THE AB LITERATURE PROGRAM
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The study of Literature, one of the pillars of the Humanities, sharpens critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills. It enhances the ability to think out of the box and analyze data from multiple perspectives to arrive at innovative solutions.
The Literature program provides students adequate training in literary and cultural scholarship, creative writing, and writing across the professions. The literary and cultural studies (LC) track trains the students in critical inquiry on various cultural texts and practices as they reflect contemporary local and global conditions. The creative writing (CW) track develops the skills of students who are committed to honing their craft through training in various genres and rigorous workshops.
The literature program therefore optimizes the students鈥� critical thinking and creative writing skills as a way to deepen their engagement with current issues and questions about aesthetics, heritage, identity, and globalization that beset contemporary industries. Literature provides a solid foundation for cognitive and empathic competence across a wide range of fields, from communication to marketing, the law to international relations, or management to governance, and beyond.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Graduates of this program should be able to:
- Analyze and interpret a variety of texts across disciplines to offer insights and perspectives on the human condition.
- Produce critical and creative projects that communicate insights and perspectives on real world problems.
- Generate platforms for engagement and dissemination of knowledge in aid of creative and practical solutions.
Major in Literary and Cultural Studies (LCS)
- Examine various literary and cultural texts across historical periods and geographic and linguistic boundaries to embrace and affirm diversity.
- Produce critical texts that contribute to literary and cultural knowledge towards the formation of national identity in transnational context.
PROGRAM UNITS
| Core Courses | 24.0 |
| Concentration Courses | 24.0 |
| Culminating Courses (Thesis 1 & 2 and Practicum) | 15.0 |
| Major Elective Courses | 12.0 |
| Foreign Language (Spanish) | 6.0 |
| TOTAL | 81 |
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CORE COURSES: 24 UNITS
| LITSTUD: Introduction to Literature and Literary Studies |
| LITTHEO: Introduction to Literary Theory |
| LITCULT: Introduction to Cultural Theory |
| LITPOCO: Introduction to the Postcolonial Tradition |
| LITCREW: Introduction to Creative Writing |
| LITITRA: Introduction to Translation |
| LITPROF: Introduction to Literature & the Professions (Service Learning) |
| LITRESE: Literary Research (Capstone) |
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CONCENTRATION COURSES: 24 UNITS
| LITPREG: Phil Lit: Region & Nation |
| LITPTHE: Phil Lit Theory & Criticism |
| LITAFRO: Lit of Africa |
| LITASI1: Lit of Asia 1-East Asia |
| LITASI2: Lit of Asia 2- Southeast Asia |
| LITEURO: Lit of Europe |
| LITAMER: Lit of the Americas |
| LITTRAN: Literary Translation |
MAJOR ELECTIVES: 12 UNITS
Major Electives are courses students ELECT based on their field of specialization. These courses can come from any of the LCS, LAP and CRW concentration offerings of the department that is outside the student鈥檚 chosen track or within the list of minor courses offered by the department that is related to the student鈥檚 intended or proposed culminating research or project.
- LITMAJ1: Literature Elective 1
- LITMAJ2: Literature Elective 2
- LITMAJ3: Literature Elective 3
- LITMAJ4: Literature Elective 4
FOREIGN LANGUAGE: 6 UNITS
All AB Literature are required to take 6 units of Spanish. These courses are under International Studies Department:
- SPANONE: Spanish 1
- SPANTWO: Spanish 2 (Prerequisite: SPANONE)
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CULMINATING COURSES: 15 UNITS
- THS1LIT: Thesis 1 (3.0 units) (Prerequisite: LITRESE)
- Thesis Proposal for LCS and LAP, Poetics for CRW
- THS2LIT: Thesis 2 (6.0 units) (Prerequisite: THS1LIT)
- Thesis / Journal Article/ Research Project/ Action Research for LCS and LAP, Collection of Works with Critical Introduction for CRW
- PRCLIT1: Practicum (6.0 units)
- 200 hours internship
- In-campus: Teaching or Research Assistant under Department of Literature, Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center, 开元真人Publishing House, Culture and Arts Office and 开元真人鈥檚 The Museum.
- Off-campus: Cultural institutions, university presses and commercial publishing houses, national dailies, advertising agencies, non-profit groups, etc.
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