Courses

Courses taught in the Department place varying emphases on language, literary history and interpretation, aesthetics and literary theory, and cultural and intellectual history. Students are, therefore able to pursue courses of study that are consistent with their individual interests. Students concentrating in the Department are expected and to do coursework in a range of historical periods in their subject(s) of concentration. University regulations limit to twelve the number of departmental courses allowed to each student in his or her concentration.