<p>I'm looking into Yale's Comp lit program. If there is anyone who has taken it please share your experiences. And where would I be able to find the accepted languages for this program?
Thanks</p>
<p>Comp lit at Yale is a little confusing (or at least it used to be).<br>
There used to be an undergraduate Comparative Literature major that was effectively a joint major in the literatures of two different language groups. However, that doesn’t seem to be offered anymore, although you might be able to do effectively the same thing as a Special Divisional Major or simply a double major.</p>
<p>Yale has a graduate Department of Comparative Literature that is world-famous, and that had nothing to do with what used to be the undergraduate Comparative Literature major. At the graduate level Comp Lit = literary theory. Traditionally, the undergraduate program that corresponds to the Comparative Literature Department is the Literature major. And the Literature major now has what they call an “intensive track” which involves multiple advanced literature courses in two or three languages other than English (and which seems to have replaced the former Comparative Literature major).</p>
<p>Here is the web page for the Literature major, which describes this option and the languages in which advanced literature courses are offered:[The</a> Literature Major | Yale College](<a href=“http://yalecollege.yale.edu/content/literature-major]The”>http://yalecollege.yale.edu/content/literature-major) I bet, however, that if you have a strong interest in some literary tradition that isn’t on the list, and you can figure out how to propose a program that makes sense (like taking courses elsewhere, or maybe independent reading with someone at Yale and a semester abroad at a national university), it would get accepted. Things may have changed in the past 35 years, but the Literature major program has always stood for letting students choose what they want to study.</p>
<p>If you are looking into the graduate program look here: [Graduate</a> Program | Comparative Literature](<a href=“http://complit.yale.edu/graduate-program]Graduate”>http://complit.yale.edu/graduate-program)</p>