Students may major in literature or creative writing. Their professors will encourage them to create and study literature across centuries, nations and languages. Consulting with advisors, literature majors will develop an individualized, and potentially interdisciplinary, course of study. Creative writing majors will take a course load that balances literary study with poetry and prose workshops. At each stage, in both majors, the curriculum emphasizes small classes, the exchange and testing of ideas and the development of superior reading and writing skills.