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Romance Languages: Master of Arts (MA)

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Appalachian offers a 36-hour Master of Arts degree in Romance Languages with specializations in French or Spanish Teaching.  Within each language, candidates can specialize to focus on K-12 or College Teaching.

The K-12 teaching track leads to a North Carolina “M” teaching licensure. The College Teaching track prepares new and practicing teachers for college-level work in language teaching or other areas related to international study.

The program combines online and face-to-face meetings, together with summer institute offerings, to offer a high-quality, interactive program for professionals who work during the day.

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Courses

  • Graduate Bulletin and Course Catalog
    • Romance Languages - French College Teaching Concentration, MA
    • Romance Languages - French K-12 Teaching (M Level Licensure) Concentration, MA
    • Romance Languages - Spanish College Teaching Concentration, MA
    • Romance Languages - Spanish K-12 Teaching (M Level Licensure) Concentration, MA

Application Essentials

Required Entrance Exam: GRE (score must be no more than 5 years old)

Required number of references to specify in the online form: 3

Supplemental Information: Resume (Required upload for application submission); writing sample (upload on the Additional Information page in the online application), and audiotaped interview in Spanish or French (to mail to the Graduate School). International students must submit a writing sample in English (upload on the Additional Information page in the online application) and must pass an oral interview in English. Also needed for K12 teaching concentration: proof of teacher licensure.

Basic Conditions for Consideration of Admission: Meeting or exceeding the conditions below does NOT guarantee admission. All applications for a given entry term will be weighed based upon the number of seats available and the quality of the complete application packages. With special permission from the Graduate School, a program may admit a limited number of students with exceptional circumstances who do not meet the graduate school minimums.

Graduate School: 3.0 GPA in the last earned degree and official scores from the appropriate admission test(s), OR 2.5 GPA in the last earned degree and official scores at the 25th percentile level from the appropriate admission test(s).

Admission to Romance Languages: Cum UGPA 3.0; GPA in subject area 3.2; official GRE scores.

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Spring Admission
November 1

Summer Session 1 Admission
April 1

Summer Session 1 Admission
April 1

Fall Admission
July 1, priority deadline is March 15

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Why Appalachian?

  • A three-week Summer Institute on campus in July supports learning for candidates in both the French or Spanish concentrations.
  • This 36-hour program does not require a thesis. Students may begin the degree in any semester – summer, spring or fall.
  • The program’s faculty are graduate faculty are award-winning teachers, most of whom have taught in varied settings in the U.S. and abroad.
  • Faculty are supportive mentors and have specialization in cultural studies, linguistics, literature, pedagogy, and/or second language acquisition and other areas.
  • All graduate programs at Appalachian have small class sizes, providing intimate classroom interaction.
  • The School of Graduate Studies offers scholarships, fellowships and assistantships to support eligible, full-time, degree-seeking students.

Location

On campus

Contacts

Dr. Darci Gardner
Program Director
gardnerdl1@appstate.edu
828-262-2928

Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

College of Arts and Sciences

  • Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

    The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures offers courses that enhance students’ understanding and appreciation of other cultures and languages as well as their own, making them prepared for lifelong learning in a multicultural world.

  • College of Arts and Sciences

    Appalachian’s Largest College

    The College of Arts and Sciences at Appalachian State University is home to 17 academic departments, two centers and one residential college spanning the humanities and the social, mathematical and natural sciences. The college is dedicated to providing instruction and research essential to the university's mission and seeks to cultivate the habits of inquiry, learning and service among all its constituents.

    By the Numbers

    • 1/3 of the degrees awarded at Appalachian
    • More than 70% of general education courses are taught in the college
    • 93 majors offered
    • 53 minors offered
    • 6,411 undergraduate majors
    • More than 460 full-time faculty members
    • 41,203 living alumni
    • $8,754,800 awarded to the college in external grants during the 2020–21 academic year
    • $236,914 awarded to students through 6 collegewide scholarships and 98 departmental scholarships for the 2020–21 academic year

    Graduate Programs

    Accelerated admissions program opportunities are available in pursuing a master's degree in 12 selected areas: Appalachian Studies, Biology, Computer Science, Engineering Physics, English, Geography and Planning, History, Mathematics, Romance Languages (French/Spanish), Political Science, Psychology (Experimental Science) and Public Administration. Other master’s degrees, graduate certificates and specialist degrees are listed on Appalachian’s School of Graduate Studies website.

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