The department offers a single Ph.D. with a concentration in one of five primary fields of study: French and Francophone Studies, German Studies, Italian Literary and Cultural Studies, Spanish Studies, and Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies. In addition to the primary fields of specialization, the department also offers secondary areas of specialization in Applied Linguistics, Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Digital Culture and Media Studies, and Film. Students may also develop a secondary field of specialization in collaboration with other programs at the University. These include but are not limited to: Medieval Studies, Gender Studies, Human Rights, and Judaic Studies.<br><br>Coursework for the Ph.D. in Literatures, Cultures and Languages comprises an interdisciplinary approach to the various fields that make up its curriculum. The department considers the integration of the study of various regional cultures, periods, and methodologies essential to literary and cultural scholarship in the context of an emerging global community: central among the Ph.D. program's objectives is the study of literature and culture and language, emphasizing that scholarship in these fields both includes and exceeds boundaries of disciplines, nations, and regions. Areas of research, which include specializations, are thus conceived as complementary and interconnected in the department's offerings. The curriculum brings together faculty with a broad range of research and teaching interests, and the breadth and expertise of our faculty enables graduate students to design simultaneously focused, individualized, and interdisciplinary areas of study.