{"id":153,"date":"2023-08-25T20:49:44","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T20:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/cslc\/?page_id=153"},"modified":"2025-12-04T23:37:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T23:37:20","slug":"degree-tracks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cslc\/degree-tracks\/","title":{"rendered":"Degree Tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Discover Your Track\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Through the CSLC Doctoral Program, students pursue their degree in one of the three Tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= http:\/\/catalogue.usc.edu\/content.php?catoid=2&#038;navoid=377\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read more about View the requirements for the Tracks in the Catalogue of Courses\"  \n>\n    View the requirements for the Tracks in the Catalogue of Courses \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-w1qtkcHKA_\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-w1qtkcHKA_\" aria-expanded=\"false\" 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departments (East Asian, French, Italian, Spanish, and so forth) as well as other appropriate departments such as Critical Studies in the School of Cinematic Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-w1qtkcHKA_\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-w1qtkcHKA_\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Track II: Comparative Literature<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-w1qtkcHKA_\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-w1qtkcHKA_\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field 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Students in this track achieve a broad knowledge of major French and Francophone literary\u00a0texts from the Middle Ages to the present, even as they work alongside students and faculty from affiliated CLSC tracks to study\u00a0important developments\u00a0in literary criticism, culture as an instrument of social formation, and relations among different media. Students are encouraged to devise an\u00a0individualized program of specialization and to take advantage of opportunities for original interdisciplinary research.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit <a title=\"Graduate Program in French and Francophone Studies\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/fren-ital\/graduate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the French and Italian graduate website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-4-w1qtkcHKA_\" aria-controls=\"section-1-4-w1qtkcHKA_\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Track III: National Literatures and Cultures: Spanish and Latin American Studies<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-4-w1qtkcHKA_\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-4-w1qtkcHKA_\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>For students interested in advanced studies and research in Spanish and Latin American literature and culture studies, the course of study is designed to develop a broad knowledge of the subject matter within the framework of comparative and transatlantic studies as well as other developments in the field.\u00a0 Students are encouraged to devise individualized programs of specialization.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit <a title=\"Graduate Program in Spanish and Latin American Studies\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latin-american-and-iberian-cultures\/graduate-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Spanish and Latin American graduate website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":349,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-153","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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