Master of Arts Degree in Modern Languages
with Concentration in French

Our graduate program offers a Master of Arts in Modern Languages with Concentration in French. It is the home of advanced studies on French and Francophone literatures, cultures, and societies. Faculty expertise encompasses many fields from the Middle Ages to the present, in several French-speaking countries and regions of the world. Students receive training and guidance in literary and cultural theory, critical methods, research and teaching applications of information technology, modern linguistics, hermeneutics, and socio-cultural and psychoanalytic interpretation. Focal areas of research include the historical interactions between French-speaking cultures, questions of gender and race, and relations between writing, art, cinema, and philosophical thought. Graduate students are regularly trained to teach and receive Teaching Assistantships.

Requirements for M. A.:

• Admission Requirements: Those wishing to major in French must, upon admission, have a baccalaureate degree with a major in that language or have a minimum of 18 advanced hours, or the equivalent in language proficiency and course content.
  
  
• Options:
  • Thesis: A written comprehensive examination may be given in addition to the thesis at the discretion of the committee.
  • Non-thesis: A comprehensive written examination on coursework and an appropriate reading list.
    
    
• Course Requirements:
  • MODL 53O4—Required of all M.A. students in French, preferably during their first semester.
  • 4 other MODL courses.
  • A minimum of 7 FREN courses (21 hours) at the 5000 level. Students may be permitted to take three of these courses in other departments or as transfer credit if consistent with the MODL program.
    
    
• Reading List: A comprehensive reading list covering French literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Students may, in consultation with their committee, modify the list.
  
  
• Written Examination: The Comprehensive examination for the M.A. in Modern Language (French) is divided into four sessions given on two consecutive days in morning and afternoon sessions. These sessions are two hours long and are given in groups arranged by century or by topic, depending on the student's program. In addition, each student is allowed one half-hour preparation time for each question.
  
  In general, the groups required are:
  • Moyen Âge and Renaissance.
  • Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.
  • Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.
  • Overall section consisting of 8–12 "petites identifications" that should not duplicate material asked in the above sections of the exam.
  • Topics taken from the MODL course content.
    
    
• Oral Examination: An oral examination may be required of the student at the discretion of the committee.
  
  
• For more information on the graduate program:
  
  
  • E-mail the Graduate Advisor, Dr. Aimée Israël-Pelletier: aip@uta.edu
    
    
  • Call the Department of Modern Languages: 817.272.3161.