History and Literature's flexible field structure and requirements encourage comparative work. Many fields are explicity comparative -- Latin America, Modern Europe, Postcolonial Studies, Early Modern Europe, and Medieval Europe all require students to corss cultural boundaries within the field -- but all fields, even America, require some comparative coursework.

However, some students want to expand their comparative work by bringing together more than one field. To help you do this, we give you a range of options for crafting a plan of study that will meet your specific interests.

The first step is to choose a primary area of focus, and then you choose courses that allow you to develop your chosen comparative focus. To show you some examples of comparative plans of study across fields, click on the links below.

Hemispheric Studies