Overview

Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures / Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures is located in Gainesville, FL, in a suburban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration	Sub-concentration
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	German	Women's and gender studies
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	French and Francophone studies
Master of Arts (MA)	German
Master of Arts (MA)	French and Francophone studies

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	5

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?	No
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?	No

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test Comp Exam Required Thesis Optional
Doctoral Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test Comp Exam Required Thesis Required

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

19

Applied

13

Accepted

9

Enrolled

Applying

30

Application Fee - Domestic

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Yes

Applications processed
on a rolling basis?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	June 1st	Not reported	Yes

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE General Test
Master's Degree Requirements	Minimum GPA of 3.0
Doctoral Degree Exam	GRE General Test
Doctoral Degree Requirements	Minimum GPA of 3.0

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 550 TOEFL IBT score: 80
IELTS: Required	IELTS Paper score: 6

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Financial award applicants must submit:	FAFSA
Types of financial support available

Student Body

16

Total Graduate Students

37%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	12.5%
Black or African American	6.25%
White or Caucasian	43%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%
Asian	0%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0%
Two or more races	0%
Unknown	0%

Gender

Male (18%)

Female (81%)

Faculty

28

Total faculty

Full-time - 25

Part-time - 3

Male (10)

Female (18)

Research

Focus of faculty research:

Medieval epic, romance, and allegory; Renaissance and Baroque poetry; the eighteenth-century novel; nineteenth-century prose, poetry, and poetics; the twentieth-century novel, theater, and poetry; the literatures of the Francophone world; French and Francophone film; the literatures in Breton and Occitan; criticism and critical theory; applied linguistics; the history of French; phonology; sociolinguistics; the structure of French; French and Haitian Creole linguistics

Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:

121,008

Location & Contact

Address PO Box 115565
Gainesville, FL  32611
United States

Contact Mary Watt PhD
Associate Professor of Italian/Chair
Email: marywatt@ufl.edu
Phone: 352-392-8149
Fax: 352-392-1443

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