University of Virginia

Program Information

Degree Offered

MA, PhD

Format: Campus

Program Description:

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Consistently ranked among the top graduate programs in the nation over the past twenty years, the Department of French Language and Literature at the University of Virginia has granted the Ph.D. since 1905 and the M.A. since the 1820s.
The Master's degree (usually completed in two academic years) is suitable either as a first professional degree or as a preparation for doctoral work. The Ph.D. allows specialization in a period of French literature, in African and New World literatures and cultures, in French civilization/culture, and in specific critical approaches to literature. The programs leading to these degrees have been carefully designed by the entire faculty to meet specific practical and intellectual goals.
The Ph.D. is a closely supervised research degree, emphasizing (1) extensive advanced work in at least two related fields of French studies; (2) a high degree of sophistication in appropriate aspects of theory and methods; and (3) proficiency in the expository, investigative and linguistic skills required in the chief modes of professional writing.

Tuition & Financial Aid

Financial Aid Offered: No

Classification: Doctoral/Research Universities - Extensive

Institution Sector: Public

Locale: Small Suburb

Size & Settings: 20,000 and above