Mar 28, 2024  
2021-2022 Graduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]


Modern Languages (M.A.)



The Department of Modern Languages offers a 30-hour M.A. program with subspecialties in French, German, Spanish, or Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Courses are offered in language, second language acquisition, pedagogy, (applied) linguistics; literature, culture, film, literary theory; translation and interpretation. Graduates are prepared to pursue study at the doctoral level or to seek a career where advanced proficiency in a second language is necessary (e.g. teaching, governmental agency work, international business, translation and interpretation, etc.).

Degree Requirements:


In consultation with the student’s advisory committee, each student will complete the following program of study.

I. Core Courses


A minimum of 3 hours selected from courses below. Additional courses from this list may be taken as subspecialty electives.

II. Subspecialty Electives


Students will complete 21 hours of courses at the 600-level or above in their subspecialty (French, German, Spanish, or Teaching English as a Foreign Language), in consultation with committee. Students may petition to substitute some hours with courses outside of the department of Modern Languages, with the approval of the committee.

III. Advanced Study


In addition to the courses above and with approval of the M.A. committee, each student chooses one of the following three options:

  1. MA Coursework Option: 6 hours of additional electives. 
  2. MA with Report: 2 hours related to the report, 4 hours of additional electives.
  3. MA with Thesis: 6 hours related to the thesis.