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MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE IN GERMAN

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Nonthesis Degree Requirements

1. Normally, 30 hours of graduate work in German in courses numbered 700 and above, including the following:

• GERM 701, GERM 711, GERM 721, and at least one literature course -- or, in exceptional cases, a 900-level seminar -- from each of the following three periods: (1) Age of Goethe or Romanticism (GERM 760, GERM 762; GERM 960, GERM 962), (2) 19th century (GERM 764; GERM 964), (3) 20th century (GERM 766; GERM 966). M.A. candidates who desire to use transfer credit to fulfill specific course requirements for the M.A. degree (GERM 701; GERM 711; GERM 721) must pass a qualifying examination in that subject administered by the Department before receiving such credit.
• The remaining 12 hours in the program may be taken from Departmental course offerings in literature, philology and linguistics at the graduate level. Equivalent courses may be substituted with the approval of the Departmental Graduate Committee.

2. A reading knowledge of Danish, Dutch, or French.

3. A written and oral examination.

Thesis Degree Requirements

1. Normally, 30 hours of graduate work in German in courses numbered 700 and above, of which 3 hours will be in GERM 899 ( Master's Thesis). The following must be included:

• GERM 701, GERM 711, GERM 721, and at least one literature course -- or, in exceptional cases, a 900-level seminar -- from two of the following three periods -- (1) Age of Goethe or Romanticism (GERM 760, GERM 762; GERM 960, GERM 962), (2) 19th century (GERM 764; GERM 964), (3) 20th century (GERM 766; GERM 966). M.A. candidates who desire to use transfer credit to fulfill specific course requirements for the M.A. degree (GERM 701; GERM 711; GERM 721) must pass a qualifying examination in that subject administered by the Department before receiving such credit.
• The remaining 9 hours in the program may be taken from Departmental course offerings in literature, philology and linguistics at the graduate level. Equivalent courses may be substituted with the approval of the Departmental Graduate Committee.

2. A reading knowledge of Danish, Dutch, or French.

3. A completed and approved master's thesis.

4. A written and oral examination.

Time limit. Master's degree students are normally allowed seven (7) years for completion of all requirements for the degree. In cases in which compelling reasons or circumstances recommend a one-year extension of the normal seven-year limit, it will be necessary for both the advisor and Departmental graduate director to write strong letters of support to accompany the petition. Note: Courses within the Master's framework are no longer considered "out-of-date" after seven years. A leave of absence is not an option in any Master's degree.

Graduate Teaching Assistants. New graduate teaching assistants will normally be required to enroll in GERM 700 or GERM 800 in their first semester of teaching.

FLORS Requirement. A reading knowledge of Danish, Dutch, or French is required. The requirement may be satisfied by either passing the graduate reading course(s), i.e., DANE 100 and 101, DTCH 100 and 101, or FREN 100, or, given sufficient preparation, through an individual examination by the appropriate faculty member. Students do not receive graduate credit for graduate reading courses and are expected to satisfy the requirement in addition to their regular course load.

Continuous enrollment. M.A. students are required to be continuously enrolled up to the semester in which they take the M.A. examination, even after completing the 30-hour requirement.

Thesis degree vs. Non-thesis degree. The above comments regarding the time limit, the course for graduate teaching assistants, and the FLORS requirement apply to both degree options.

APPLICATION FOR DEGREE

Early in the semester in which he or she expects to complete degree requirements, a graduate student should obtain an application-for-degree card from the Graduate Division. It should be returned to the Graduate Division when it has been filled out.

Unsatisfactory Performance on an individual section of the written examination requires that the student pass a second examination on that section. The Department will permit one reexamination of the written sections failed and one reexamination of the oral part. For a reexamination of a section or the entire written examination, students will be given one of three dates, as determined by the examination committee:

1. Three weeks after completion of the written exam;

2. Six weeks after completion of the written exam;

3. At the next regular examination date.

The examination committee will determine the appropriate option after consulting with the student and report the date for the reexamination to the Graduate Committee.

After the result of a graduate degree examination has been forwarded to the Office of Graduate Studies, the graduate secretary shall inform all members of the departmental graduate faculty of that result.

Admission to the Ph.D. Program

The examination committee is expected to make a recommendation regarding admission to the Ph.D. program in the Department. The entire Departmental graduate staff, however, is responsible for

determining whether or not a student who has passed the M.A. examination shall be permitted to go on for the Ph.D. It will take very seriously the committee's recommendation, but will also take into

account the student's grades and graduate instructors' written evaluations of term papers completed in courses. Ordinarily, a minimum 3.5 grade average (on a 4-point scale) is required for admission to the Ph.D. program.