{"id":2666,"date":"2025-09-10T21:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T21:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/colt\/?page_id=2666"},"modified":"2025-09-11T06:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T06:24:13","slug":"2666-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/colt\/2666-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--full-width-image-and-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--full-width-image-and-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/colt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/09\/20250909_0923_Multitasking-Student-Goddess_simple_compose_01k4qmh8t2e1aaahcpka4yb5mq-768x432.png\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/colt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/09\/20250909_0923_Multitasking-Student-Goddess_simple_compose_01k4qmh8t2e1aaahcpka4yb5mq-768x432.png 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>B.A. in Comparative Literature<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Literature | Media | Critical Thought Track\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>In this track, you choose one of three concentrations as your home base\u2014and still take courses across the other two. 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