Graduate opportunities
In the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of North Texas, we offer course work leading to a Master of Arts degree in French. You'll master language skills through combining required course work and other learning opportunities.
The M.A. degree allows you to teach language courses at a community college, university or in public and private schools. Other options include teaching intensive language programs, working as a translator or interpreter, or in international studies. Teaching intensive language programs can prepare you for working with business professionals and multi-national corporations. You may also work in the tourism industry.
Our faculty members' varied backgrounds include extensive research, travel and study in Europe, Canada and Africa, and involvement in professional organizations.
UNT provides a wide variety of services exclusively to graduate students. The Graduate Student Writing Support office can help you with writing, and the Toulouse Graduate School® offers several professional development workshops. Among the workshops is a Thesis Boot Camp. Many of the workshops are available online for your convenience.
Outstanding learning opportunities
French Summer Institute
The Institute helps you improve your proficiency in French and increase your knowledge of French studies. It also allows individuals who can't enroll in a full-time graduate program for professional reasons to earn an M.A. in French in three to five summers, depending on transfer credit or the minor field.
While participating in the institute on campus, participants speak the target language. You can combine summer courses with courses taken during the fall and spring to complete your degree faster.
World Language Learning Center
The center helps you learn nine different languages. It provides 80 computer workstations, more than 30 software programs for self-study and assignments, multi-language audio and video media, satellite reception of international foreign language programs, presentation equipment and additional materials.
Attending UNT
Admission requirements
You must meet the admission requirements of the graduate school, which are outlined at the graduate school website, in addition to the French program requirements:
- 12 credit hours of advanced undergraduate work in a chosen language field
- 1000-word essay in the target language
- One-page curriculum vitae
- One letter of recommendation from a French faculty in an advanced course.
Your admission is based on a holistic review of these items including your undergraduate GPA. All factors are weighed equally.
Degree requirements
Master of Arts degree
Thesis option
- 30 credit hours of course work in the major (may include 6 credit hours of course work in a minor or through transfer)
- 6 credit hours of thesis
Non-thesis option
- 36 credit hours of course work in the major (may include 6 credit hours of course work in a minor or through transfer)
- Written comprehensive exams in your major language are required if you don't select the thesis option
Financial assistance
Graduate fellowships and assistantships are available. Language students may also find part-time employment in the World Language Learning Center or the department office, which requires secretarial skills. Information about other financial assistance programs is at the financial aid website.
Faculty
Christophe Chaguinian, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies; Ph.D. Indiana University. French Medieval literature and culture; Catholicism and religious art in 19th-century France.
Carine Graff, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Kent State University. Translation Studies.
Marijn S. Kaplan, Professor; Ph.D., University of New Mexico. 17th- and 18th century French literature; women's studies; epistolarity.
Marie-Christine Koop, Professor and Director of the French Summer Institute; Ph.D., Michigan State University. French civilization and culture; social issues and women in France; Quebec society and culture.
Lawrence Williams, Professor; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University. Applied linguistics; second-language acquisition; technology-enhanced learning; French phonetics.
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