The concentration in Literature is open to all NYUAD students and enables them to develop expertise in literary scholarship and critical thinking by building on the foundations laid by the two Pathways of World Literature courses required of all undergraduates. By learning to read critically and write with analytical precision, students in this concentration prepare themselves to participate intelligently in world culture while forging a lifelong, enriching relationship with literature.
Students who elect to pursue the Concentration in Literature are required to take three courses: Literary Interpretation or Critical Theories and Methods of Literary Studies, and a minimum of two electives chosen from among the courses designated as electives and topics seminars. Students may count one course in Creative Writing towards their elective requirement.
All courses that a student wishes to count towards the concentration in Literature, including those taken at another NYU global site, must be approved in advance by the student's mentor.
Requirements
Three courses, distributed as follows:
- 1 Literary Interpretation or Critical Theories and Methods
- 2 Electives