总共90个学分，其中包括65个学分的课程，其中35个学分必须在比较文学中。硕士学位所赚取的最多30个学分时，可以算作总数，但博士学位论文的研究时数可能不计在内。论文不得超过C810的25个学时。所有研究生将被要求修读C501（当代文学概论），C502（比较文学的领域和方法），以及该系提供的两门文学调查课程，一门涉及前现代时期，一门涉及现代文学。现代时期。通常可以通过使用C505，C521，C523或C525来满足第一调查要求，而通常通过使用C506，C529，C533，C535，C537或C538可以满足
The Ph.D. in Comparative Literature offers extensive and rigorous training in the comparative study of literature. Coursework emphasizes numerous important facets of literary study: literary theory, the literary, cultural, historical, political, and religious analysis of texts, literary flow across polities, eras, genres, and languages, and relations between literature and the other arts. Our program is small and flexible enough to allow for considerable freedom in the choice of courses and research topics. This, combined with the rich offerings available elsewhere at Indiana University, means that each graduate student can be guided in fashioning an individual program to best suit their interests and strengths. Our graduates leave the program with a deep and broad knowledge of comparative literary history, an ability to read and analyze texts in numerous languages and literary traditions, and a solid understanding of the relationship between literary works and other key aspects of human intellectual, artistic, and social activity.