博士 学生可以将其课程与相关领域的未成年人相结合，包括比较文学，语言学，现代思想与文学，艺术史，历史，音乐，哲学和西班牙语。其他系的学生可以选择法文文学或意大利文学的辅修专业，以及博士学位。法语候选人可以辅修意大利语，反之亦然。
The Department of French and Italian's intellectual vibrancy is embodied by its graduate programs, which welcome every year exceptional students in French, Italian, or French and Italian. All students admitted to the Ph.D. programs are provided with 5 years of funding, including summers, that cover tuition costs, health insurance, a yearly travel and research fund, and a salary in the form of a fellowship or teaching assistantship. Students accepted to the Ph.D. program with an M.A. or equivalent can transfer up to 45 credits towards the completion of required coursework, upon submission of their transcripts. They recieve a thorough training in literary criticism, literary history, critical theory and are offered extensive teaching experience as well as certification in the teaching of foreign languages. The French section provides students with the opportunity to pursue course work at all levels in French language, literature, cultural and intellectual history, theory, film, and Francophone studies. It understands the domain of French Studies as encompassing the complex of cultural, political, social, scientific, commercial, and intellectual phenomena associated with French-speaking parts of the world, from France and Belgium to Canada, Africa, and the Caribbean.