Finding Graduate Degree Requirements
For Graduate Degree Requirements, go to tiny.utk.edu/grad-catalog and search for your program under “Majors / Minors, A-Z.”
Admission Deadlines
The World Languages & Cultures department follows the same application deadlines as the Graduate School.
Fall Admission Deadline: February 1st
Spring Admission Deadline: June 15th
French MA
The Master of Arts in French is a two-year program designed to prepare students for a variety of career options as well as a PhD program in French literature and culture. We offer tuition waivers and GTA stipends on a competitive basis. Students on an assistantship receive teaching training during their first year and teach lower-division French courses their second year.
German MA
The German program offers an interdisciplinary 2‐year MA degree in German that can include a direct exchange with universities in Baden‐Württemberg. Many of our incoming MA students spend their first year studying in Germany and return to Knoxville for their second year to complete their degree requirements and to receive pedagogical training in the classroom. We offer tuition waivers and GTA stipends on a competitive basis.
Spanish MA
The Spanish MA degree is a two-year program that offers two concentrations. One is a concentration in Literary and Cultural Studies that focuses on the literatures and cultures of Spain, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Students receive training in cultural studies, literary analysis, and basic techniques of criticism, and are exposed to a wide variety of works and authors from different cultural areas, periods, and genres. The second is a concentration in Applied Linguistics & Second Language Studies, which provides students with foundational coursework in Spanish and Applied Linguistics, especially Second Language Studies, as well as offering options for cultural studies relevant to the Hispanic world and other linguistics coursework.
World Languages and Cultures PhD
The PhD in World Languages and Cultures requires advanced training in a major language (French, German, or Spanish) and either a second language, applied linguistics, or Latin American Studies. Students will select a concentrated program of study in French, German, or Spanish.
