Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
School/College: Arts and Sciences
Department: Romance Languages
Program of Study or Area of Emphasis: French
Total Hours Required for this Degree: 39

The Department offers the Ph.D. degree in Romance Languages with a major in French, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish. A minimum of 20 graduate courses (including those taken at the M.A. level), preliminary written and oral examinations, a dissertation, and an oral dissertation defense are required. Students majoring in French, Italian, Portuguese or Spanish will take 8 or 9 of the 12 courses required for the Ph.D. in this language and 3 or 4 courses in the minor field of study. The minor must be a well-defined set of courses either within the department or outside the department, some of which may already have been taken as part of the M.A. degree at the University of Georgia. Students who are combining the study of two languages will take a minimum of 6 courses in the major language, a minimum of 3 courses in the minor language, and 3 additional courses to be applied to the major language, the minor language, a minor field, or any combination of these. The hours of credit of ROML 8000 which may be taken at the Ph.D. level are limited to 6.

REQUIRED COURSES (3 HOURS)
Course Number		Course Title		Credit
ROML 9300		Doctoral Dissertation		3 hours
OPTIONAL/ELECTIVE COURSES (CHOICE OF 36 HOURS)
Course Number		Course Title		Credit
FREN 6120/4120		Topics in French Culture, Language and Literature		3 hours
FREN 6200		Francophone Cultures and Literatures		3 hours
FREN 6300/4300		Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture		3 hours
FREN 6350/4350		Studies in the French Renaissance		3 hours
FREN 6400		Studies in 17th-Century French Literature and Culture		3 hours
FREN 6450		Studies in 18th-Century French Literature and Culture		3 hours
FREN 6500		Studies in 19th-Century French Literature and Culture		3 hours
FREN 6550		Studies in 20th- and 21st-Century French Literature and Culture		3 hours
FREN (LING) 6630		The French Sound System in a Social Context		3 hours
FREN (LING) 6700		Applied French Linguistics		3 hours
FREN (LING) 6800/4800		French Syntax and Meaning		3 hours
FREN (LING) 6910		History of the French Language in its Social and Literary Context		3 hours
FREN 8200		Seminar in Renaissance Studies		3 hours
FREN 8300		Seminar in 17th-Century Studies		3 hours
FREN 8400		Seminar in 18th-Century Studies		3 hours
FREN 8500		Seminar in 19th-Century Studies		3 hours
FREN 8600		Seminar in 20th- and 21st-Century Studies		3 hours
FREN 8700		Seminar in Francophone Studies		3 hours
FREN 8800		Seminar in French Linguistics		3 hours
ITAL 4120/6120		Topics in Italian Culture, Language & Literature		3 hours
ITAL 4040/6040		Topics in Italian Cinema, Culture & Literature		3 hours
PORT 4010/6010		Advanced Language, Literature & Culture of the Portuguese-Speaking World		3 hours
PORT 4050/6050		Prose of the Portuguese-Speaking World		3 hours
PORT 4060/6060		Poetry of the Portuguese-Speaking World		3 hours
PORT 4070/6070		Theater of the Portuguese-Speaking World		3 hours
PORT 4080/6080		Studies in Culture and Literature of the Portuguese-Speaking World		3 hours
ROML 8000		Topics in Romance Languages		3 hours
ROML 8500		Readings and Research in Romance Languages		3 hours
ROML 9000		Doctoral Research		3 hours
SPAN 6100		Poetry		3 hours
SPAN 6200		Narrative Fiction		3 hours
SPAN 6300		Essay		3 hours
SPAN 6400		Drama		3 hours
SPAN 8180		History of Literary Criticism and Critical Theory		3 hours
SPAN 4120/6120		Topics in Spanish Culture, Language & Literature		3 hours
SPAN 6650		Spanish Phonetics and Phonology		3 hours
SPAN 6750		Spanish Syntax and Morphology		3 hours
SPAN 6850		Spanish Applied Linguistics		3 hours
SPAN 6950		Spanish Semantics and Pragmatics		3 hours
SPAN 7750		Teaching College Spanish		3 hours
SPAN 8010		Topics in Spanish Language, Literature, Linguistics and Culture		3 hours
SPAN 8100		Seminar: Poetry		3 hours
SPAN 8200		Seminar: Narrative Fiction		3 hours
SPAN 8300		Seminar: Essay		3 hours
SPAN 8400		Seminar: Drama		3 hours

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