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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

Minor in Comparative Literature (18)


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Coordination: Jeff Einboden, Department of English

The Departments of English and World Languages and Cultures cooperate in offering a minor in comparative literature. This minor is open to students throughout the university. The minor in comparative literature requires the successful completion of 18 semester hours including three required courses and 9 additional hours chosen from selected courses. The three required courses listed below contain perspectives that are essential to the study of comparative literature: a focus on themes, or on genres, or on a time period.

Check departmental information for additional requirements.

Requirements (18)


Six or more semester hours in the minor must be taken at NIU.

At least one of the following (3-6)


At least one of the following (3-6)


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