-level courses in original language

Theatre
H230 Moving Image Art
271 Great Ages of the Theatre
531 Theatre Repertory I
532 Theatre Repertory II
533 Theatre Repertory III
671 Theatre Topics I
672 Theatre Topics II
673 History of the Theatre III
674 Contemporary Theatre History
774 Cinematic Representation
777 Studies in the Documentary
778 A History of the Moving Image
779 World Film Cultures

Turkish
372 Turkish Literature in Translation
*627 Classical Turkish Poetry
641 Travels in Turkey
*651 Modern Turkish Poetry and Prose
*700-level courses in original language

Women's Studies
300 Introduction to Feminist Analysis
317 Women and Film
372 Modern Arabic Literature in Translation
375 Women and Visual Culture
517 Women Film Directors
527 Studies in Gender and Cinema
540 Studies in Women of Color Writing Culture
545 Intersections: Approaches to Race, Gender, Class, and Sexuality
550 Intro to Western Feminist Theory
575 Issues in Contemporary Feminist Theory
620 Topics in Feminist Studies

Yiddish
371 Yiddish Literature in Translation
399 The Holocaust in Literature and Film
NT641 Places in Ashkenaz
*651 Modern Yiddish Prose
*700-level courses in original language

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4. Folklore

The Folklore concentration focuses on the interdisciplinary and comparative study of the arts, architecture, verbal patterns, rituals, and customs of ethnic, religious, gender, occupational, and other cultural groups. This area of concentration provides an introduction to the study of folklore methods and folk materials, as well as a further focus within a particular area. This could be, for example, the folklore and culture of a particular geographical region or a particular ethnic group, or the study of a particular subject such as verbal art forms or art and architecture.

The major requires 60 credits. Two 600-level courses are required, at least one of which is 677.01, 677.02, 677.03, or 677.04.

1. Foundation courses (5 credit hours):
   
   The following is required:
   English 270 Introduction to Folklore
   
   
2. Interdisciplinary/thematic/comparative requirement (30 credits):
   
   The following courses are required (10 credits):
   Comp St 398 Approaches to Comparative Studies
   Comp St 598 Senior Seminar (for students graduating Autumn 2007)
   
   Four of the following are required, at least one at the 600-level (20):
   Comp St 377 Contemporary Folklore in the Arab World
   Comp St 677.01 Genres of Folk Literature
   Comp St 677.02 Themes in World Folklore
   Comp St 677.03 Folk Custom, Art, and Material Culture
   Comp St 677.04 Comparative Folk Groups
3. Distribution requirement (25 credit hours):
   
   Students should choose to focus their folklore studies on a particular geographical region, historical period, or ethnic group (e.g. the ancient or modern Middle East, Appalachian or Mexican culture); a particular medium, theme, or genre (e.g., verbal arts and literature or art and material culture); or folklore and a particular domain of culture (e.g., folklore and religion). The list of courses that satisfy this requirement are found on pages 29-29 of this handbook. No more than 15 credits at the 200-level may count toward fulfillment of the Distribution Requirement.

Folklore worksheet, p. 27
Folklore courses, pp. 28

Worksheet for Folklore Studies Concentration

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1. Foundation Courses (5 credits)

Course	Title	Quarter Taken	Credit
English 270	Introduction to Folklore

2. Interdisciplinary Requirement (Total 20 credits; 25 credits beginning Autumn 2007)

Course	Title	Quarter Taken	Credit
CS 398	Approaches to Comparative Studies
CS 598	Senior Seminar
Four of the following, at least one 600-level: CS 377, CS 651, CS 677, English 577

3. Distribution Requirement (Total 25 credits) Courses in and area of focus, e.g., cultural theory; global studies; performance studies; politics of culture; visual culture and media.

Course	Title	Quarter Taken	Credit

Total credits required: 60

Interdepartmental Courses in Folklore
(Courses not listed below may, given appropriate content, be substituted at the discretion of the Comparative Studies adviser.)

