Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Main Departmental Office 
Language Building, 101 
P.O. Box 13645 Denton,
TX 76203-6645 
(817) 565-2404

R. Douglas Crowder, Chair

Graduate Faculty: Beck, Beckman, Crowder, Damico, Ferreira, Harrison,
Hyde, Koop, Nahrgang, New, Olsen, de Onis, Sirvent, Vidrine.

     The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures offers graduate
programs in the following areas:

 -Master of Arts with majors in French and Spanish.  
 -Minor work in French, German, Latin and Spanish is also available.

     Graduate students have the opportunity to use the target language in
their courses at UNT and can participate in the Study Abroad Program
and the Co-op Exchange Program offered by the department.

Research

     Research conducted by departmental faculty members in Spanish
literature includes studies in Spanish poetry, contemporary
Spanish-American literature and Spanish literature of the Golden Age.
Spanish literature of the 19th and 20th centuries is another area of
interest. Faculty in the field of French literature specialize in the
works of the 16th, 19th and 20th centuries. Research in German
literature includes German and comparative literature of the Baroque
and German literature of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Research
also is conducted on Latin literary evidence in the Roman social and
political ethos.

Admission Requirements

     A student must have completed at least 12 semester hours of advanced
work in the field concerned to enroll in courses numbered 5000 or
higher. The applicant must make a minimum score of 800 on the aptitude
test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Undergraduate students
anticipating entrance into graduate work in French or Spanish should
take the GRE in the final semester of their senior year. In the event
that the examination has not been taken before application is made, the
student should take it no later than the following administration.

     The applicant must demonstrate a reading knowledge of a second foreign
language. Completion of a course in the second language at the 2050
level or higher, with a grade of at least B, will be regarded as proof
of adequate reading ability.

     The applicant has the choice of the following programs: (a) 30 semester
hours, including 6 hours of thesis; at least 18 hours of course work
must be completed in the major; a minor of 6 hours is permitted; or (b)
36 hours of course work, without thesis; at least 30 hours must be
earned in the major; a minor of 6 hours is permitted.

     A master's degree candidate in French or Spanish must take a written
comprehensive examination in the major field.

Courses of Instruction

     All Courses of Instruction are located in one section at the back of
this catalog.