Overview

The master program in French Studies offered by the University of Wisconsin Madison is an interdisciplinary program combining advanced graduate-level course work in French language and Francophone culture with concentration-area course work in one of six professional concentration areas: French and business, French and education, French and international education, French and European Union affairs, French and international development, and French and media/arts/cultural production.

The PFMP prepares graduate students for careers in business, government, nonprofit organizations, media, advertising, and the arts. All PFMP students do a professional internship, in their field, in a French-speaking country, and present a professional portfolio at the end of their studies.

Learning Outcomes

Speak, read, listen and write in French at a level sufficient to work successfully among native French speakers in the student's concentration area.

Identify, select and retrieve primary and secondary sources in research projects, using techniques expected by professionals working in the student's concentration area.

Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the relationship between practices and perspectives in the cultures of the world's major French-speaking regions.

Articulate, critique, and elaborate the major professional approaches and best practices in the student's concentration area.

Demonstrate understanding of the student's concentration area in its historical and cultural context.

Successfully apply major professional approaches and best practices to professional projects in a French-speaking organizational setting outside the United States, in the student's concentration area.

Use the most appropriate methodologies for success when beginning or returning to work in the student's concentration area.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Social Responsibility in Contemporary French-Language Professional Writing
Contemporary Skill Set Literature in French
Career Strategies for the French-Speaking World
Professional French Masters Program Internship
Seminar - Materials and Methods of Research (Curricular Design and Assessment)
Issues in Methods of Teaching French and Italian (SLA Concepts)

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-06-16 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-04-20 00:00:00
Starting 2026-09-06 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-04-20 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Madison, United States

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General requirements

Graduate School Application (online)

$75 Application Fee (waived for current and former TAPIF participants)

For international students whose native language is not English: MELAB or TOEFL scores

GRE Scores

Writing sample in French

Complete official transcripts of all postsecondary study (TWO copies)

Any letters of recommendation that recommenders prefer to send as a hard copy

Résumé (CV)

Completed Study Track Application Addendum

Statement of purpose (1 page, in French)

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

25578 USD / year

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Out-of-State

25578 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

12252 USD / year

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Living costs

Madison

United States

1015 - 1752 USD / month

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