The Department of French offers graduate programs leading to the degrees of Master of Arts (MA) in French literature (with dissertation or thesis) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in French literature.
The Department also participates in several multidisciplinary programs: feminist and gender studies (at the master’s level), medieval and Renaissance studies (at the master’s level), and Canadian studies (at the doctoral level), which allows students to students to acquire a specialization in one of these fields.
The multidisciplinary program in feminist and gender studies at the master’s level aims to combine graduate studies in a particular discipline with the feminist approach and the issues developed in feminist and gender studies. This multidisciplinary program is aimed in particular at students registered in specific programs in arts, counseling and spirituality (Saint-Paul), law, education, health sciences, social sciences who are interested in feminist and gender studies. gender. The degree awarded is a master’s degree in the primary discipline with a “specialization in feminist and gender studies”.
NOTE: The University of Ottawa offers a partial tuition fee waiver scholarship to French-speaking international students. This significant contribution to financing their study project allows for a considerable reduction in tuition fees.
To benefit from the partial exemption scholarship, international students must:
- accept an offer of admission to a program of study offered only in French;
OR
- have completed secondary or post-secondary studies in French for at least two years and have obtained their diploma; And
- register for compulsory courses in French if these courses are given in both official languages (French and English ).
