Comprehensive examinations Comprehensive examinations in the principal language are required upon completion of course work in that language. Reading lists for these exams are automatically made available to D.M.L. students when they are accepted to degree candidacy after the summer of application. The written and oral exams are evaluated by a committee appointed by the director of the School. Exams may be repeated once in case of failure. More specific information about comprehensive exams and their evaluation will be made available to students enrolled in the program by the Dean of Language Schools and Schools Abroad.
Students complete three courses in the second language.
These must be advanced graduate courses approved by the director of the second Language School. No courses can be transferred toward meeting the second language requirement. All students in the D.M.L. program must demonstrate competence in language teaching. For D.M.L. candidates who are in-service teachers, this is simply a matter of documenting experience. Documentation must consist of three letters from teaching colleagues or supervisors, attesting to the D.M.L. candidate s teaching experience.