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Romance Languages and Literature M.A.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to meet a range of works and writing needs by demonstrating the ability to describe with details and good control of aspects, to write straightforward commentaries on topics of general interest or documents (printed aural, visual). The graduate writing competence exhibits a good control of the target-language syntactic structures, a variety of cohesive devices in written assignments and essays of significant scope and length; it recognizes the subtleties of literary genres and the intricacy of cultural discourses.

2. Upon completion of the M.A. degree, students should be able to understand a wide range of literary works and other writings in the arts and social theories to expand on all aspects of linguistic comfort through rhetorical, aesthetic, ideological, and/or journalistic discourses. A good critical thinking competence develops an appreciation for the subtleties of literary genres and allows for a wealth of ideas likely to inspire their own social and professional lives.

3. Upon completion of the M.A. degree, students should be able to comprehend the making of a national culture from their language of study with meaningful historical events, its intellectual heritage, institutional structures and modern society, through the study of documents (printed, aural, visual) in a variety of mediums (film, video clips, artworks) and contemporary forms of expression (popular culture, media, songs).

SUCCESS RATES

70.0%

3-year graduation rate

2.43

Avg. years to degree

MEDIAN EARNINGS

$97,632

10 years after graduation

$78,217

5 years after graduation

$58,829

1 year after graduation

PLACEMENT2 years after graduation

32.4%

Working in New York

27.8%

Continuing Education

Notes

Graduation rates: the percent of students entering the master’s program any time during the academic year and graduating by May 31 three years later. Methodology is parallel to AAU Data Exchange doctoral completion rates and means that spring entrants have less time to complete. Average of three most recent reporting years (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24) Years to degree: the average number of years it takes a student to complete the selected program. Average of the three most recent completion years (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23). No Asterisk-Earnings: the median annual earnings of graduates in the selected program at the master’s degree level based on the 2-digit CIP code at 1, 5 and 10 years after graduation. U.S. Census, Postsecondary Enrollment Outcomes Explorer. Degree completers from 2001-2018 in 2020 dollars. Asterisk- Earnings: the median annual earnings of graduates in the selected program at the master’s degree level at 1, 5 and 10 years after graduation. SUNY Graduates Post Completions Interactive Dashboard. Degree completers from 2005-2019 in 2020 dollars. Working in NY State: the percent of graduates working in New York State two years after graduation. SUNY Wages Dashboard, includes graduates from 2015-18. Most recent available data from SUNY as of January 31, 2024