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Harvard University: Arts & Sciences: Comparative Literature

Category Art and Social Sciences, English Literature, Harvard University, Postgraduate, USA
Tags Arts, Comparative, Harvard University, Literature, Sciences

The Master of Arts (AM) Degree

Students already in the program may receive the AM degree, but application for admission must be made to the PhD program. The only exception to this policy is for undergraduates in Harvard College with advanced standing who may apply to work toward a combined AB/AM degree.

To obtain this degree the candidate must complete eight half-courses. One of these half-courses must be the Pro-Seminar, another one must be in Literature and Comparative Literature, and the remaining six must include three in the first literature and two in the second literature. No more than one of the eight half-courses may be a reading course. Candidates are required to have at least as many 200-level as 100-level courses, and only in rare exceptions will courses below the 100-level be allowed to count toward the degree. The candidate must demonstrate proficiency in three languages, one of which may be English. One of the languages must be pre-modern or cross-cultural, as described in the requirements for the PhD.