Graduate
MA French Comprehensive Exam Policy
Language Used in Comprehensive Examinations
Candidates will write their examination in French. Either French or English or both can be spoken during the oral exam.
MA French Dates
The department expects MA students in French who are applying to the PhD program to take and pass the comprehensives in March of their second year.
Each exam is four hours in length and is given on different days. This exam is given once per year, usually the week after spring break. The oral exam will usually take place 1-2 weeks after the written exam.
Repetition of MA Comprehensive Examinations
Students who fail one or more parts of the written examinations may, on the recommendation of the department, be permitted to repeat once the part(s) failed. MA students may (if faculty is available) be given an opportunity to make up the failed section or sections of the examination over the summer.