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World Languages & Cultures Master's

The master’s programs focus on language, literature, and translation as areas of academic investigation broader than national and linguistic borders, and encourages the study of language and literature on a cross-cultural basis as an integrated field of inquiry.

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World Language & Cultures Master’s Programs

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World Language and Cultures, MA
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World Languages and Cultures, MA/Library and Information Science, MLIS
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World Languages and Cultures, MA: French and Francophone Studies
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World Languages and Cultures, MA: German Language, Literature, and Culture
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World Languages and Cultures, MA: Spanish and Hispanophone Language, Literature and Culture
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