History and Literature

专业详情

History and Literature asks students to focus their studies in fields organized by time/place (America, Latin America, postcolonial studies, modern Europe, early modern Europe, and the medieval world). Within that field, which is chosen at the end of sophomore year, you may count courses from many departments‹literature and history, but also art history, music, film, philosophy, etc.‹and students are encouraged to work across the methodologies of different disciplines. Courses you take outside your field of study ordinarily do not count, although students can design their own subfields to count courses that study different places, periods, and themes. Students can also count one History & Literature 90 seminar on any topic or one general humanities course. The concentration offers seminars capped at 15 students, small group tutorials in the sophomore and junior years, and the senior thesis is required.