The program draws upon the combined resources of the individual language and literature departments and provides undergraduates with access to the literature curriculum as a whole, allowing them to count toward requirements for the major any literature course offered by any department--including programs at other institutions in the United States and elsewhere in the world.  In sum, the Literary Studies Program enables students to achieve a broad awareness of a variety of major literatures of different periods, while at the same time encouraging them to demonstrate a mastery of a single body of literature (e.g., works limited to a particular language, period, or genre).