• This is a 36-credit hour program.
  • Students take three graduate seminars per semester, each seminar is 3-credit hours.
  • The M.A. thesis, taken in the second year, amounts to 6-credit hours. Prior to enrollment in thesis hours, all students must pass a translation exam in a language related to the field of study and their graduate colloquium, which is generally scheduled at the beginning of their third term. If a student does not pass the colloquium, he or she has the opportunity to present the work one more time. If unable to pass the second colloquium, he or she will be dropped from the program. 
  • Admitted students are awarded tuition grants, a stipend and teaching/research assistantships.
  • In addition, the division has funds available so that graduate students may travel to conduct research on their thesis topic.