Course Requirements - Ph.D. in Italian

Course Requirements for students entering with an approved Masters degree in Italian

Students entering the program with an approved Masters degree in Italian will normally be awarded 30 credit hours toward the 80 needed for the Ph.D. 30 of the additional 51 credit hours required for the Ph.D., or 10 3-hour courses, are taken as follows:

Required courses (9 credit hours)

7301: Teaching Fr and It at the college level (3 credit hours)

7601: Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory (3 credit hours)

8601: Theory and Practice (3 credit hours)

Core Courses (12 credit hours)

Four courses selected from among 20 three-credit courses, includes Major Field (see list of “Core Courses” in “List of Graduate Courses in Italian Studies”).

Three courses outside the department (9 credit hours)

These courses can be taken in French and Francophone Studies if the student’s minor field focuses on French and Francophone literature, culture or cinema.

Teaching, Exam, and Dissertation Preparation

The remaining 21 hours needed to reach 51 will include the following course numbers:

8303 Teaching Apprenticeship (1-6 credit hours)

8998 Exam and Prospectus Preparation and 8999 Dissertation Writing (16-22 credit hours)

8899 Dissertation Workshop (4-6 credit hours)

Total

The requirements listed above add up to a minimum of 51 credit hours.

Notes

• Students are required to register for 8899 Dissertation Workshop (1 credit) each semester of their Candidacy until graduation.
• The minimum number of credit hours per semester for which a pre-candidacy graduate student must register to maintain full-time status is 8. The typical pre-candidacy course load in our program is three graduate courses per semester, or 9 hours. Graduate students may, however, with the permission of the Graduate Advisor, register for up