A candidate presenting a Bachelor of Arts which has fewer than 24 upper-division units in the language, or is otherwise inadequate, will be required to take additional courses to build a full undergraduate major before beginning the graduate program. Adaptations of certain admission requirements may be made for promising foreign students. See the section of the CSUF catalog on admission of graduates for the complete statement and procedures. A bibliographic project is to be completed prior to classification. A reading project is to be completed prior to advancement to candidacy.
Final evaluation is by comprehensive written and oral examination.
The candidate may, with the approval of the graduate committee, repeat the examination, but once only, within two years. If a classified graduate student wishes to make a change in the approved M.A. study plan, a request should be made to the appropriate graduate program adviser. Requests must be made prior to registration in any course work to be substituted or added. No course may be removed from the study plan after a student has taken it. Forms which may be used to file a request for change in study plan are available from graduate program advisers.