Graduate Students

Welcome to the FLL graduate student resource page. The purpose of this site is to provide students in the Master of Arts in Romance Languages degree program with information about the general requirements of the program.  Please use this page as a resource to help you track your degree requirements and complete your graduation paperwork.

Graduate Student Tips

• You will take a comprehensive exam at the end of your studies. Be prepared by keeping the books from all of your courses and keeping a file of all of your class notes (make sure you take good notes!), papers, returned tests, etc.  Keep all of these things until after the MA exam.

• Meet with your  adviser periodically throughout your program of study to be sure you are on the right track.

• Use the graduation checklist to help you track what you have accomplished and what you still need to do before you can graduate. See links at right.

• You are required to show competency in a second foreign language.  If you don't already have that competency, make sure you set about obtaining it in a timely manner, over the course of your studies. Ask your adviser about the different ways you can fulfill this requirement.

• Continuous enrollment is required the semester you plan to graduate.  Plan to be enrolled in a course during the semester of your graduation.  Enroll in Foreign Languages 5899 only if you are not enrolled in another graduate course.

• At the beginning of the semester you plan to graduate, you must complete and submit the MA Program of Study Form and the Application for Graduation. Be sure to check the Academic Calendar for the deadline to submit the application for graduation. See links at right.