The literary and cultural studies track trains the students in critical inquiry on various cultural texts and practices as they reflect contemporary local and global conditions.

A literature degree prepares students for any career requiring a strong liberal arts background, creative and critical thinking, and communicative competence in writing. It is also an adequate background for the study and practice of law since logical thinking, creative imagination, interpretative skills, and facility in exact communication are important tools in this profession.

Graduates of this program should be able to:
· Examine various literary and cultural texts across historical periods and geographic and linguistic boundaries to embrace and affirm diversity.
· Produce critical texts that contribute to literary and cultural knowledge towards the formation of national identity in transnational context.