The following sample timelines are designed to suggest the range of subjects students might choose to investigate for the M.A. degree, and to show possible paths to the degree in terms of distribution of courses. They are just samples--students will work with their advisors to determine their own path through the program, choosing electives that support their goals and interests.
While the M.A. curriculum requires just 30 credit hours of coursework, M.A. students will typically earn approximately 36 credit hours or more, given the Graduate School's minimum enrollment requirements. Students appointed as Graduate Associates are required to enroll in a minimum of 8 credit hours per semester. Graduate students appointed as University Fellows are required to enroll in 12 credit hours in the Autumn and Spring semester of the fellowship, and 6 credit hours in the Summer term of the fellowship.
Sample Timeline for Student Funded Entirely as a GTA, Thesis Option
Fall, Year One
- COMPSTD 6100 Critical Foundations: Comparative Analysis [required]
- COMPSTD 7360 Theorizing Culture [elective]
- COMPSTD 8100 Interdisciplinary Learning Lab {required]
Spring, Year One
- COMPSTD 6200 Critical Foundations: Interdisciplinarity and Methods [required]
- COMPSTD 8200 Interdisciplinary Learning Lab [required]
- POLITSC 7140 Race and Ethnicity [elective]
Fall, Year Two
- COMPSTD 6500 Teaching Seminar in Interdisciplinary Studies [required]
- AFAMST 5650 Blackness and the Body in Science and Medicine [elective]
- COMPSTD 7193 Individual Studies [elective]
Spring, Year Two
- DANCE 7408 Bodies on the Line [elective]
- COMPSTD 8872 Seminar in Religious Studies [elective]
- COMPSTD 7999 Research in Comparative Studies (Thesis) [required]
Sample Timeline for Student Funded as a Fellow, Non-Thesis Option
Fall, Year One
- COMPSTD 6300 Critical Foundations: Cultural and Social Theory [required]
- COMPSTD 6500 Teaching Seminar in Interdisciplinary Studies [required]
- COMPSTD 8100 Interdisciplinary Learning Lab [required]
- SPANISH 5461 Latino Urbanism and the Reinvention of the American City [elective]
Spring, Year One
- COMPSTD 6400 Critical Foundations: The Humanities and Collaborative Practices [required]
- COMPSTD 8200 Interdisciplinary Learning Lab [required]
- COMPSTD 5189 Comparative Studies Field School [elective]
- COMPSTD 7340 Theorizing Science and Technology [elective]
Summer, Year One
- COMPSTD 8193 Independent Study [elective]
- COMPSTD 7999 Research in Comparative Studies (Thesis) [required]