Graduate Certificate Opportunities
Graduate students making good progress in their degree are welcome to consult with the Director of Graduate Studies and the Certificate Academic Directors about the benefit of completing a Graduate Certificate during their program of study. Graduate Certificates offer graduate students an opportunity to highlight additional curricular specialization on their official University of Kansas transcript and via a diploma issued through the Office of Graduate Studies. The following Graduate Certificates are closely connected to French graduate degree outcomes, but graduate students are welcome to investigate other certificate options offered through the University to best suit their professional interests.
Students must formally apply to the certificate program no later than the last semester they take a course that will count towards the certificate.
Second Language Studies Graduate Certificate
The Graduate Certificate program in Second Language Studies (SLS) provides an opportunity at KU for graduate students of foreign language, literature, and culture and theoretical linguistics, to add a concentration in applied linguistics and language teaching.
Certificate Requirements:
The certificate is awarded to M.A. or Ph.D. students who successfully complete 4 graduate-level courses across disciplines (12 credits total) as outlined below:
- LING 715 Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition I
- LA&S 720 Introduction to Language Teaching Research or another approved* related graduate-level course offered by Linguistics, CLAS languages, literatures, and cultures departments, or by the School of Education.
- A graduate-level course in Linguistics, or another approved* related graduate-level course offered by Linguistics, CLAS languages, literatures, and cultures departments, or by the School of Education.
- Elective course in Second Language Studies. This could be fulfilled by a Teaching Methods course required of GTAs teaching in the School of Languages Literatures and Cultures (FREN 704, SLAV 824, SPAN 801) or another approved* related graduate-level course offered by Linguistics, CLAS languages, literatures, and cultures departments, or by the School of Education.
A student who has prior coursework deemed equivalent to any of the required courses may replace the required course with an approved elective.
*Graduate-level course equivalents will be approved by the Linguistics Academic Administrator for the Second Language Studies certificate program for Linguistics students and by the Academic Director for the Second Language Studies certificate program for all other students.
Admissions:
Current KU Students
Students must formally apply to the certificate program no later than the last semester they take a course that will count towards the certificate.
A student must be in good standing with their graduate degree program in order to participate in the certificate program. A graduate GPA of 3.0 or higher is required for admission. The application process entails completing the online application and submitting materials required for the Second Language Studies (SLS) Certificate:
- A C.V. or Resume.
- A personal statement declaring your interest in Second Language Studies and its relationship to your graduate course of study and/or career objectives.
- 1 letter of recommendation from your graduate degree program.
- A KU Advising report in lieu of an official transcript.
Non-KU students or KU Alumni
Non-KU students or KU Alumni must have a previously completed advanced degree in an applicable field with a graduate GPA of 3.0 of higher. The application process entails completing the online application, payment of the application fee, and submitting materials required for the Second Language Studies (SLS) Certificate:
- A C.V. or Resume.
- A personal statement declaring your interest in Second Language Studies and its relationship to your graduate course of study and/or career objectives.
- 2 letters of recommendation from persons familiar with your academic work or potential for graduate study.
- Official transcripts from any institutions where coursework related to study in your second language was completed.
Send official sealed transcripts to:
Graduate Admissions
1450 Jayhawk Blvd.
Strong Hall, Room 313
Lawrence, KS 66045
-OR-
Contact:
Aley Pennington, Graduate Program Coordinator
Prof. Kimberly Swanson, Assoc. Professor of French, French Language Coordinator
Department of French & Italian
Medieval and Early Modern Studies Graduate Certificate
The purpose of the Graduate certificate program in Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) is to enhance the interdisciplinary preparation and professionalization of graduate students in a broad spectrum of departments in, or allied to, the Humanities, as well as in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (SLLC). The certificate provides an opportunity at KU for graduate students to add a concentration in Medieval Studies, Early Modern Studies, or a combination of both.
Certificate Requirements:
The certificate is awarded to M.A. or Ph.D. students who successfully complete 4 graduate-level courses across disciplines (12 credits total) drawn from a list of available courses. Coursework must be approved by a MEMS advisor and include at least one course chosen from outside the student's department. No directed readings or independent studies will be accepted, but rarely-offered courses not listed below may be considered for approval.
