Germanic Studies (MA)
Department website: http://liberalarts.utexas.edu/germanic/
All students in the graduate program take a core of required courses. In consultation with the graduate advisor, each student chooses a concentration to aid in the choice of electives. Concentrations are developed by students in consultation with the graduate program to accommodate their individual career goals and interests. Students' concentrations may include courses from outside the department that are related to the major area of study.
Graduate Handbook
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Admission
Entering graduate students must have a bachelor’s degree (or the equivalent from a university outside the United States), ordinarily with a major in German or the appropriate Germanic language.
Total Hours Required: 33
Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Hours chosen from: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Synchronic Linguistics: German (Topic 2: Introduction to Synchronic Linguistics: German) | ||
| Introduction to Diachronic Linguistics: Germanic (Topic 3: Introduction to Diachronic Linguistics: Germanic) | ||
| GER 398T | Supervised Teaching in German | 3 |
| Hours chosen from: | 3 | |
| Topics in Periods in Germanic Literature | ||
| Topics in Cultural History | ||
| Topics in Intellectual History | ||
| Additional hours chosen from: courses that will accommodate the student's declared area of specialization and will include seven electives chosen in consultation with the graduate advisor | 21 | |
| GER 398R | Master's Report | 3 |
| Graduate Liberal Arts Requirements | ||
| Graduate University Requirements | ||
| Total Hours | 33 | |
Additional Requirements
In their final semester, while enrolled in GER X98R Master's Report, students must pass an oral examination of up to one and one-half hours based on the master’s report and coursework completed in the declared area of the specialization.
Students must also demonstrate reading competence in one foreign language other than English and the language of the students' major field of study (usually German); students with competence in English and another Germanic language are strongly encouraged to choose German as their other language.