WLL Introduces New Majors
WLL BA Programs Redesigned with Double Majoring, Department Spirit in Mind
WLL has updated its degree programs in Chinese, Japanese, German, Russian, and Comparative Literature. The streamlined new requirements, which go into effect in September 2017, are designed to facilitate student-driven academic exploration and to ease double majoring and study abroad.
Each of the revised majors requires 11 courses. WLL students will now begin with CAS XL 100 “Leaving Home: Explorations in World Literature,” a team-taught course where they meet the WLL faculty through guest lectures and get oriented in the rich diversity of the world’s literary traditions. They start language study as early as possible and complete at least three language courses above the fourth semester. Along with language, literature, and culture courses (some taught in a foreign language, some in English) students will take one or two WLL electives focused on a language, literature, or culture outside their specialization regional, global and/or historical comparison. Finally, all WLL majors will reconvene in the senior capstone seminar CAS XL 479, where they share the expertise they have gained and work with a faculty mentor on a final project using foreign-language materials. They will graduate well prepared to communicate in a foreign language and English, to function well in cross-cultural contexts, and to contribute meaningfully to addressing today’s global challenges.
For details, please see https://www.bu.edu/wll/undergraduate/degree-programs/.