Literature Distribution Requirements
The upper-division courses for the literature major must between them fulfill the distribution requirements specified below. Some courses may be used to fulfill more than one distribution requirement, as specified below.
• Two upper-division courses on literature written before 1750.
• One upper-division course on non-Western literature or literature in a global perspective.
• One upper-division course on poetry and poetics (may not be a creative writing course).
• A senior seminar (a course in the LIT 190 series) or a senior thesis (LIT 195), which satisfies the campus comprehensive requirement (see below).
The course descriptions in the General Catalog specify the distribution requirements satisfied by each course.
Some courses satisfy more than one distribution requirement.
A list of annual course offerings indicating distribution codes for each course is available in the department office and on the Literature Department website.
Please note that, as of fall 2022, students are no longer required to take classes in each of the critical approaches to literature.
