The Master's Research Paper Students who plan to complete their graduate studies with the Master's degree or who wish to be awarded a Master's degree within their Ph.D. program of study will submit a Master's research paper. Since the topic for this paper generally arises from work done in a graduate course, the mentor is normally the faculty member teaching that course. At program completion students are jointly awarded both the B.S. and the M.S. degrees in German. Rules for eligibility, application procedures, and program requirements can be obtained from the FLL Curricular Dean of Georgetown College. In any case, the distribution of courses at the end of course work must meet the requirements of the Georgetown Ph.D. program.
Students choose their course work in close consultation with their faculty advisor.
In general, students select their courses from among those offered in the German Department. However, upon the recommendation of the advisor and with approval of the Department, students can take up to three courses from other graduate programs if the course of study requires such course work. Continuation in the Ph.D. Program Students who enter the graduate program with a Bachelor's degree essentially follow the program of study for the Master's program. Those students who have passed the oral examination but are not invited into the Ph.D. program will complete their graduate studies with the Master's degree which includes submission of the Master's research paper. Second Foreign Language Examination.