Master of Arts in French
The Department of European Languages and Literatures offers the Master of Arts degree in French. The degree leads to teaching careers in secondary education and college, and to admission to doctoral programs in these languages or comparative literature. Courses cover numerous aspects of the literature from the Medieval through the contemporary periods, viewed through various methods of literary criticism. Courses are also given in the history of the language, advanced translation, civilization, and the cinema. Seminars are set aside for methodology, selected authors or literary topics, and special problems.
Requirements for Matriculation
These requirements are in addition to the general requirements for matriculation.
- A strong undergraduate concentration in French, consisting normally of a minimum of 20 undergraduate elective credits
- The credentials of each applicant are to be examined by a suitable departmental committee that shall have the authority to accept or reject the candidate. This committee may request an interview with a candidate for admission if it feels it is necessary to do so.
Requirements for Non-Matriculation
Students are to follow the college’s requirements for non-matriculation.