Overview
Outcomes
While primarily training students for academic careers at the university or community college levels, the PhD in French Language and Literature at the University of Toronto can also lead to employment opportunities in editorial work and professions outside academia.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Feminism and Postmodernism: Theory and Practice
- Collections of Knowledge: Encyclopedism and Travel Literature in Early Modern Europe (1500–1800)
- Performative Autobiographical Acts: Painted and Photographic Representations of Self in Personal and Political Testimonials
- Allegory and Allegorism in Literature and Fine Arts
- The Art of Exploration: How to Think the World
- Computational Methods for Linguists
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 48 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
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Disciplines
French studies View 5 other PhDs in French studies in CanadaAcademic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- An appropriate master's degree in French literature/linguistics with high academic standing from a recognized university, with an average grade of at least an A– in the applicant's overall program.
- An A– average does not automatically lead to admission.
- A formal application and a sample of written work in French completed as part of the applicant's bachelor's or master's program in French literature/linguistics as appropriate. This written work should be a copy of the MA thesis if available.
- Applicants holding a master's degree must submit a statement of purpose (maximum 500 words) in French that clearly outlines the area in which the applicant intends to pursue research.
- Applicants must satisfy the department that they are capable of independent research at an advanced level.
- Admission to all programs for post-graduate degrees is based on the evidence of the supporting letters and the applicant's academic record.
Tuition Fee
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International
6390 CAD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 6390 CAD per year during 48 months. -
National
6390 CAD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 6390 CAD per year during 48 months.
Living costs for Toronto
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