Foreign Languages

College of Arts and Sciences

Dr. Philip B. Oldham, Dean

Dr. Edmond Emplaincourt, Department Head and Graduate Coordinator

300 Lee Hall 

662-325-3480

e-mail: eaempl@ra.msstate.edu

Graduate study is offered in the Department of Foreign Languages leading to the degree of Master of Arts. Areas of study are French, German, and Spanish.

Admission Criteria—The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is not required for admission to the M.S. program in Foreign Languages.  International students are required to have a TOEFL score of 525 or better in order to be considered.

Program of Study/Completion Requirements—Thesis and non-thesis options are available.  The thesis option requires satisfactory completion of 24 semester hours of course work and six semester hours of research/thesis, for a total of 30 semester hours.  The non-thesis option requires satisfactory completion of 33 semester hours in one language or 36 semester hours in two languages for students wishing a double major (18 semester hours in each language).  Also required for the degree is a comprehensive oral examination based upon all course work taken and (where applicable) an oral defense of the thesis.  One course, FL 8103 (Bibliography and Research Methods), is required of all Master’s candidates.  A minimum of 21 semester hours in one language must be taken for the M.A.; this allows a student to work in a minor field, such as History, Education, the Teaching of English as a Second Language, and Foreign Language Methodology.

Provisional Admission—Students who have not fully met the requirements stipulated by the University and the appropriate department for admission to graduate study may be granted admission as a degree-seeking graduate student with provisional status.  Such students must have as their initial objective advancement to regular status.

A provisional student must receive a 3.00 GPA on the first nine hours of graduate level courses on his or her program of study taken at Mississippi State University (transfer hours or unclassified graduate hours will not apply) in order to achieve regular status.  If a 3.00 is not attained, the provisional student will be dismissed from graduate study.  While in the provisional status, students are not eligible to hold a graduate assistantship.

Academic Performance—Continuous enrollment in the University or in a specific graduate program is dependent upon a satisfactory evaluation of academic performance and progress toward the completion of a specified degree.  A student’s progress is considered satisfactory unless judged to be unsatisfactory by the department and/or the dean of the college offering the program. Unsatisfactory performance may be defined as the failure to maintain a B average in graduate courses attempted after admission to the program, a grade of U, D, or F in any course, more than two grades below a B, failure of the comprehensive/preliminary examination, an unsatisfactory evaluation of a thesis or dissertation, failure of the research defense, or any other failure of a required component of one’s program of study.  Any one of these, or any combination of these, may constitute the basis for the termination of a student’s graduate study in a degree program; individual programs have the right to establish their own criteria.

To be eligible for the comprehensive/preliminary examination, a graduate student must maintain an overall B average in all graduate courses attempted after admission to the program. 

Graduate teaching assistantships, awarded on a competitive basis, are available.  For additional information, contact the head of the Department of Foreign Languages, P.O. Box FL, Mississippi State, MS 39762 or fax 662-325-8209. 

Graduate Courses—Course prerequisites are noted in parentheses.

French:

FLF 6063       French Drama of the 19th Century (FLF 3523 or consent of  instructor). 3 hours

FLF 6073       French Drama of the 20th Century (FLF 3523 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLF 6083       Survey of French Lyric Poetry (FLF 3513 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLF 6093       French Novel and Short Story of the 19th Century (FLF 3523 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLF 6103       French Novel and Short Story of the 20th Century (FLF 3513 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLF 6113       French Stylistics (FLF 3114 and FLF 3124 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLF 6143       French Classicism (FLF 3513 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLF 6153       French Classicism (FLF 3513 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLF 6213       Historical Grammar (FLF 3114 and FLF 3124 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLF 6313       Intensive Advanced French for Teachers (Teacher certification in French or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLF 6563       French Readings for Graduates I. 3 hours

FLF 6573       French Readings for Graduates II (FLF 6563 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLF 6990       Special Topics in French. 1-9 hours

FLF 7000       Directed Individual Study. 1-6 hours

FLF 8000       Research/Thesis. 6 hours

FLF 8063       Seminar in French Drama of the 19th Century. 3 hours

FLF 8073       Seminar in French Drama of the 20th Century. 3 hours

FLF 8093       Seminar in the French Novel of the 19th Century. 3 hours

FLF 8103       Seminar in the French Novel of the 20th Century. 3 hours

FLF 8113       Seminar in French Classical and Neo-Classical Comedy. 3 hours

FLF 8123       Seminar in the French Novel and Short Story of the Renaissance and Classical Period. 3 hours

FLF 8213       Old French. 3 hours

FLF 8223       Seminar in French Classical and Neo-Classical Tragedy. 3 hours

FLF 8990       Special Topics in French. 1-9 hours

German:

FLG 6113      German Stylistics (FLG 3124). 3 hours

FLG 6153      Applied Linguistics:  German Phonology and Morphology (FLG 3124 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLG 6163      History of the German Language (FLG 3124). 3 hours

FLG 6193      Introduction to Middle High German (FLG 3513 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLG 6413      Early German Literature (FLG 3513 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLG 6423      German Literature of the Age of  Luther (FLG 3513 or equivalent). 3 hours

FLG 6433      Enlightenment and Storm and Stress (FLG 3513 or equivalent). 3 hours

