About Master’s Program,
The program and our faculty
Department of Languages, Cultures, and Literatures offers an M.A. and Ph.D. in French. Both Degrees provide a rigorous and comprehensive training in French literary history, theory and criticism. The research and teaching interests of our faculty are deeply interdisciplinary, extending the study of literature and culture to fields such as aesthetics, continental philosophy, cinema studies, genre studies, music, law, political history, anthropology, psychoanalysis, gender, and colonial and postcolonial studies. Likewise, our Faculty’s training ranges across the history of French and Francophone studies, including Medieval, Renaissance, Enlightenment and post-Revolutionary French literature and culture, to contemporary French and Francophone studies. Within the Francophone world, faculty members teach and conduct research on North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Québec, and the Caribbean, as well as focusing on immigrant communities in France.
Master’s Program Degree Eligibility with GPA,
All UNM students entering French 1110 or French 1150 are required to take the on-line French placement exam for placement at the appropriate level.
Students in LCL receive both excellent language instruction from beginning to advanced levels, as well as the opportunity to study world literature and culture in the original language. Our undergraduate majors and minors develop cross-cultural awareness and the critical thinking necessary for students to understand their place within global culture. At the same time, we understand that proficiency in a foreign language can be a crucial element of a successful career, and we enhance this practical training by encouraging majors to combine their language study with fields such as International Studies, Political Science, Business, Economics and Communications.
Your exam results, which you need to take a screenshot of, must be turned in to your instructor during the first week of class.
Students entering French language classes beyond 1110 may take the exam for placement advisement. If you would like assistance in interpreting the results, please contact the French advisor at pcheek@unm.edu.
Master’s Funding Coverage,
We provide financial support through Teaching Assistantships, Graduate Assistantships, and Carol Raymond Scholarships, and other university and extra-mural funding. Competitive M.A. and Ph.D. students generally receive full support consisting of tuition remission, health insurance and an assistantship stipend, contingent on successful advancement to degree. We also offer some funding for participation in scholarly conferences. Our M.A. graduates have been accepted into strong Ph.D. programs at institutions such as Stanford, Harvard, Berkeley, UCLA, Brown, Rutgers, Duke, Michigan, NYU, North Carolina, and the University of Pennsylvania. Recent Ph.D. graduates have obtained full time teaching positions at Princeton, Duke, UTEP, the University of North Texas, Centre College, and Linfield College.
Application Requirement,
Program of Interest
Test Scores
Letter of Intent
Writing Sample
CV/Resume
Relevant Coursework
Unofficial Transcript
Video/Audio Link
Recommendations
Application Deadline,
Feb 01, 2025
Application Fee,
as a graduate student and did not pay the $60 application fee
