康奈尔大学比较文学专业提供博士学位。文学研究的所有主要领域以及文学和文化理论的博士学位。由于该领域很小（大约有20名学生），因此可以计划各种跨学科的学习计划。入学的学生与研究生委员会主任主持的实地委员会协商，设计程序。应在居住的第一年年底之前选择集中区域和主要顾问（特别委员会）。因为课程工作是在三年内完成的，所以学生应该精通两种外语。强烈建议那些打算从事外国文学的人精通相关语言。学生通常修十四门课。作为博士课程的一部分，所有候选人都必须完成至少一年的课堂教学。第二学期在第三学期进行。其目的是使学生开始专注
The Field of Comparative Literature at Cornell offers a Ph.D. degree in all major areas of literary study and on literary and cultural theory. Because the field is small (about twenty students), it is possible to plan diverse and interdisciplinary programs of study. Entering students design a program in consultation with the Field Committee, which is chaired by the Director of Graduate Studies. Areas of concentration and principal advisors (the Special Committee) should be selected by the end of the first year of residence. Because course work is completed within three years, the student should have proficiency in two foreign languages. Those intending to specialize in a foreign literature are strongly encouraged to acquire fluency in the relevant language. Students normally take fourteen courses. All candidates are required to do at least one year of classroom teaching as part of the doctoral program. The Second-Year Review takes place in the third term. Its aim is to enable students to begin focusing on the topics and the fields of research that will form the basis of their A exams. The Admission to Candidacy (A) examination is usually taken in the third year of study and is both written and oral.