Overview

Features

Programs of study in French and Francophone Studies can concentrate on such topics as genres, themes, periods, cultural anthropology, philosophy, socio-cultural and literary history, stylistics, urbanism, visual studies, and women’s and gender studies.

Through varied sites of analysis (city, library, archive, classroom, stage, environment, among others), the program at Pennsylvania State University explores past and current issues and theoretical debates.

Our interdisciplinary approach to French and Francophone Studies currently gravitates around three major poles: race and gender; cultures and literatures in contact; and aesthetics/poetics.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

French Linguistics
Seminar in Renaissance Literature
Francophone Culture
Baroque Aesthetics in Seventeenth-Century French Literature and Intellectual History
Analysis of French Civilization
Discourses on Decadence, 1870-1914
Modernism and Postmodernism
French Romanticism and Realism
Women Writers in Nineteenth-Century France
Modern French Poetry
French Literary Theory and Criticism

Key information

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

33 SCH

between 33 and 36 credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

University Park, United States

Disciplines

French studies View 29 other PhDs in French studies in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

3.2

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Minimum qualifications for admission to the program typically include a B.A. in French or the equivalent, a minimum of 3.20 grade-point average (on a 4.0 scale), and the ability to speak and write in both French and English.
A speech sample demonstrating the applicant's ability to speak extemporaneously and coherently about his/her study and career goals in French for Anglophones, in English for Francophones, and in French and English for speakers of other foreign languages is required.
A written text on a literary or cultural topic also must be submitted in French for Anglophones and speakers of other foreign languages, and in English for Francophones.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

64350 USD / full

≈ 64350 USD / full
Out-of-State

64350 USD / full

≈ 64350 USD / full
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

35706 USD / full

≈ 35706 USD / full

Living costs

University Park

United States

1000 - 1500 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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