Foreign Language Requirement

Two years' college credit in a foreign language, or its equivalent, is required for students who are admitted to M.A./Ph.D. program in English. Well-qualified students are admitted on the condition that they satisfy the foreign language requirement before completion of the M.A.

Options for fulfilling the foreign language requirement before completion of the M.A.:

A sequence of four or more semesters of a language other than English (with a grade of "B" or better in the last semester) taken prior to graduate admission. (The final course is to have been completed no earlier than four years prior to matriculating in the graduate program.)

Coursework at UT: A sequence of four or more semesters of a language other than English, or intensive foreign language coursework covering the content of the four-semester sequence, passed with a grade of "B" or better in the last semester.

Completion of a UT 301 translation course with a "Credit". (Course may be taken repeatedly.)

At the discretion of the Graduate Adviser: Compelling evidence of knowledge of a language other than English, such as: a high school degree from a foreign high school; coursework taught in a foreign language at a foreign university; an intensive language course of at least four weeks (if completed with a grade rather than pass/fail); a home language.

Options for fulfilling the foreign language requirement before completion of the Ph.D.:

Any of the options listed above for the M.A. (If this requirement is fulfilled by coursework, the final course is to have been completed no earlier than six years prior to admission to candidacy for the Ph.D.)

Advanced competence in your M.A. foreign language: Completion of at least one upper-division or graduate foreign language or literature course with a grade of B or better. (The final course is to have been completed no earlier than six years prior to admission to candidacy for the Ph.D.)