Comparative Studies
214 Intro to Sexuality Studies
241 Intro to Asian American Studies
242 Intro to Latino/a Studies
243 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Race and Ethnicity in the Americas
264 Reading Popular Culture
270 Intro to Comparative Religion
272 Science and Society
273 Intro to World Literature
274 Intro to Comparative Cultural Studies
275 Intro to Visual Representation
301 Love in World Literature
306 The Quest in World Literature
314 Women in East Asian and Asian American Literature
315 Women and Religion
321 The Religions of India
322 Native American Religions
323 the Buddhist Tradition
324 African Religions
336 Cultural Studies of American Musics
339 Transnationalism & Culture in the Americas
345 South Asian American Religion & Culture
373 Problems in Literary & Cultural Translation
377 Contemporary Folklore in the Arab World
398 Approaches to Comparative Studies
470 Folklore of the Americas
525 Contemporary Religious Movements in Global Context
526 New Age and New Religious Movements
531 The City and Culture
541 Myth and Ritual
542 Native American Identity
543 Asian American Literature and Culture
544 Latino/a Literature and Culture
545 Intersections: Approaches to Race, Gender, Class, and Sexuality
573 World Literature: Theory and Practice
585.01 Intro to the Study of Literacy
585.02 History of Literacy
620 Approaches to the Study of Religion
641 Japanese Religious Traditions
645 Studies in Korean American Literature
648 Studies in Orality and Literacy
651 Topics in Comparative Studies
665 Studies in Japanese American Literature
672 Poetry and Politics in the 20th-century Mediterranean
677.01 Genres of Folk Literature
677.02 Themes in World Folklore
677.03 Folk Custom, Art, and Material Culture
677.04 Comparative Folk Groups
678 Studies in Chinese American Literature

Religious Studies—See Comparative Studies

African American and African Studies
243 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Race and Ethnicity in the Americas
244 Survey of African and African-derived Music in the Western World
251 Introduction to African Literature
254 Themes in African American Literature
282 Major Themes in African and African-American Cultures and Civilizations
288 Bebop to Doowop to Hiphop: The Rhythm and Blues Tradiotion
303 Language, Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.
310 Perspectives on the African Diaspora
342 Music, Religion, and Ritual in Africa
345 African American Thinkers
351 Caribbean Literature in English
375 Early African-American Art
378 History of Jazz I
379 History of Jazz II
451 Black Experience in Caribbean, African, and Afro-American Literatures
505 Language and the Black Experience
545 Intersections: Approaches to Race, Gender, Class, and Sexuality
551 Selected Topics in African American Literatures
565 Slavery in the Atlantic World
582 Studies in African American Literature
H584 Literature and Modern Experience in Africa
595 Theorizing Race
756 Theorizing Race and Ethnicity

Anthropology
202 Peoples & Cultures: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology,
241 Culture & Cultures of the Middle East
421 Regional Survey in Cultural Anthro
421.01 China
421.02 Southeast Asia
421.05 Anthropology of Africa
421.08 Indians of N. America
525 History of Anthropological Theory
610 Ethnobotany
620 Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology
620.02 Anthro of Women
620.03 Peasant Soci & Cult
620.05 Cultural Ecology
620.11 Anthro of Religion
620.15 Economic Anthropology
620.18 Theor Issues & Ethnography of the Middle East
626 Urban Anthropology

Arabic
241 Culture of the Contemporary Arabic World
377 Contemporary Folklore in the Arab World
672 Arabic Folk Narrative in Translation

Chinese
231 Traditional Chinese Culture
232 Modern Chinese Culture
600 Performance Traditions of China
674 Chinese Opera
678 Studies in Chinese American Literature

Classics
222 Classical Mythology
224 Classical Civilization: Greece
225 Classical Civilization: Rome
226 Byzantine Civilization: Constantinople and the Empire of New Rome
230 Medicine in the Ancient World
250 Sports and Spectacles in the Ancient World
301 Greek and Roman Epic
310 Topics in Ancient Literature and Culture
322 The Hero in Classical Mythology
323 Religion in the Graeco-Roman World
324 Magic in the Ancient World
325 Christians in the Greco-Roman World
326 Christian Heroes: Byzantine Saints’ Lives
508 Gender and Sexuality in Greece and Rome

East Asian
346 Asian American Film
H399 East Asian Thought in the Western Imagination
675 Women Writers, Culture, and Society in East Asia
677 Performance Traditions in Contemporary East Asia

English
264 Reading Popular Culture
277 Introduction to Disability Studies
280 The English Bible
281 Intro to African-American Literature
367.05 The U.S. Folk Experience
505 Language and the Black Experience
571 Studies in the English Language
573.01 Rhetorical Theory & Analysis of Discourse
573.02 Rhetorical Theory & Analysis of Social Action
577 Studies in Folklore
577.01 Folk Groups and Communities
577.02 Folklore Genres: Form, Meaning and Use
577.03 Issues and Methods in the Study of Folklore
580 Special Topics in Gay and Lesbian Language and Literature
581 Special Topics in U.S. Ethnic Literatures
582 Studies in African American Literature
583 Special Topics in World Literature in English
586 American Indian Literature & Culture
587 Asian American Literature and Culture
588 Latino/a Literature and Culture
592 Special Topics in Women in Literature
681.01 Studies in Korean-American Literature
681.02 Studies in Japanese-American Literature
681.03 Studies in Chinese-American Literature