Graduate Program

At the graduate level, the Department offers curricula leading to the degree of Master of Arts and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy with specialization in several fields of literature and linguistics. In addition, it offers candidates the opportunity to do specially-tailored work with other units on campus, such as the departments of Comparative Literature, History, Art History, Communications Arts, Scandinavian Studies, Linguistics, as well as the Jewish Studies, European Studies and Women's Studies Programs. 

In addition, the Department offers an Graduate external minor, the requirements for which are as follows: 

• German 611, or, if the candidate has taken its equivalent elsewhere, another 600-level literature course, 
• Two (2) additional graduate literature courses, only one of which may be on the 600 level (the other is on the 700 level), 
• A seminar in literature. 

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