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APPLICATIONS TO ALL CSLC TRACKS ARE DUE JANUARY 5, 2026 AT 8:59 PM PST.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Now accepting applications for Fall 2026 admission<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\n Develop your passion project and build skills for the future\n <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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CSLC graduate students build foundational skills around methodology, literary, media, and cultural studies taking the core courses, while taking elective courses in their desired areas of emphasis to prepare them to engage in their future dissertation research.\u00a0 Students are able to take courses in the departments of English, French and Italian, Latin American and Iberian cultures,\u00a0 East Asian literatures and cultures, cinema and media studies, art history, critical studies, gender and sexuality studies, and more.<\/p>\n

Student research projects transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries, engaging with diverse media, methodologies, and global perspectives. Their projects reflect the program’s commitment to understanding how cultural production take shapes and is shaped by questions of identity, power, memory, and imagination.\u00a0Objects of study beyond literature have included documentary and experimental film, hip hop, video games, sports, choreography and dance, conceptual art, postcards and other ephemera.<\/p>\n

Below is a sample of a typical graduate student’s trajectory in the CSLC program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n \n <\/th>\n \n Course Work \n <\/th>\n \n Exam\n <\/th>\n \n Funding\n <\/th>\n <\/tr>\n \n \n <\/thead>\n
\n Year 1\n <\/td>\n \n \n \n CSLC 501, 502, 503; Track-specific requirements; electives\n <\/td>\n \n \n \n \n <\/td>\n \n \n \n Fellowship\n <\/td>\n \n <\/tr>\n
\n Year 2\n <\/td>\n \n \n \n CSLC 600-level seminar; complete track-specific requirements; electives\n <\/td>\n \n \n \n Field Exam\n <\/td>\n \n \n \n Fellowship\n <\/td>\n \n <\/tr>\n
\n Year 3\n <\/td>\n \n \n \n Complete coursework; CSLC 700\n <\/td>\n \n \n \n \n <\/td>\n \n \n \n Graduate Assistantship\n <\/td>\n \n <\/tr>\n
\n Year 4\n <\/td>\n \n \n \n GRSC 800\n <\/td>\n \n \n \n Qualifying Exam\n <\/td>\n \n \n \n Graduate Assistantship\n <\/td>\n \n <\/tr>\n
\n Year 5\n <\/td>\n \n \n \n CSLC 794; CSLC 600\n <\/td>\n \n \n \n \n <\/td>\n \n \n \n Fellowship\n <\/td>\n \n <\/tr>\n
\n Year 6\n <\/td>\n \n \n \n CSLC 794\n <\/td>\n \n \n \n Dissertation \n <\/td>\n \n \n \n TBD\n <\/td>\n \n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n
This is sample of a course schedule for one of our graduate students. Course work differs for all students, especially those who may be transferring units from an MA degree to the PhD. 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