Options & Sequences
The program offers two basic options: the Simple Option, leading to an ordinary BA in French and an MA in French, and the Honors Option, leading to an Honors BA in French and an MA in French. The Simple Option will be recommended to students who do not plan (but may subsequently decide) to pursue graduate studies at the doctoral level. The Honors Option will be recommended to students who do plan to pursue graduate studies at the doctoral level. In either case, the departmentās decision to recommend that a student go on to doctoral research will depend on performance at the graduate level in both coursework and the MA Comprehensive Examination.
The sequence of courses and year-by-year course loads for each of the two options is as follows: