PhD in Literary Studies: Foreign Languages
Because the PhD is a research degree, the Department requires that students be competent to do research involving primary and secondary materials in languages other than English.
To complete the first stage of the Program, a student must show competence in one foreign language, either by having had, within the preceding five years, the equivalent of third and fourth-semester reading courses in college with grades of B or better, or by passing an examination approved by the English Department.
To complete the second stage, a student must in addition show competence in a second foreign language. One of the two languages is to be at an advanced level, the equivalent of fifth and sixth-semester college courses, with the method of evaluation as above. To take the Preliminary Examination (the examination in one's area(s) of specialization, preliminary to embarking of the dissertation), a student must have satisfied the requirement for at least one of these languages.
(rev. 12/2007)
