- What is Comp Lit?
- Advising and Declaring
- Courses
- Student Spotlights
- Major in Comparative Literature, Arts, and Media
- Major in Translation
- Minor in Translation Studies
- First Year Writing Prize
- Senior Prize in Literary Translation
- Transfer Students
- Transfer Credit
- Accelerated MA Program in Transcultural Studies
- Comp Lit Plagiarism Statement
- Activities
- Peer Mentors
To guarantee consistent, personal guidance, the Comparative Literature Department has appointed a team of undergraduate advisors. The Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) serves as our faculty undergraduate advisor, and the Student Services Assistant serves as a general undergraduate advisor. Our advisors can help answer questions about your program of study in Comparative Literature, in addition to inquiries about courses, registration, enrollment status, honors theses and capstone projects, faculty interests, and the department in general. They can also help you plan a coherent and fulfilling curriculum in any of our undergraduate programs.
For specific guidance on the capstone project of the Translation Studies minor, we have also appointed a Translation Studies Capstone advisor.
The Student Services team can be reached at complit.student.services@umich.edu.
Comp Lit Advising. If you have decided that you would like to pursue a Comparative Literature, Arts, and Media major, Translation major, or a Translation Studies minor— or if you simply want to explore the possibility further!— you can make an appointment with our faculty undergraduate advisor. Appointments can be made on our website. If the online scheduler does not have appointment times that work for you, please contact the Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) at dus-complit@umich.edu to seek a meeting time. If you have urgent questions, you may contact the Comparative Literature Student Services team at complit.student.services@umich.edu .
Students must consult with an Comparative Literature undergraduate advisor at least twice in their career: once at the beginning, to declare, and once at the end. This final visit is called a senior audit. For the senior audit, graduating seniors are required to see an undergraduate advisor in Comparative Literature in the first term of the senior year in order to complete a check of all the requirements.
However, we urge you to see an undergraduate advisor at least once per term to make sure that all of your requirements are being met and to keep current on department policies and procedures.
Informal Advising in the Department. It’s also a good idea to talk to Comparative Literature professors and Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs) whose classes you have taken, because they will know something about your talents and interests and will be able to offer good advice. The department also has peer mentors. The peer mentors are undergraduates like you in the department who have been chosen for their knowledge of and enthusiasm for our programs. They can help you, too! You can reach them at complit-UG-mentors@umich.edu. You can also ask the Student Services Assistant in the Comparative Literature office about talking to other students currently in the program. Along the department corridor, you will find displays with course flyers, announcements, and snapshots of our faculty and staff.
Translation Capstone Advising. Translation minors working on their capstone project proposal should schedule an advising appointment with the Translation Studies Capstone Advisor. Appointments can be made here. If the online scheduler does not have appointment times that work for you, please contact complit.student.services@umich.edu to seek a meeting time.