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The Department of French will be interested to hear at any time from well-qualified graduates wishing to pursue postgraduate work in French. At present, we have postgraduate students working on a range of degrees and a number of these students are working on research degrees. Various forms of funding are available for the support of research. Members of the Department carry out research in a wide range of areas of French as an academic discipline. The Department also encourages interdisciplinary projects.
The following postgraduate degrees are offered by the Department of French:
We offer an exciting range of new M.A. degrees in the following areas:
Each M.A. degree comprises core and elective components, with a research dissertation. In each of these degrees, you will have the opportunity to carry out cutting-edge work in major areas of contemporary French studies, working closely with research-active teachers. We pride ourselves on the quality and scope of our postgraduate teaching and our students have achieved outstanding results. Many students working with us have gone on from M.A. programmes to carry out research themselves as advanced students. Read on to find out more about what these exciting and innovative M.A. programmes cover.
The M.Phil. is usually taken as a two-year full-time research degree, in the course of which you would write a dissertation of up to 40,000 words on a particular subject, under the supervision of a member of the Department. You may wish to consider taking the M.Phil. if you are strongly drawn to a particular subject or area of work and feel that you would welcome the opportunity to study it in some depth.
The Ph.D. follows a similar pattern to the M.Phil. It is a three-year full-time
research degree, involving a substantial research project and the preparation
and writing of a dissertation of up to 80,000 words, again under the supervision
of a member of the Department. The Ph.D. in particular requires a proven capacity
for independent research and for critical analysis and reflection; the main
criterion for the award of the degree is that the dissertation makes a substantial
contribution to knowledge. The Ph.D. is often taken as a second postgraduate
degree, following the completion of a Master's degree involving coursework and
research.
The Department also participates in the teaching of a number of interdisciplinary or interdepartmental degrees offered by the School of Language and Literature:
Information on postgraduate study in U.C.C. is provided in the postgraduate prospectus. EU Applicants for taught postgraduate programmes can now apply online through the Postgraduate Applications Centre in Galway (PAC), where you can check the status of your application online. Applications for the M.Phil. or Ph.D. are required to complete an application form. Completed forms should be sent to:
Postgraduate Admissions,
West Wing,
University College Cork,
Ireland.
Telephone: +353 (0)21 4903241/4902829
E-mail: d.daly@ucc.ie or a.cronin@ucc.ie
Non-EU students are encouraged to apply for a fee-waiver postgraduate scholarship.
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