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Master of Arts in Teaching
Do you need to earn a graduate degree in French to obtain licensure? To move up on the pay scale? To further your own goals?
If so, Bowling Green State University may be just what you're looking for. Our regular French MA program, which enrolls students
for a year in France followed by a year on campus, is well known and highly reputed. But working teachers do not have the
option of full-time study during the school year, or of spending an entire academic year in France.
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Therefore, in response to the strong recent demand from area teachers for alternative master's degree options, the Department
of Romance and Classical Studies at BGSU is now offering its acclaimed program on a "teacher friendly" schedule.
You can now earn your master's degree in 3 years or less through part-time study during the school year combined with summer
study in France. Where in France? in the city of Tours, capital of one of the most beautiful and culturally rich of the French
regions. Located on the banks of the Loire -au pays des châteaux-Tours is 1 hour from Paris by train. You can alternatively spend part of your time abroad in Burkina-Faso, West Africa (for
information see "The Burkina-Faso option" below).
The M.A.T. Option
If you already hold a valid teaching certificate, you have the option of earning an MAT degree on a “teacher friendly” schedule.
The MAT (Master of Arts in Teaching) combines course work in professional education with a major field—in your case, French.
A total of 35 semester hours are required, as follows:
• Professional education: 8-13 semester hours. EDTL 653, Qualitative Approaches to Classroom Inquiry, is required. Additional
recommended courses: EDTL 710: Curriculum and Instructional Design, EDTL 611: The Curriculum, EDFI 677: Contemporary Theory
and Research in Classroom Learning.
• French: 21-27 semester hours at graduate level. 18 semester hours abroad (as with the MA program), the remainder (at least
3) on campus. FREN 698 or FREN 699 required, but not FREN 632.
For more details, see the Graduate Catalog.
The Basics
Here is how the program works:
You’ll take 1 graduate French course per semester, over 6 semesters. All courses will be offered in the evening, beginning
at 4:30 or later. You’ll study in France full time during the month of July, for 2 summers.* The 6 courses taken on campus
will be worth 3 semester hours each. The 2 summer sessions in France will each be worth 9 semester hours. So in 3 years
or less, you will have earned the 36 semester hours required for the MA. And you will have had the opportunity to get back
to France to refresh your language skills!
Let’s say you start the program in the fall semester of 2005. Your MA calendar will look like this:
Fall 2005: 1 course on campus (3 hrs)
Spring 2006: 1 course on campus (3 hrs)
Summer 2006: July session in France (9 hrs)
Fall 2006: 1 course on campus (3 hrs)
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Spring 2007: 1 course on campus (3 hrs)
Summer 2007: July session in France (9 hrs)
Fall 2007: 1 course on campus (3 hrs)
Spring 2008: 1 course on campus (3 hrs)
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In this case you will have completed the MA degree in 2 years and 9 months . You may also, if you prefer, start in the spring or summer. In these cases, the basic formula is still the same: 6 semesters
on campus, and 2 July sessions in France.
* If you can’t spend 2 July sessions in Tours, you can do only the first one (9 semester hours), and take the remaining courses
(9 courses for 27 semester hours) on campus. In this case, your master’s studies will, of course, take longer to complete.
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Rock Carving in Burkina-Faso
This sculpture depicts the spiritual growth of a person - with the physical being represented by the largest figure.
The largest figure holds great importance in the beginning and progresses to a tiny physical being ready to enter a spiritual
existence.
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The July Sessions in France During the July sessions in Tours, you’ll have a choice between 2 housing options:
- an individual room in a 4-bedroom suite in a student residence hall (the Technopôle) with kitchen facilities;
- a host family
You’ll be taking your courses at the Institut d’Etudes françaises de Touraine , where we’ve been sending students for over 30 years. One of the following 2 intensive courses, each worth 9 semester hours,
will be taken during the first July session:
• Refresher Course for Advanced Students, which includes modules on language, literature, and culture.
• Training Course for Teachers of French as a Foreign Language, which includes modules on methodology, practical classroom
skills, and language development.
During the second July session, students will enroll in language courses totaling 9 semester hours.
The On-Campus Courses
The following are examples of evening courses (beginning at 4:30 or later), each worth 3 semester hours:
Business French
Critical Approaches to Literature
Teaching College French
Quebec Literature and Culture
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Writing Women
Francophone Cinema
The Politics of Seduction
Solitary Heroes of the 20th Century
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FREN 632 (Critical Approaches) is a required course for all MA students, as is FREN 698, Readings for Final Project (Plan
II, non-thesis option) or FREN 699, Thesis Research (Plan 1, thesis option).
For more information on Plans I and II, visit Overview of Masters in French Program.
The Costs
Graduate tuition and fees, per semester hour, are currently $399 (courses abroad) or $436 (courses on campus). The cost of
a 3-hour course on campus is therefore $1,308, and the cost of a July session, $3,591. In many cases your school district will pay a significant part of this . To help defray your remaining expenses, students can apply for a tuition grant (if your application is complete 2 months
prior to the beginning of the semester; these are available on a limited basis). The amount of the grant depends, in part,
on your school district’s tuition reimbursement policy and will be determined on an individual basis.
For the July sessions abroad, in addition to tuition expenses, you will be responsible for the following:
- Transportation to and from France;
- Incidental expenses;
- Room and board during the month.
The cost of room and board will depend on the option you choose.
- If you live in the Technopôle residence hall, you’ll pay approximately $400 for the room and $300 for food.
- The host family option costs approximately $1,100, and includes food, several cultural excursions, transportation from Paris
to Tours and within Tours (a bus pass if your family lives outside the center city).
Admission Requirements
Applicants should have a bachelor’s degree, a major in French, and a minimum GPA of 3.0.
Applicants with a minor in French will be considered if they have spent sufficient time in a French-speaking country.
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For application materials or more information:
Graduate Coordinator
Department of Romance and Classical Studies
Bowling Green State University
203 Shatzel Hall
Bowling Green, OH 43403 |
