Program Requirements

  • Total Units Required: 15

Required Courses

Humanities Core Courses

The CLT Humanities Core is meant to introduce major texts (in both secular and sacred canons) and foundational methods of inquiry in the humanities (formal, generic, historicizing, skeptical, and appreciative) as well as to provide an historical perspective on the development of current categories of sociocultural analysis (i.e., race, ethnicity, sex, and gender).

All CLT minors must take two core courses in Literature and Arts (including one required course) and two core courses in Thought for a total of 12 units in the Humanities Core. CLT minors must take a fifth CLT course.

Literature and Arts
Required course:
COMPLITTHT 2110World Literature3
Plus one of the following:
COMPLITTHT 2107Classical to Renaissance Literature: Text & Traditions3
COMPLITTHT 3030Introduction to Comparative Arts3
COMPLITTHT 3050Literary Modernities in Europe and America: Text & Traditions3
COMPLITTHT 3070Literary Modernities in East Asia: Text & Traditions3
Thought
COMPLITTHT 2105Puzzles and Revolutions: Text & Traditions3
COMPLITTHT 2108Early Political Thought: Text & Traditions3
COMPLITTHT 2109Modern Political Thought: Text & Traditions3
COMPLITTHT 2111Scriptures and Cultural Traditions: Text & Traditions3
COMPLITTHT 3101An Intellectual History of Sex and Gender: Text & Traditions3
COMPLITTHT 3200An Intellectual History of Race and Ethnicity: Text & Traditions3

CLT also offers special first-year programs (FYP) and Ampersand courses that will perform the intellectual functions of courses in the Humanities Core above. Please contact the CLT department for additional information about those offered courses, as they change each semester.

Contact Info

Phone:314-935-4200
Email:complitandthought@wustl.edu
Website:https://complitandthought.wustl.edu/