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Applied Languages: French | Master’s Degree

Acquire specific skills, knowledge, and experience applicable to an individual career path with our one-year Master in Applied Languages in French.

Master’s students spend a 6-week summer in Middlebury at the School of French followed by an Academic Year in Paris where they complete a hands-on practicum combined with academic coursework in specialized disciplines.

Specializations include:

  • Migration Studies
  • Development Studies
  • Cultural Heritage Studies
  • Tourism Studies

French | Master’s Degree

Middlebury offers many different specializations for French MA students: a Literature focus, a Civilization, Culture and Society focus, a Pedagogy and Linguistics focus and a Generalist focus. We have have different specializations for the MA in Applied Languages in French.

There are four different ways you can complete this program. Option 1 is four summers (6 weeks each) in Vermont; option 2 is three summers in Vermont and one summer in Paris, France (6 weeks each); option 3 is two summers in Vermont and one academic year in Paris, France; and option 4 is one summer in Vermont and one accelerated academic year in Paris, France.