PhD French

To qualify for the doctorate, a student must satisfactorily complete graduate studies totaling at least 72 points (at least 32 points in residence at New York University), pass an oral and written qualifying examination and a dissertation proposal examination, and then successfully defend a dissertation. The degree of master of arts in French literature is prerequisite to the doctor of philosophy. All doctoral candidates in French should complete at least one course (including M.A. work) in each of seven areas of French and Francophone literature and one course in literary theory. All students are required to take the Proseminar, FREN-GA 1101 and the two-credit seminar in Teaching French as a Foreign Language, FREN-GA 1012. In consultation with the director of graduate studies, doctoral students may enroll in a limited number of courses outside the department in areas related to their interests, or they may choose a field of study of up to five courses in another discipline: linguistics, art history, cinema studies, performance studies, or comparative literature.