Comparative and World Literature SF 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 an advisor in your major program for further guidance.
| First Year | ||
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| Fall Semester | Units | |
| ENG 114 | Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice (A2) 1 | 3 |
| Any Lower-Division CWL Course Except CWL 214 (15 units) (Major Core) | 3 | |
| GE Area A 2 | 3 | |
| GE Area B: Quantitative Reasoning (B4) 3 | 3 | |
| Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective 4 | 3 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Program Electives (21 units) 5 | 3 | |
| GE Area A | 3 | |
| GE Area B: Physical Science (B1) and Laboratory Science (B3) 6 | 3-4 | |
| GE Area D | 3 | |
| GE Area E | 3 | |
| Units | 15-16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Summer Semester | ||
| Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective 4 | 3 | |
| Units | 3 | |
| Fall Semester | ||
| Program Electives (21 units) 5 | 3 | |
| GE Area B: Life Science (B2) and Laboratory Science (B3) 6 | 3-4 | |
| GE Area C | 3 | |
| Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two 4 | 6 | |
| Units | 15-16 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Program Electives (21 units) 5 | 3 | |
| GE Area C | 3 | |
| GE Area D | 3 | |
| Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two 4 | 6 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Summer Semester | ||
| Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two 4 | 6 | |
| Units | 6 | |
| Fall Semester | ||
| CWL 400GW | Approaches to Comparative and World Literature - GWAR (Major Core) | 3 |
| Any CWL Course Except CWL 214 (15 units) (Major Core) | 3 | |
| Program Electives (21 units) 5 | 3 | |
| GE Area F ± | 3 | |
| GE Area UD-B: Upper-Division Physical and/or Life Sciences | 3 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Any CWL Course Except CWL 214 (15 units) (Major Core) | 3 | |
| Program Electives (21 units) - Take Two 5 | 6 | |
| GE Area UD-C: Upper-Division Arts and/or Humanities | 3 | |
| GE Area UD-D: Upper-Division Social Sciences | 3 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Summer Semester | ||
| Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two 4 | 6 | |
| Units | 6 | |
| Fall Semester | ||
| CWL 800 | Introduction to Graduate Study in Comparative Literature (Graduate Core) | 3 |
| Any CWL Course Except CWL 214 (15 units) (Major Core) | 3 | |
| Program Electives (21 units) 5 | 3 | |
| Graduate Foreign Literature (9 units) 7 | 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 |
| Any CWL Course Except CWL 214 (15 units) (Major Core) | 3 | |
| Graduate Foreign Literature (9 units) 7 | 3 | |
| Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective 4 | 3 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Fifth Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| CWL 825 | Advanced Study in Comparative Literature (Graduate Core) | 3 |
| Graduate Foreign Literature (9 units) 7 | 3 | |
| Graduate Elective (6 units) 8 | 3 | |
| Units | 9 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Select One (Culminating Experience): | 3 | |
| Directed Reading in Comparative Literature | ||
| Master's Thesis | ||
| Graduate Elective (6 units) 8 | 3 | |
| Units | 6 | |
| Total Units | 150-152 | |
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ENG 114 can only be taken if you complete Directed Self-Placement (DSP) and select ENG 114; if you choose ENG 104/ENG 105 through DSP you will satisfy A2 upon successful completion of ENG 105 in the second semester; multilingual students may be advised into alternative English courses.
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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.
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To determine the best B4 course option, students should complete the online advising activity at mathadvising.sfsu.edu. Questions? Contact Gator Smart Start.
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Complementary Studies
Bachelor of Arts students must complete at least 12 units of Complementary Studies outside of the primary prefix for the major. (Note: Students may not use an alternate prefix that is cross-listed with the primary prefix for the major.)
Students who complete two majors or a major and a minor automatically complete the Complementary Studies requirement. Additional ways to complete Complementary
Studies for students in the Comparative and World Literature major is completion of 12 units in a language other than English or in some other group of courses outside the CWL-prefix (and not cross-listed with CWL) that is approved by a major advisor (which may include, but is not limited to, languages other than English, units toward a minor or certificate, study abroad, and literature courses taught in other departments).Students who have earned AA-T or AS-T degrees and are pursuing a similar B.A. degree at SF State are required to fulfill the Complementary Studies requirement as defined by the major department. Students should consult with a major advisor about how transfer units and/or SF State units can best be applied to this requirement in order to ensure degree completion within 60 units.
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Program Electives (21 Units)
In consultation with departmental advisors, students select upper-division literature courses that reflect their chosen advising pathway. These courses may be from departments other than CWL (maximum five courses from a single literature).
Note: Up to four courses (12 units) in lower-division literature courses may be used toward the total courses/units in the major; two courses (6 units) of these may be in non-CWL literature courses.
Advising Pathways
Comparative Literature:
Students following the Comparative Literature pathway are advised to take courses that meet the following distribution requirements:
- Two courses in a single non-English literary tradition
- One upper-division literature course taught in and focused on a non-English language/literature
- A student-defined area of focus developed in consultation with an advisor
Note: Students following the “Comparative Literature” pathway may count up to three units of a non-literature foreign language course toward their degree.
World Literature:
Students following the World Literature pathway are advised to take CWL 230 and upper-division courses that meet the following:
- Courses that combine breadth with a student-defined area of focus developed in consultation with an advisor.
- One course may focus on history or culture from an interdisciplinary perspective, or analysis of alternative media (e.g., painting, music, video games, etc.).
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Consider taking a class combined with a laboratory or a separate lab to fulfill B3 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.
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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).
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Given catalog rights, fall 2023 transfer students do not need to complete an Area F course.