Doctor's degree Italian - Johns Hopkins University

Doctor's degree Italian from Johns Hopkins University is a Campus Ph.D Language degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. The Department of German and Romance Languages and Literatures offers individually planned programs leading to the Ph.D. in Italian . There is no terminal M.A. program: graduate study of Italian at Johns Hopkins is oriented toward completion of the Ph.D. We welcome students who have completed the M.A. in Italian at other institutions, as well as those who have completed the B.A. only. Study on Campus in Baltimore As with all graduate programs in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Italian Ph.D. emphasizes work in three complementary areas: literary history, close textual analysis, and theory of interpretation. Critical and historical fields of concentration for the Ph.D. in Italian normally fall within one of the canonical periods (Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries) and genres (poetry, fiction, drama). However, specializations involving other languages , literatures , and humanistic disciplines can be arranged by Ph.D. candidates in Italian. The student will normally take three years of graduate courses on the Johns Hopkins campus. (A minimum of five semesters of course work is required.) The student is expected to take occasional courses outside the department, especially in the areas of linguistic and literary theory, comparative literature, philosophy, history, and history of art. The student will also demonstrate at least a reading knowledge of two other foreign languages (normally French or Latin and Spanish or German). At the end of the third year, the student will take a comprehensive written examination to demonstrate his or her knowledge of the major outlines of Italian literary history. If completed successfully, the comprehensive examination admits to candidacy for the Ph.D. View more details on Johns Hopkins University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Language courses.