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Literary Arts and Studies

Overall, the Literary Arts and Studies (LAS) curriculum reflects faculty research interests in ancient, medieval and early modern literatures, African-American literature and culture, critical theory, ecocriticism and the environmental humanities, gender and sexuality, global literatures, performance studies, poetry and poetics, postcolonial studies, race and ethnicity, and visual and popular culture studies.

Students who wish to focus their Liberal Arts study in LAS may opt to take a concentration.

Concentration in Literary Arts and Studies

Students can pursue a concentration (like a minor) in addition to their studio major. Concentrations are offered by three of the departments in the Liberal Arts division: History, Philosophy, and the Social Sciences (HPSS), LAS and Theory and History of Art and Design. To register or for details about the undergraduate LAS concentration, you can find more information from the Liberal Arts division.