New York City Campus Master Degrees in Language

Students in these programs acquire a solid foundation in the literature and culture of either the Spanish-speaking or Francophone world.

These master of arts programs provide students with an introduction to either Peninsular/Latin American or French/Francophone literatures.

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Italian Studies at New York University is recognized as one of the finest Italian programs in the country. It offers programs leading to the Master of Arts degree in Italian, the Master of Arts degree in Italian studies, and the Ph.D. degree in Itali...

The main strengths of the department are in the core areas of grammar (phonology, syntax, semantics), in sociolinguistics, and in neurolinguistics. Research by faculty and graduate students seeks to combine theoretical depth and empirical richness. T...

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures offers comprehensive training in Spanish, Spanish American, and Brazilian literatures.

With a staff of internationally known scholars and teachers, the Department of French offers an unusually broad range of courses in French and Francophone language, literature, and civilization. The program is strong and diversified, with emphasis on...

The department offers programs leading to the Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in German studies. Students gain a comprehensive understanding of the major areas in literature, literary theory, and cultural studies with a focus on the m...

Columbia University in the City of New York offers a broad range of courses and seminars in traditional and emerging fields of French literary studies. The faculty represents a spectrum of contemporary approaches, with emphasis on theory and a concern w...

Columbia University in the City of New York offers an M.A. and Ph.D. in Germanic Languages. Students are expected to have a high degree of proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking German and English, and a general knowledge of German literature.

This program is intended for graduate students who are primarily interested in working as translators. It leads only to the free-standing M.A. degree...

The sequential M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees are officially granted in Slavic Languages.

Columbia University in the City of New York offers an interdisciplinary M.A. in East Asian Languages and Culture. This Masters program focuses on the literature, culture, history, and languages of China, Japan and Korea. East Asian language skills are r...