Approved Courses
The following list includes undergraduate courses that have been approved as of June 2010. Courses added after that date do not appear in this list. Courses eliminated after that date may still appear. Not every course is offered regularly. Students should consult the Schedule of Classes at www.testudo.umd.edu to ascertain which courses are actually offered during a given semester.
COURSE NUMBERING SYSTEM
| Number |
|
Eligibility |
| 000-099 |
|
Non-credit course |
| 100-199 |
|
Primarily freshman course |
| 200-299 |
|
Primarily sophomore course |
| 300-399 |
|
Junior, senior course not acceptable for credit toward graduate degrees |
| 386-387 |
|
Campus-wide internship courses; refer to information describing Experiential Learning |
| 400-499 |
|
Junior, senior course acceptable for credit toward some graduate degree |
| 500-599 |
|
Professional School course (Dentistry, Architecture, Law, Medicine) or post-baccalaureate course |
| 600-899 |
|
Course restricted to graduate students |
| 799 |
|
Master Thesis credit |
| 899 |
|
Doctoral Dissertation credit |
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Courses in "CMLT-Comparative Literature"
CMLT - Comparative Literature
CMLT 235 Black Diaspora Literature and Culture (3)
Credit only granted for: CMLT235 or ENGL235.
Examination of key works by writers of the African Diaspora.
Relationship among black people across multiple geographic spaces;
Africa, the Caribbean, the United States, Europe, Latin America, and
Asia. Specific historical, cultural, and literary contexts; themes such
as gender, sexuality, migration, slavery, freedom, and equality.
Readings may include literary texts (fiction, poetry, drama), music and
film. All readings in English, but drawn from multiple languages of the
black diaspora, including English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.
CMLT 269 Special Topics in Study Abroad II (1-6)
Repeatable to 15 credits if content differs.
Special topics course taken as part of an approved study abroad program.
CMLT 270 Global Literature and Social Change (3)
Comparative study of literature through selected literary works from
several non-Western cultures, viewed cross-culturally in light of
particular social, political, and economic perspectives.
CMLT 275 World Literature by Women (3)
Also offered as: WMST275. Credit only granted for: CMLT275 or WMST275.
Comparative study of selected works by women writers of several
countries, exploring points of intersection and divergence in women's
literary representations.
CMLT 277 Literatures of the Americas (3)
Comparative study of several North, South, and Central American cultures
with a focus on the specificities, similarities, and divergences of
their literary and cultural texts.
CMLT 280 Film Art in a Global Society (3)
Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week.
Comparative study of a variety of film traditions from around the world,
including cinema from Hollywood, Europe, Asia and developing countries,
with a stress on different cultural contexts for film-making and
viewing.
CMLT 291 International Perspectives on Lesbian and Gay Studies (3)
Exploration of the construction and representation of sexualities in
cultures around the globe, with particular emphasis on literature and
media.
CMLT 298 Topics in Comparative Studies (3-6)
Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.
CMLT 369 Special Topics in Study Abroad III (1-6)
Repeatable to 15 credits if content differs.
Special topics course taken as part of an approved study abroad program.
CMLT 386 Experiential Learning (3-6)
Restriction: Junior standing or higher; and permission of ARHU-English
department.
CMLT 398 Special Topics in Comparative Studies (3)
Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.
Special topics in comparitive studies.
CMLT 415 The Hebrew Bible (3)
A study of sources, development and literary types.
CMLT 469 The Continental Novel (3)
The novel in translation from Stendhal through the existentialists,
selected from literatures of France, Germany, Italy, Russia, and Spain.
CMLT 479 Major Contemporary Authors (3)
CMLT 488 Genres (3)
Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
A study of a recognized literary form, such as tragedy, film, satire,
literary criticism, comedy, tragicomedy, etc.
CMLT 489 Major Writers (3)
Each semester two major writers from different cultures and languages
will be studied. Authors will be chosen on the basis of significant
relationships of cultural and aesthetic contexts, analogies between
their respective works, and the importance of each writer to his
literary tradition.
CMLT 498 Selected Topics in Comparative Studies (3)
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