M.A. programs typically require two years of full-time study, and are offered in French and Francophone Studies, German Studies, Italian Literary and Cultural Studies, Spanish Studies, and Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies. The Master’s degree in any of these fields may serve as the initial, two-year segment of Ph.D. study in the department, or as a terminal degree. The M.A. degree can also provide the academic foundation for teaching at the secondary or primary school levels.

Location

• Storrs Campus

Modality

• In Person

Requirements

Master of Arts Requirements

Students must complete CLCS 5302 Introduction to Literary Theory and LCL 5030 Methods and Approaches to Second Language Acquisition, and earn a minimum of 30 credits above the B.A. Additionally, students should pass an M.A. examination or write a Master’s thesis depending on the requirements of each specific area of concentration and whether the student is applying to continue in the Ph.D. program or receiving the M.A. as a terminal degree.

Learning Objectives

1. Knowledge: Demonstrate appropriate breadth and depth of disciplinary knowledge and comprehension of the major topics, theories, and issues of the discipline.
2. Applied skills: Uses, disaggregates, reformulates and/or adapts principal ideas, techniques or methods of the field of study ethically, professionally, and based on best practices of the discipline.
3. Communication: Communicate proficiently and effectively to a specialist or non-specialist audience, verbally and in writing, a coherent argument or explanation summarizing aspects of the discipline.