5 Year BA MA

5-Year BA/MA Program

For qualified students, the Department of World Languages and Cultures offers a Five-Year BA-MA program with a BA major in French & Francophone Studies and a non-thesis MA major in French. The primary component of the program is that a qualified student may take up to 9 hours of approved graduate courses for their senior undergraduate electives and have them count toward both the BA degree and the MA degree. Qualifications for admission to the program are:

The student must have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.0 and a cumulative GPA of 3.5 in undergraduate French courses to be considered for admission to the program.
Conditional and full admission of a student into this program must be approved by the Department of World Languages and Cultures and by the Graduate School.
Conditional admission may be granted after completing 64 hours of the requirements for the BA in French & Francophone Studies, as specified by any Undergraduate Catalog in effect during that student’s attendance at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, provided that the Catalog has been in effect within six years of the date of graduation.
Conditional admission must be obtained before taking a graduate course that is to be used to satisfy the requirements of both the BA degree and the MA degree.
Full admission may be granted after completing 96 hours of the requirements for the BA in French & Francophone Studies, as specified by any Undergraduate Catalog in effect during that student’s attendance at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, provided that the Catalog has been in effect within six years of the date of graduation. A cumulative GPA of 3.5 in undergraduate French courses is required for full admission.
Any course taken for graduate credit prior to satisfying all requirements for the BA degree must be approved by the department head (or designee) and by the Graduate School.
A student will not be eligible for a graduate assistantship until the student has satisfied all of the requirements for the BA degree.

Note: You still apply for graduation for the BA and walk in the graduation ceremony, like all of your peers; this program is really a BA + accelerated MA. You may be eligible to receive funding for the year of MA study through a graduate teaching assistantship. The GTAship comes with a tuition waiver, health insurance, and a stipend; you also gain teaching experience at the introductory level. PLEASE NOTE: The availability of GTAships varies considerably by semester and by program; please address inquiries to the appropriate graduate program coordinator (see below).

*Applications may be submitted after you have completed 64 hours at the undergraduate level, but no later than the second-to-last semester of your BA program.

Interested?

Contact the French and Francophone Studies graduate coordinator.

Brittany Murray, French

5-Year BA/MA Program – French Major, MA / World Languages and Cultures Major, BA-Language and World Business/French and Francophone Studies Concentration

For qualified students, the Department of World Languages & Cultures offers a five-year BA/MA program with a BA major in Language & World Business/ French and Francophone Studies Concentration and an MA major in French. Qualified students take 6-9 credit hours of approved graduate courses for their senior undergraduate electives which count toward both the BA and the MA degrees. This 5-Year BA/MA is a coursework only option without comprehensive exam.
Qualifications for admission to the program are:

The student must have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.00 and a cumulative GPA of 3.50 in undergraduate French and business courses.
Conditional and full admission must be approved by the Department of World Languages & Cultures and by the Graduate School.
Conditional admission may be granted after completion of 64 credit hours of the requirements for the BA in Language & World Business/ French and Francophone Studies Concentration.
Conditional admission must be obtained before taking a graduate course that is to be used to satisfy the requirements of both the BA degree and the MA degree.
Full admission may be granted after completion of 96 credit hours of the requirements for the BA in Language & World Business/ French and Francophone Studies Concentration.
Any course taken for graduate credit, prior to satisfying all requirements for the BA degree, must be approved by the department head (or designee) and by the Graduate School.
A student will not be eligible for a graduate assistantship until the student has satisfied all of the requirements for the BA degree.

Credit Hours Required

Minimum of 30 graduate credit hours

I. Language Requirement

21 credit hours of approved graduate courses in French, including 6-9 that count toward both the BA degree and the MA degree. A maximum of 3 credit hours taken at the 400-level may be applied (only those 400-level courses that appear in the Graduate Catalog qualify as graduate hours).

II. Business Requirement

9 graduate hours from the following list. A maximum of 6 credit hours taken at the 400-level may be applied (only those 400-level courses that appear in the Graduate Catalog qualify as graduate hours).