国际文学和视觉研究（ILVS）是塔夫茨大学最独特的专业之一，它将文学，电影和视觉艺术方面的学术工作与外语学习结合起来，并着重于国际文化和问题。通过研究文学，电影和视觉艺术背景下的文化互动，学生可以掌握相关话语的相似和差异化特征。这是一个高度跨学科的专业，包括社会学，人类学，戏剧，艺术史课程，经典，宗教，政治学和社会学等。还有一个外语要求。该研究领域的学生与顾问非常紧密地合作，制定了结合课程，研讨会，实习和出国留学的定制课程。过去的节目包括亚洲文学，现代小说，女性作家和性别读物以及世界戏剧和电影。我们鼓励学
International literary and visual studies (ILVS) is one of Tufts most distinctive majors, combining academic work in literature, film, and the visual arts with study in a foreign language and an emphasis on international culture and issues. By studying the interaction of cultures in the context of literature, cinema, and visual arts, students are able to grasp the similar and differentiating characteristics of related discourses.This is a highly interdisciplinary major that includes courses in sociology, anthropology, drama, art history, classics, religion, political science, and sociology, among others. There is also a foreign language requirement.Students in this field of study work very closely with an advisor to plan a customized program combining courses, seminars, internships, and study abroad. Examples of past programs include Asian literatures, the modern novel, women authors and gender readings, and world theatre and film. Students are encouraged to work toward technical proficiency in a creative endeavor, such as creative writing, filmmaking, or one of the more traditional visual arts such as drawing, printmaking, or painting.Students are expected to have a firm grounding in two or more languages and cultures, one of which may be English. One of these languages usually serves as a primary area of cultural emphasis (e.g. Japanese language and culture), and the other as a secondary area for the course work of the major (e.g. English and Anglophone culture). In exceptional cases, the secondary area could be a conceptual one (e.g. realism, feminism, film noir, etc.). Also, at the discretion of the ILVS director, one may choose a different language/culture combination (e.g. Japanese language / Chinese culture).All students, except those on the World Literature Track, must take one foreign language through the eighth semester, pursued concurrently with the course work of the major. Those who are on the World Literature Track could complete the major by finishing the regular Tufts foreign language requirement, though the completion of eight semesters of a foreign language is highly recommended. One could place out of the ILVS foreign language requirement through a language placement test. In that case, studying a new foreign language is advisable.