{"id":2,"date":"2020-06-24T15:04:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T19:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies-programtemplate\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:20:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:20:26","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/etudessuperieuresfrancais\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Graduate Program in French and Francophone Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group border-lg border-gl px-3 py-4 mb-3\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h4\">Master of Arts (MA), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Set yourself apart by deepening your knowledge of the French language and cultures through a multi-disciplinary approach that brings together literature and linguistics, and encompasses several areas of specialization, including creative writing, applied linguistics, gender studies, and psycholinguistics. Go beyond traditional limits of specialization and create new possibilities of study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Masters and Doctoral programs in French Studies are combined. Courses are offered at Glendon campus in mid-town Toronto and at our Keele campus, located north of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-uppercase mb-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/etudessuperieuresfrancais\/programs\/\">Engage in a study of the French and Francophone Studies<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><form role=\"search\" method=\"get\" action=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/etudessuperieuresfrancais\/\" class=\"wp-block-search__button-outside wp-block-search__text-button wp-block-search\"    ><label class=\"wp-block-search__label\" for=\"wp-block-search__input-1\" >Search<\/label><div 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