Why Wooster?

› Wooster is one of a handful of liberal arts colleges where a student may study comparative literature as an undergraduate.

› A strong emphasis on theory, unusual at the undergraduate level, provides an excellent foundation for graduate study.

› It’s an interdepartmental program that includes both explicitly comparative courses and courses that focus on particular national literatures, both in the original language and in translation.

› Flexibility. Each major’s specific program is formulated in consultation with a faculty advisor.

Life After Wooster

The study of comparative literature helps students develop clear thinking, leads them to analyze texts with greater theoretical sophistication, and teaches them to value cultural diversity. One recent graduate went on to Harvard Law School. Another is studying English literature at Northwestern University.