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Degrees Offered
Master of Arts (in French)
Doctor of Philosophy (in French)
The libraries at the University are well equipped to serve the needs of graduate students in French and Italian. Among the outstanding collections are the Carlton Lake collection of manuscripts and rare editions of modern French writers from Baudelaire to Beckett, the papers of the Princess Bibesco, the Artinian collection of Guy de Maupassant material, and the Surrealist archive of reviews and original documents.
Several language laboratories, equipped with the latest audio aids, furnish excellent opportunities for technical and professional preparation for teaching and research in Romance languages and linguistics. A large collection of tape recordings of dialect materials in the Romance languages is also available.
Graduate programs include concentrations in French literature, French linguistics, and Romance linguistics. Graduate courses in Italian may be counted toward a degree in comparative literature with a concentration in Italian.
Master of Arts
French. Master of Arts degree plans designed to lead to more advanced graduate work are available with a concentration in either literature or language. Further information is available from the graduate adviser in French.
Both concentrations require an adequate command of oral and written
French.
Students may choose to minor in a subject outside the field of French, or they
may major in French literature (or language) and minor in French language (or
literature). Literature majors are required to take French 381M as well as
courses in at least
four literary periods; language majors must include French 383K and 383M and
Linguistics 480K or 380L in their program of study. A master's thesis or an
equivalent
report is required.
The entering master's degree student must have a bachelor's degree with a major in French or demonstrate equivalent knowledge. A student who is admitted without this background must acquire it by special reading and coursework before undertaking a regular degree program. The student must also have had the equivalent of at least the fourth-semester college course in one modern foreign language besides French. A deficiency in this area may be removed at any time before completion of other work for the Master of Arts.
Italian. A number of courses are taught at the graduate level and may be counted toward the minor in various master's degree programs.
Romance linguistics. This program, offered in conjunction with the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, consists of coursework in two of the four major Romance languages, distributed as follows: (1) introduction to Romance linguistics; (2) four linguistics courses in the first language (French or Italian); and (3) three courses in a second Romance language.
Doctor of Philosophy
French. A doctoral program is offered in both French literature and French linguistics. An examination committee is formed for each candidate which, with the graduate adviser, oversees the student's progress and eventually administers a comprehensive examination based on coursework and reading lists.
Several courses are required of all doctoral candidates; information about them is available from the department. In addition, the candidate is expected to take at least two courses in areas outside of French literature and language, such as English, history, linguistics, philosophy, or other languages. Work done for the master's degree may be counted toward this requirement. Literature students must complete at least two upper-division courses in a second modern foreign language or at least one upper-division Latin course, or they must demonstrate equivalent competence. At least two courses in French literature are required of students in the French linguistics program.
French may also be chosen as one of the four major language areas for the Doctor of Philosophy degree with a major in Romance linguistics, offered in cooperation with the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Language requirements for this degree are an adequate knowledge of the four major Romance languages, as well as a reading knowledge of German and a basic knowledge of Latin. A detailed description of the program is available from the graduate adviser.
Italian. A number of courses are taught at the graduate level and may be used to fulfill minor requirements in various doctoral programs. Candidates for the Doctor of Philosophy in comparative literature may count Italian as their major concentration.
Campus address: Rainey Hall (HRH) 2.110A, Phone (512) 471-5531, Fax
(512)
471-8492
Mailing address: Graduate Program, Department of French and Italian, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1197
E-mail: fhelj@utxdp.dp.utexas.edu
URL: http://www.utexas.edu/depts/french/.web/main.html
Chapter Four
Graduate Catalog
Contents
Chapter 1: Graduate Study
Chapter 2: Admission and Registration
Chapter 3: Degree Requirements
Chapter 4: Fields of Study
Chapter 5: Members of Graduate Studies Committees
Appendix: Course Abbreviations
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