FLG 6443      German Classicism and Romanticism (FLG 3513). 3 hours

FLG 6453      l9th Century German Literature (FLG 3213 or equivalent). 3 hours

FLG 6463      German Drama of the 20th Century (FLG 3523). 3 hours

FLG 6473      German Novel and Short Story of  the 20th Century (FLG 3523). 3 hours

FLG 6483      Survey of German Lyric Poetry (FLG 3513). 3 hours

FLG- 6513     Nietzsche: Literature and Values (taught in English). 3 hours

FLG  6563     German Readings for Graduate I. 3 hours

FLG 6573      German Readings for Graduates II (FLG 6563 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLG 6990      Special Topics in German. 1-9 hours

FLG 7000      Directed Individual Study. 1-6 hours

FLG 8000      Research/Thesis. 6 hours

FLG 8213      Seminar in Middle High German. 3 hours

FLG 8413      German Literature of the Middle Ages. 3 hours

FLG 8423      German Literature of the Reformation and Baroque. 3 hours

FLG 8433      Seminar in German Drama of the Classical Period. 3 hours

FLG 8453      Seminar in German Drama of the 19th Century. 3 hours

FLG 8463      Seminar in German Drama of the 20th Century. 3 hours

FLG 8473      Seminar in the German Novel and Short Story of the 20th Century. 3 hours

FLG 8990      Special Topics in German. 1-9 hours

Greek:

FLH 6990      Special Topics in Greek. 1-9 hours

FLH 7000      Directed Individual Study. 1-6 hours

FLH 8990      Special Topics in Greek. 1-9 hours

Japanese:

FLJ 6990.      Special Topics in Japanese. 1-9 hours

FLJ 8990       Special Topics in Japanese. 1-9 hours

Latin:

FLL 6990       Special Topics in Latin. 1-9 hours

FLL 7000       Directed Individual Study. 1-6 hours

FLL 8990       Special Topics in Latin. 1-9 hours

Russian:

FLR 6990      Special Topics in Russian. 1-9 hours

FLR 8990      Special Topics in Russian. 1-9 hours

Spanish:

FLS 6223      Spanish Novel of the Golden Age (FLS 3513). 3 hours

FLS 6233      Cervantes (FLS 3513). 3 hours

FLS 6253      Spanish Novel and Short Story of  the 19th Century (FLS 3523). 3 hours

FLS 6263      Spanish Novel and Short Story of  the 20th Century (FLS 3523). 3 hours

FLS 6283      The Contemporary Spanish- American Novel and Short Story (FLS 3523 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLS 6323      Spanish Drama of the Golden Age (FLS 3513 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLS 6333      Spanish Drama of the 19th Century (FLS 3523 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLS 6343      Spanish Drama of the 20th Century (FLS 3523 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLS 6423      Survey of Spanish Lyric Poetry (FLS 3513). 3 hours

FLS 6433      Intensive Advanced Spanish for Teachers (teacher certification in Spanish or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLS 6443      Modernismo (FLS 3523 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLS 6523      The Renaissance (FLS 3513 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLS 6543      Survey of Spanish-American Literature (FLS 3523 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLS 6553      Survey of Spanish-American Literature (FLS 3523 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLS 6563      Beginning Spanish Readings for Graduates. 3 hours

FLS 6573      Spanish Readings for Graduates II (FLS 6563 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLS 6623      Spanish Stylistics (FLS 3113 and FLS 3233 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLS 6633      Introduction to Spanish Linguistics (FLS 3233 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLS 6643      Spanish Phonology (FLS 3233 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLS 6653      History of the Spanish Language (FLS 3513 or consent of instructor). 3 hours

FLS 6990      Special Topics in Spanish. 1-9 hours

FLS 7000      Directed Individual Study. 1-6 hours

FLS 8000      Research/Thesis. 6 hours

FLS 8223      Seminar in the Picaresque Novel. 3 hours

FLS 8253      Seminar in the Novel of the 19th Century. 3 hours

FLS 8263      Seminar in the Novel of the 20th  Century. 3 hours

FLS 8283      The Contemporary Spanish- American Novel and Short Story. 3 hours

FLS 8323      Seminar in the Drama of the Golden Age. 3 hours

FLS 8333      Seminar in the Drama of the 19th Century. 3 hours

FLS 8343      Seminar in the Drama of the 20th Century. 3 hours

FLS 8443      Modernismo. 3 hours

FLS 8513      Spanish Literature of the Middle Ages (FLS 8663). 3 hours

FLS 8663      Old Spanish. 3 hours

FLS 8990      Special Topics in Spanish. 1-9 hours

Special Graduate Courses:

FL 6013         Major Themes or Movements in Comparative Germanic and Romance Literatures. 3 hours

FL 6123         Scandinavian Mythology [Same as REL 4123/6123]. 3 hours

FL 6143         Classical Mythology [Same as REL 4143/6143]. 3 hours

FL 6613         Phonetics and Phonology. 3 hours

FL 6623         The Vikings [same as HI  4623/6623]. 3 hours

FL 6990         Special Topics in Foreign Language. 1-9 hours

FL 8103         Seminar in Bibliography and Research Methods. 3 hours

FL 8990         Special Topics in Foreign Language. 1-9 hours