Germanic Languages & Literatures Master's Degree Requirements

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The M.A. degree program is designed to be meaningful in itself and a foundation for further progress toward the Ph.D.

The department reserves the right to grant the M.A. as a terminal degree; admission to candidacy for the Ph.D. requires the depart-ment's permission and does not follow automatically upon completion of the M.A. Prerequisites for admission include a B.A. with a major in German language and literature and indication of ability to do successful graduate work. Deficiencies in literary background and insufficient command of spoken or written German must be remedied.

Language Requirement

For the M.A. degree the department requires proficiency in German.

Program of Study

Ten courses (30 credit hours) are required of all M.A. candidates by University regulation. Full-time students are normally expected by the department to take a minimum of three courses in each semester. (Courses taken as audits are not counted among the minimum three.) Those holding teaching assistantships in the department are expected to complete their course requirements for the M.A. within four consecutive semesters of the regular academic year. The successful completion of the following courses is required: 583 Problems and Methods of Teaching German, 584 History of German, and 601 Middle High German.

Also, six courses selected from the de-partment's offerings of literature courses, including those in medieval literature; the six courses must include at least onecourse in the 18th century, onecourse in the 19th century, and onecourse in 20th-century literature.