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PH.D. IN ROMANCE LANGUAGES

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
School/College: Arts and Sciences
Department: Romance Languages
Program of Study or Area of Emphasis: Romance Languages
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 & 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 6120/4120 Topics in Italian Culture, Language & Literature 3 hours
ITAL 6040/4040 Topics in Italian Cinema, Culture & Literature 3 hours
PORT 6010/4010 Advanced Language, Literature & Culture of the Portuguese-Speaking World 3 hours
PORT 6050/4050 Prose of the Portuguese-Speaking World 3 hours
PORT 6060/4060 Poetry of the Portuguese-Speaking World 3 hours


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