在包括C305或C501在内的比较文献中，总共需要36个小时的课程，而最少20个小时。（在经过批准的300或400级课程中，通常不超过6个小时的课程通常不会获得研究生学分。）课程工作的重点可以放在任何文学研究领域，包括跨文化文学关系或文学鼓励MAT候选人在课程中加入其他研究生课程或教育学院提供的一些教学课程，以及比较文学C507和C509。课程的选择应与部门研究生顾问和教育学院的咨询人员进行仔细计划。
Secondary school teachers or other prospective teachers interested in qualifying to teach world literature and interdisciplinary humanities courses can obtain an M.A.T. degree in Comparative Literature. M.A.T. candidates are assisted in designing a program of study that includes some teaching-oriented courses offered by other graduate programs or the School of Education, as well as Comparative Literature C507 Teaching Methods in Comparative Literature and C509 Teaching Internship in Comparative Literature.