- MA degrees in French, German, and Spanish are offered in both a thesis and a non-thesis program. The non-thesis program consists of 32 hours of acceptable graduate-level coursework and a final comprehensive examination.
- Requirements for the thesis program in Spanish are 26 hours of acceptable graduate-level coursework, a thesis for which a maximum of four thesis credit hours is granted, and a final comprehensive examination. Requirements for the thesis in French and German are 24 hours of acceptable graduate-level coursework, a thesis for which a maximum of six thesis credit hours is granted, and a final comprehensive examination.