Comparative and World Literature BA + MA SF State Scholars Roadmap
The San Francisco State Scholars program provides undergraduate students with an accelerated pathway to a graduate degree. Students in this program pursue a bachelor’s and master’s degree simultaneously. This program allows students to earn graduate credit while in their junior and/or senior year, reducing the number of semesters required for completion of a master’s degree.
This roadmap is a suggested plan of study and does not replace meeting with an advisor. Please note that students may need to adjust the actual sequence of courses based on course availability. Please consult your Degree Planner and an advisor for further guidance.
To avoid taking additional units, it is recommended that you meet the SF State Studies (AERM, GP, ES, SJ) requirements within your GE or major.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | Units | |
| Lower-Division CWL Course (15 units) (Major Core) | 3 | |
| GE Area 1A: English Composition 1 | 3 | |
| GE Area 1: English Communication | 3 | |
| GE Area 2: Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning 2 | 3 | |
| SF State Studies or University Elective | 3 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Program Electives (15 units) 3 | 3 | |
| GE Area 1: English Communication | 3 | |
| GE Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences 4 | 3 | |
| GE Area 5: Physical and Biological Sciences 5 | 3-4 | |
| SF State Studies or University Elective | 3 | |
| Units | 15-16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Summer Semester | ||
| SF State Studies or University Elective | 3 | |
| Units | 3 | |
| Fall Semester | ||
| Program Electives (15 units) 3 | 3 | |
| GE Area 3: Arts and Humanities | 3 | |
| GE Area 5: Physical and Biological Sciences 5 | 3-4 | |
| SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two | 6 | |
| Units | 15-16 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Program Electives (15 units) 3 | 3 | |
| GE Area 3: Arts and Humanities | 3 | |
| GE Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences 4 | 3 | |
| SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two | 6 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Summer Semester | ||
| SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two | 6 | |
| Units | 6 | |
| Fall Semester | ||
| CWL 400GW | Approaches to Comparative and World Literature - GWAR (Major Core) | 3 |
| Any CWL Course (15 units) (Major Core) | 3 | |
| Program Electives (15 units) 3 | 3 | |
| GE Area 6: Ethnic Studies | 3 | |
| GE Area 5UD or 2UD: Upper-Division Sciences or Upper-Division Mathematical Concepts | 3 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Any CWL Course (15 units) (Major Core) | 3 | |
| Program Electives (15 units) 3 | 3 | |
| GE Area 3UD: Upper-Division Arts or Humanities | 3 | |
| GE Area 4UD: Upper-Division Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3 | |
| SF State Studies or University Elective | 3 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Summer Semester | ||
| SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two | 6 | |
| Units | 6 | |
| Fall Semester | ||
| CWL 800 | Introduction to Graduate Study in Comparative Literature (Graduate Core) | 3 |
| Any CWL Course (15 units) (Major Core) - Take Two | 6 | |
| Graduate Foreign Literature (9 units) 6 | 3 | |
| U.S. and California Government | 3 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| CWL 815 | Seminar: Topics in Critical Theory (Graduate Core) | 3 |
| CWL 820 | Topics in Comparative Literature (Graduate Core) | 3 |
| HUM 690/CWL 680 | Senior Seminar: Research in the Humanities and Comparative & World Literature (Major Core) | 3 |
| Graduate Foreign Literature (9 units) 6 | 3 | |
| SF State Studies or University Elective | 3 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Fifth Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| CWL/HUM 825 | Advanced Study in Humanities and Comparative Literature (Graduate Core) | 3 |
| Graduate Foreign Literature (9 units) 6 | 3 | |
| Graduate Elective (6 units) 7 | 3 | |
| Units | 9 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Select One (Culminating Experience): | 3 | |
| Directed Reading in Comparative Literature | ||
| Master's Thesis | ||
| Graduate Elective (6 units) 7 | 3 | |
| Units | 6 | |
| Total Units | 150-152 | |
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Students should use their Pathway/Category to determine the appropriate GE 1A course option. For directions on how to view your Pathway/Category, visit how to find your pathway. Questions? Contact Gator Smart Start.
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Students should use their Pathway/Category to determine the appropriate GE 2 course option. For directions on how to view your Pathway/Category, visit how to find your pathway. Questions? Contact Gator Smart Start.
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Program Electives (15 Units)
In consultation with departmental advisors, students select literature courses that reflect their chosen advising pathway. These courses may be CWL courses not used to fulfill the core, HUM courses, or courses from departments other than CWL. No more than two lower-division courses may be used for electives.- 4
First-time freshmen must take one lower-division Area 4 course that meets US History (USH).
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Consider taking a class combined with a laboratory or a separate lab to fulfill 5C if not already satisfied.
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Graduate Foreign Literature Requirement (9 units)
Graduate seminars in a single foreign literature
Note: "Foreign Literature" means a literature and language other than the student's native language; e.g., a native speaker of Japanese must complete seminars in a literature other than Japanese.- 7
Graduate Electives (6 units)
Upper-division or graduate courses other than that of the Foreign Literature Requirement. Electives can include courses in English literature, Comparative Literature, Humanities, a second foreign literature read in the original language or in translation, or courses in pedagogy (e.g., courses for the Certificate in the Teaching of Composition).