Sample MA Programs

VII. SAMPLE PROGRAMS FOR THE M.A. IN COMPARATIVE STUDIES

The following programs are chosen to illustrate the range of subjects students may choose to investigate for the M.A. degree.

1. Gender, Power, and Corporate Discourse. This project investigates forms of symbolic change and strategies of counter‐hegemonic discourse in the context of different strands of Buddhist discourse.

Comparative Studies:

6390 Approaches to Comparative Cultural Studies I

6391 Approaches to Comparative Cultural Studies II

5691 Topics: Religion and Media

7340 Theorizing Science and Technology

7630 Theorizing Culture

7888 Comparative Studies Methodologies

8872 Seminar in Religious Studies: Religion and Sexuality

7999: Thesis Research

English:

7864 Postcolonial/Transnational Literatures: Contemporary Indian English Novel

Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies:

8800 Topics in Feminist Studies: Theories of Judith Butler

2. Foucauldian Perspectives on Biopolitics and War. The second sample program included here illustrates through its very different content the range of possible subjects open to Comparative Studies students. This program analyzes disciplinary effects of discourses about smart bombs and anti‐war movements. It includes coursework in Comparative Studies, Geography, Political Science, and English. The coursework program is as follows:

Comparative Studies:

6390 Approaches to Comp Cultural Studies I

6391 Approaches to Comp Cultural Studies II

7360 Theorizing Culture

7256 Complex Ethnography

8892 Seminar in Performance and Politics

7999: Thesis Research

Geography:

8601 Theory of Political Geography

8602 Seminar: Problems in Political Geography

Political Science:

6194 Contemporary Comparative Political Problems

English:

6790 Contemporary Critical Theory