Key Information
Start Dates & Application Deadlines
- Starting August 2027
- Apply before Jan 2027
Language
English
TOEFL iBT: 80
TOEFL iBT® is accepted by more than 13,000 universities and other institutions in over 160 countries. The test can be taken at a test center or at home. The test measures your English-language abilities in an academic setting. The score refers to the total score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading), each subject has a range of 0 - 30.
Credits
33 SCH (between 33 and 36 credits)
Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
University Park, United States
Disciplines
French studies
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
Admission Requirements
Academic Requirements
GPA: 3.2. Your GPA, or Grade Point Average, is a number that indicates how well or how high you scored in your courses on average. Usually a GPA scales between 1.0 and 4.0, however different countries and universities can have different grading systems.
English Requirements
TOEFL iBT: 80. TOEFL iBT® is accepted by more than 13,000 universities and other institutions in over 160 countries. The test can be taken at a test center or at home. The test measures your English-language abilities in an academic setting. The score refers to the total score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading), each subject has a range of 0 - 30.
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.
Fees and Funding
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in AUD and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
- International: 90,365 AUD / full (≈ 64,350 USD / full)
- Out-of-State: 90,365 AUD / full (≈ 64,350 USD / full)
- Domestic In-State: 50,141 AUD / full (≈ 35,706 USD / full)
Living Costs
University Park, United States: 1,404-2,106 AUD / month
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
Below you will find PhD's scholarship opportunities for French and Francophone Studies.