The Graduate Certificate in French Linguistics and Literary Studies provides academic training to students in the French language, Francophone literatures and cultures at the Master's level, while advancing their proficiency of French. Students will take four graduate-level courses in French and will have the possibility to further develop some of their own research or teaching interests through their coursework.
Students interested in graduate work should refer to the Graduate and Professional Bulletin.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion, students will be able to:
- Compile culturally-, literary-, and/or linguistically-based information to construct original research.
- Develop hypotheses and theses in the field of the coursework.
- Compare cultural, literary or linguistic views and determined value systems.
- Demonstrate language proficiency minimally at the advanced-low level.
- Synthesize literary, cultural and/or linguistic works.
- Evaluate material and critical theories in light of personal production, all based on cultural, literary or linguistics foci.
Effective Spring 2017
Additional coursework may be required due to prerequisites.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| FRENCH | ||
| Select 12 credits from the following: | 12 | |
| Language Analysis/Stylistics-French | ||
| Topics in French Linguistics | ||
| Selected French Literary Movements/Periods | ||
| Advanced Studies in French Literary Genres | ||
| Advanced French Author Studies | ||
| Advanced Topic Studies-French | ||
| Program Total Credits: | 12 | |
*This certificate may have courses in common with other graduate certificates. A student may earn more than one certificate, but a given course may be counted only in one certificate.