Curriculum

Entry Requirements

Look carefully at the entry requirements of the courses and whether there is a placement committee.

Students of Comparative Literary Studies are actively encouraged to spend a semester abroad in their second year of study and, in doing so, to avail of the many exchange agreements on offer. In this profile your study programme consists of:

• Core Curriculum (50 EC)
  • Period 1
    • Core Theories and Current Debates (5 EC)
    • Thinking Literature: Creative Forms of Knowledge (5 EC)
    • Humanities Today (5 EC)
  • Period 2
    • Literature in the Postcolony (5 EC)
    • Media Materialities (5 EC)
    • Cultural Memory and Citizenship (5 EC)
  • Period 3
    • Masterclasses: Work in Progress (10 EC)
    • Distant Reading: Digital Tools and Textual Analysis (2.5 EC)
  • Period 3 & 4
    • Research Lab: Tools, Methods, Design (7.5 EC)
• Research School (5 EC)
  The different universities in the Netherlands have combined forces to create national research schools. The research school closest to this programme The Netherlands Research School for Literary Studies. Other research schools that may be of interest are NICA, the Huizinga Institute and the Netherlands Research School for Gender Studies. At the start of your programme, you will be asked to register for the Research School of your choice. It is always possible (subject to availability) to follow courses and seminars at other Research Schools.
  • Period 1, 2, 3, 4
    • Research School I (5 EC)
• Electives (5 EC)
  • RMA modules offered by the UU Faculty of Humanities (check the Research Masters Electives Humanities site to see which electives you can follow)
  • modules from the one-year master Literature Today and the MasterLanguage programme (on condition that the number of EC from those programmes does not exceed 10 EC)
  • modules offered by the national Research schools
  • modules from a related graduate programme at another faculty in the Netherlands (subject to approval by the Board of Examiners)​
• Across the Border (30 EC)
• Master’s Thesis (30 EC)

Students who do not plan to go abroad, follow electives for a total of 40 ECTS. This should include 10 EC from a Research School in the Netherlands.

• Core Curriculum (50 EC)
  • Period 1
    • Core Theories and Current Debates (5 EC)
    • Thinking Literature: Creative Forms of Knowledge (5 EC)
    • Humanities Today (5 EC)
  • Period 2
    • Literature in the Postcolony  (5 EC)
    • Media Materialities (5 EC)
    • Cultural Memory and Citizenship (5 EC)
  • Period 3
    • Masterclasses: Work in Progress (10 EC)
    • Distant Reading: Digital Tools and Textual Analysis (2.5 EC)
  • Period 3 & 4
    • Research Lab: Tools, Methods, Design (7.5 EC)
• Research School (10 EC)
  The different universities in the Netherlands have combined forces to create national research schools. The research school closest to this programme The Netherlands Research School for Literary Studies. Other research schools that may be of interest are NICA, the Huizinga Institute and the Netherlands Research School for Gender Studies. At the start of your programme, you will be asked to register for the Research School of your choice. It is always possible (subject to availability) to follow courses and seminars at other Research Schools.
  • Period 1, 2, 3, 4
    • Research School I (5 EC)
    • Research School II (5 EC)​
• Electives (30 EC)
  • RMA modules offered by the UU Faculty of Humanities (check the Research Masters Electives Humanities site to see which electives you can follow)
  • modules from the one-year master Literature Today and the MasterLanguage programme (on condition that the number of EC from those programmes does not exceed 10 EC)
  • modules offered by the national Research schools
  • modules from a related graduate programme at another faculty in the Netherlands (subject to approval by the Board of Examiners)​
• Master’s Thesis (30 EC)

As a student in the research master Comparative Literary Studies you may follow an internship (for a maximum of 15 EC) as one of your electives. 

• Core Curriculum (50 EC)
  • Period 1
    • Core Theories and Current Debates (5 EC)
    • Thinking Literature: Creative Forms of Knowledge (5 EC)
    • Humanities Today (5 EC)
  • Period 2
    • Literature in the Postcolony (5 EC)
    • Media Materialities (5 EC)
    • Cultural Memory and Citizenship (5 EC)
  • Period 3
    • Masterclasses: Work in Progress (10 EC)
    • Distant Reading: Digital Tools and Textual Analysis (2.5 EC)
  • Period 3 & 4
    • Research Lab: Tools, Methods, Design (7.5 EC)
• Research School (10 EC)
  The different universities in the Netherlands have combined forces to create national research schools. The research school closest to this programme The Netherlands Research School for Literary Studies. Other research schools that may be of interest are NICA, the Huizinga Institute and the Netherlands Research School for Gender Studies. At the start of your programme, you will be asked to register for the Research School of your choice. It is always possible (subject to availability) to follow courses and seminars at other Research Schools.
  • Period 1, 2, 3, 4
    • Research School I (5 EC)
    • Research School II (5 EC)
• Electives (15 EC)
  • RMA modules offered by the UU Faculty of Humanities​​ (check the Research Masters Electives Humanities site to see which electives you can follow)
  • modules from the one-year master Literature Today and the MasterLanguage programme (on condition that the number of EC from those programmes does not exceed 10 EC)
  • modules offered by the national Research schools
  • modules from a related graduate programme at another faculty in the Netherlands (subject to approval by the Board of Examiners)​
• Internship (15 EC)
• Master’s Thesis (30 EC)

In your report you can check if all your achieved results have been properly recorded and are listed under the correct heading. If you find any results under 'Other' that you would like to include in your study programme, or if you have other changes to make, follow these steps:

• Go to Osiris Student > Cases > My cases > Start a new case by using the plus icon in the bottom right corner. 
• A new window will open. Make sure your pop-up blocker is turned off for the new window to open. 
• Choose Request Board of Examiners. Select case type Approval courses UU or SVO changes. 

If you wish to deviate from the curriculum, you must first ask your programme’s Board of Examiners for approval or exemption. If your request is granted, the changes will be processed in OSIRIS and integrated into your exam programme and Study Progress Review.

In order to graduate, you will need to meet your programme's exam requirements as described in the Education and Examination Regulations. Based on these criteria and your Study Progress Review, the Board of Examiners determines whether you have graduated. The courses that are listed on your Study Progress Review will appear on the International Diploma Supplement (IDS), the attachment that you receive with your diploma. Note that courses listed under the heading ‘Results-Other’ are not part of the examination syllabus and do not appear on the IDS.

If you have questions about your Study Progress Review or find errors in it, contact the Student Desk Humanities.