Program Summary
Program focuses is French literatures and the evolution of ideas and literary fields as well as research training in French linguistics.
This unique interdisciplinary program features a double specialization in French Literature and French Linguistics and offers courses in French only on both campuses of York University.
You will have the opportunity to research and study French literature and the language of France, French Canada and French communities across the world (for instance Professor Szmidt’s research on North African literature and Professor R. Mougeon’s research on Canadian French and immersion French).
Students are actively involved in research: as graduate or research assistants assigned to professors; for students in Linguistics, as members of the Centre for Research on Language Contact, located at Glendon; and as organizers and participants in student colloquia showcasing their research. Entrance in the program requires high competence in French for non-native French-speaking students.
Literature program areas of specialization:
- Literary theory and fields
- Women's literature
- Literature and society (France, French Canada, and the Francophone world)
Linguistics areas of specialization:
- Descriptive and theoretical linguistics
- Historical and Romance linguistics
- Enunciative linguistics
- Descriptive linguistics
- Sociolinguistics
- French language learning in a Canadian context
Program Description
MA
- Major research paper OR
- Thesis OR
- Course work only
- Fall Entry - available as a full-time OR part-time program
En français
Liste de contrôle (PDF)
Informations complémentaires (PDF)
Formulaire d'évaluation (PDF)
- Students must have an excellent close-to-native written proficiency in French
- Provide a 1.5 page letter of motivation to attend the program in French
- Resumé or CV
- An interview may also be required
- fansuperieures@glendon.yorku.ca
- frengraduate@glendon.yorku.ca
Completed Application Package means:
- Use York University's graduate studies online application
- Upload the required and supplementary documents and materials permitted for submission through MyFile. All other required documentation submitted by mail must be sent in a single package.
York University
Office of Graduate Admissions
P.O. Box GA2300
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON
Canada M3J 1P3
York University
Office of Graduate Admissions
W322 Bennett Centre for Student Services
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON
Canada M3J 1P3
Minimum TOEFL (Paper-based) | 600 |
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Minimum TOEFL (Internet-based) | 100 |
IELTS (Academic Module) | 7.5 |
YUELI | Academic Program Level 9 with Distinction |
YUELI Graduate Studies Preparation Program (GSPP) | Graduate with distinction |
MELAB | Overall score of 85, no component score less than 80 |
CAEL | Overall score of 70, no component score less than 60 |
Minimum CPE Score | C |
Minimum CAE Score | B |