由罗曼史语言与文学系提供的法语硕士学位，为期两年，涵盖了法文文学史的全部领域。我们鼓励学生与教职员工密切合作，根据自己的个人需求和兴趣调整课程。除了必修的文学批评和比较文学研讨会之外，学生还将参加法文文学领域的至少六门课程。其余的两个课程可以在第二国立文学或相关领域（例如艺术史，电影，历史，哲学，神学或音乐）中完成。希望在其他国家文学或比较文学中获得剩余6个学分时分的学生，将被指定为该领域的未成年人。合格的学生可以选择在系内教师的指导下撰写硕士学位论文。
French missionary of the order ''Congregation de Sainte Croix,'' based in Le Mans, France, the University of Notre Dame has a firm and deep commitment to the study of French at the graduate level. The Graduate Program provides an interdisciplinary approach to the study of culture in France and in the Francophone world. You can take a wide range of courses covering the entire spectrum of literary history, combined with allied courses in cultural studies, comparative literature, film, literary theory, history, and philosophy.<br><br>We offer a graduate exchange program with the Universite de Rennes 2-Haute Bretagne, in the historic capital of Brittany, and we welcome, on a yearly basis, a French student on the Notre Dame campus. The Universite de Rennes 2 is the most important research center and higher education community for humanities and social sciences in Western France, and enrolls 20,000 students on three campuses. It is the site of a dynamic intellectual community and a lively cultural scene. Our exchange involves the college of Arts, Lettres et Communications on the Villejean campus. As a Notre Dame student, you will be in residence at Rennes 2 for the academic year and take coursework in Lettres (Modernes et Classiques, methodologie) and Langue, and teach English language and American culture courses to French students.