ENGL 610 The Literature of England to 1500
ENGL 620 Renaissance English Literature: _____
ENGL 633 Milton
ENGL 640 British Literature, 1600-1800: _____
ENGL 707 Literary Criticism to 1800
ENGL 710 Introduction to Old English
ENGL 714 Middle English Literature
ENGL 720 Chaucer: _____
ENGL 725 Shakespeare: _____
ENGL 730 Topics in Early Modern Literature: _____
ENGL 785 History of the English Language
ENGL 915 Seminar in Medieval English Literature: _____
ENGL 916 Seminar in Chaucer: _____
ENGL 920 Seminar in Renaissance English Literature: _____
ENGL 932 Seminar in Milton: _____
FREN 700 Old French
FREN 702 Provencal
FREN 740 Medieval French Literature
FREN 750 French Literature of the Sixteenth Century
FREN 763 French Drama of the Seventeenth Century
FREN 765 Nondramatic French Literature of the Seventeenth Century
FREN 842 Arthurian Literature in France
FREN 848 Studies in Medieval French Literature: _____
FREN 850 Early Renaissance Literature
FREN 858 Studies in Sixteenth Century French Literature: _____
FREN 868 Studies in Seventeenth Century French Literature: _____
ITAL 502 Dante's Divine Comedy I
ITAL 503 Dante's Divine Comedy II
HA 506 Early Medieval and Romanesque Art
HA 507 Gothic Art
HA 510 Medieval Manuscripts and Early Printed Books
HA 576 Art in the Age of Rubens, Rembrandt and Vermeer: Northern Baroque
HA 577 Italian Baroque Art
HA 593 Special Study in Medieval Art: _____
HA 594 Special Study in Renaissance Art: _____
HA 595 Special Study in Baroque Art: _____
HA 920 Seminar in Early Medieval Art: _____
HA 925 Seminar in Late Medieval Art: _____
HA 935 Seminar in Northern Renaissance Art: _____
HA 940 Seminar in 17th Century Art: ______
HIST 513 Early Medieval Culture
HIST 515 The Crusades in Cross-Cultural Perspective
HIST 516 Later Medieval Culture
HIST 519 European Intellectual History of the Seventeenth Century
HIST 520 The Age of the Renaissance
HIST 521 The Age of the Reformation
HIST 522 The Age of Religious Wars, 1540-1648
HIST 541 British History, Tudors and Stuarts
HIST 545 British History from Monarchy to Democracy
HIST 551 Spain and its Empire, 1450-1700
HIST 564 Medieval Russia
HIST 587 Age of Shoguns: Early Modern Japan
HIST 605 Medieval Japan
HIST 833 Colloquium in British History, 1500-1660
HIST 856 Colloquium in Modern European History I - Renaissance to the French Revolution
HIST 857 Colloquium in Modern European History II - Major Themes in Early Modern History
HIST 918 Elements of Latin Paleography
HIST 919 Seminar in Medieval Europe
SLAV 626 The Cultural Impact of Ottoman Empire on the South Slavs
SLAV 748 Old Church Slavic
SLAV 820 Old Russian Literature: Beginnings to 1700
SPAN 722 Special Topics in Spanish Literature: _____
SPAN 730 Topics in the Literature of 13th- and 14th-Century Iberia: _____
SPAN 733 Print Culture in Early Modern Spain
SPAN 735 Poetry and Sentimental Romance in Fifteenth-Century Castile
SPAN 739 Topics in Early Modern Spanish Drama: _____
SPAN 742 Topics in the Early Modern Spanish Prose: _____
SPAN 744 Topics in Early Modern Spanish Poetry: _____
SPAN 745 Don Quixote
SPAN 792 Topics in the Picaresque Novel: _____
SPAN 961 Seminar: Medieval Literature: _____
SPAN 962 Seminar: Cervantes: _____
Admission:
Current KU Students
Students must formally apply to the certificate program no later than the last semester they take a course that will count towards the certificate.
A student must be in good standing with their graduate degree program in order to participate in the certificate program. A graduate GPA of 3.0 or higher is required for admission. The application process entails completing the online application, payment of the $30 application fee, and submitting materials required for the Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Certificate:
- A C.V. or Resume
- A personal statement declaring your interest in Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) and its relationship to your graduate course of study and/or career objectives
- An endorsement from your graduate degree program
- A KU Advising report in lieu of an official transcript
Non-KU students or KU Alumni
Non-KU students or KU Alumni must have a previously completed advanced degree in an applicable field with a graduate GPA of 3.0 of higher. The application process entails completing the online application, submitting materials required for the Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Certificate:
- A C.V. or Resume
- A personal statement declaring your interest in Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) and its relationship to your graduate course of study and/or career objectives
- Two letters of recommendation from persons familiar with your academic work or potential for graduate study
- Official transcripts from any institutions where coursework related to study in Medieval and Early Modern Studies was completed
Send official sealed transcripts to:
Graduate Admissions
1450 Jayhawk Blvd.
Strong Hall, Room 313
Lawrence, KS 66045
-OR-
Contact:
Anne D. Hedeman, Judith Harris Murphy Distinguished Professor, Department of Art History
Caroline Jewers, Associate Professor, Department of French & Italian
Aley Pennington, Graduate Program Coordinator
