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2016-2017 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog 
    
 
  Mar 29, 2024
 
2016-2017 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog [Archived Catalog]

French, MA/PhD


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Requirements for PhD with MA en route


This degree is intended for students who wish to pursue the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in French Language and Literature but who do not already hold an MA in this field or in a closely-related discipline. Students must first successfully complete the requirements for the MA in French Language and Literature listed above, normally within their first two years of full-time enrollment. Students doing the PhD with the MA en route will be awarded an MA degree at the completion of these requirements.

To ensure the acquisition of a broad knowledge of French literature and culture, candidates must take at least one course or one exam in each field (Middle Ages, Renaissance, 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries and African and Caribbean literatures) before they reach candidacy.

Before students may be considered for admission to candidacy for the PhD, they must successfully complete a minimum of five 2000-level courses (15 credits) beyond the MA. In addition, the candidate must present an oral explication de texte before a faculty committee, and pass written and oral comprehensive examinations. The PhD language requirement and explication de texte will normally be satisfied at the MA level. The eight courses must include:

  1. FR 2710  (if not taken at the MA level) and an additional course in literary or cultural theory.
  2. With the adviser’s consent, students are free to take some of the additional required courses in other departments. Students in French are encouraged to pursue certification in one of the various programs offered by the University (African Studies, Cultural Studies, European Union Studies, Film Studies, Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, Global Studies, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, West European Studies). However, only three exterior courses may count towards the degree in French.

Upon admission to candidacy, the candidate will write and defend a doctoral dissertation.

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