French Studies MFS - French Studies Summer Institute

This is a named option in theFrench Studies MFS.

The Professional French Studies Summer Institute program teaches interdisciplinary skills needed to operate in professional French settings around the worldthis is particularly important to teachers, who collaborate with each other in the program as they hone their connections to those cultures and practices. Teachers intern in all fields, not just education, and are among the most connected colleagues in their schools to the "real world" using their French.

The Summer Studies Institute program is the Professional French Masters Program's part-time pathway to the degree, for working French teachers. Our program is a part-time hybrid program with online and face-to-face components. You will update your sense of current events in the French-speaking world, improve your speaking and writing, solidify your grammar and style, and intern in French in a professional settingin a personalized internship in the final summer.

A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or a comparable degree from an international institution is required. International applicants must have a degree comparable to a regionally accredited U.S. bachelor’s degree. You must have completed your undergraduate degree, or similar, before starting graduate school.

A minimum undergraduate grade-point average (GPA) of 3.00 on the equivalent of the last 60 semester hours (approximately two years of work) or a master’s degree with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 is required. Applicants from an international institution must demonstrate strong academic achievement comparable to a 3.00 for an undergraduate or master’s degree. The Graduate School will use your institution’s grading scale. Do not convert your grades to a 4.00 scale.

Every applicant whose native language is not English, or whose undergraduate instruction was not in English, must provide an English proficiency test score. TOEFL scores must be submitted electronically via ETS. IELTS scores can be submitted electronically or by paper.  Our office address is: UW-Madison Graduate School, Office of Admissions, 232 Bascom Hall, 500 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706.  Your score will not be accepted if it is more than two years old from the start of your admission term. Country of citizenship does not exempt applicants from this requirement. Language of instruction at the college or university level and how recent the language instruction was taken are the determining factors in meeting this requirement.

Applicants are exempt if: