Degrees

The Department of French & Italian offers two graduate degrees in French studies:

PhD in French studies
For those who are striving to acquire extensive knowledge of French studies through rigorous research, culminating in a dissertation.
MA in French studies
For students who are interested in pursuing an advanced understanding of French literary and cultural studies.

Please see our Graduate Handbook for more information about our graduate programs and related policies and procedures.

Our department offers two graduate minors to students enrolled in other University programs:

French minor
Italian minor

For additional information about graduate studies not found here, please contact Graduate Program Coordinator at fritgrad@umn.edu . Further information is available from the Graduate School.