Overview
M.A.
Ph.D.
Optional Emphases
Teaching
Core Courses

Apply

Application Materials
Financial Support
Fees and Tuition
Job Placement

M.A. Program: The M.A. requires thirty-six units of graduate-level course work. Twenty of these units (equaling five courses) must be taken from the department's two-year series of basic graduate courses (numbered 200 or higher) in German literary studies and must be completed with a grade of B or better. During the second year students will take an Independent Study course on a topic of their choice. In addition, students may take one course each quarter in theory or a related field in Germanic, Slavic, or Semitic Studies or in another department, with approval of the graduate advisor. There is a residency requirement of three quarters, and students must maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0.

In addition to their regular course work students must fulfill the foreign language requirement. They can either complete, with a grade of B or better, one upper-division course in a language other than German, or they can take the written exam administered by the department.

In addition to the course work and foreign language requirements, candidates for the master's degree must (1) complete a master's thesis that is acceptable to a supervisory committee of at least three ladder faculty members, two of whom must be from the graduate faculty in German, and (2) pass an oral examination covering three areas: two subjects chosen in consultation with the student's master's committee, and a third subject of the student's thesis topic.

For detailed information on graduate policies and procedures at UCSB, see the Graduate Handbook, now available on-line at www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/academic/handbook/.