University of Iowa

Program Information

Degree Offered

M.A.;M.F.A.;, Ph.D.

Format: Campus

Program Description:

The Program in Comparative Literature presents literature as the subject of international and interdisciplinary study and provides a basis for intensive work in literature, literary theory, and critical method. The program encourages study in comparative arts, particularly with emphasis on cinema, where the program's resources are especially strong. Students and faculty have easy access to the resources in the Institute for Cinema and Culture (see Communication Studies). In addition to its own faculty, the program calls upon faculty members in other areas, including women's studies, classics, Asian languagesand literature, communication studies, English, film, French and Italian, German, history, Spanish and Portuguese, Russian, and theatre arts.

Tuition & Financial Aid

Financial Aid Offered: No

Classification: Doctoral/Research Universities - Extensive

Institution Sector: Public

Locale: Small City

Size & Settings: 20,000 and above