MA French at University of Colorado Boulder

Programme overview

The MA program in French offers students the opportunity to pursue their interest in literature, culture, and pedagogy, working with faculty members who produce distinguished scholarship in a broad variety of fields. Students are encouraged to take courses in many of those fields and to become acquainted with a diversity of critical and theoretical approaches. The program consists of coursework and a comprehensive examination.

Faculty: College of Arts and Sciences | Department: French and Italian | Location: Boulder, CO, United States

What you will study

Each course represents a graduate seminar carrying two or three credit hours.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Prerequisites for admission to the French MA studies: A strong background in French and/or BA in French or equivalent. Good pronunciation in French as evidenced by a recording submitted with the application. Students are required to submit a statement of purpose and one paper of their choice done for an undergraduate French course. Recommendations from three professors with whom the student has worked. International applicants are required to meet the Graduate School’s English Proficiency Requirements .

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate programmes set their own entry terms and deadlines on their programme pages; all deadlines are 10:00 pm Mountain Time. Fall, spring and summer terms are billed for graduate students.

Graduate applications are submitted online to the Graduate School; the nonrefundable application fee is $60 for domestic applicants and $80 for international applicants, payable online. GRE or GMAT requirements and deadlines vary by programme.

Apply through the official page: https://www.colorado.edu/graduateschool/admissions

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