Students graduating with a major in Comparative Literature at BU should be able to:

• Demonstrate a general orientation in world literature and a broad familiarity with the literary traditions of at least two of the following regions: Europe, East Asia, the Middle East, and South Asia.
• Read, discuss, and analyze literary and cinematic texts in at least two languages (non-English language/s should be mastered at a minimum level of ACTFL intermediate-low).
• Compose lucid, well-researched, and well-argued critical essays about literary texts.
• Analyze texts in comparative perspective; understand how specific literary works respond to their literary, cultural, historical, and political contexts; and trace the transformations and travels of literary genres and texts across historical periods, borders, and languages.
• Apply a variety of critical approaches and interpretive methods to the study of particular literary and/or cinematic texts, including translations.