MA Program; Field: Yiddish Studies

Minimum Admission Requirements

• Applicants are admitted under the General Regulations of the School of Graduate Studies. Applicants must also satisfy the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures' additional admission requirements stated below.

• Applicants to the one-year MA program in the field of Yiddish Studies must have completed an appropriate bachelor's degree from a recognized university that includes at least 2.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) in Yiddish language and 2.0 FCEs in Yiddish literature and culture or another area of Jewish Studies, with an average grade of at least a B+.

• Two reference letters.

• Admission is based upon the applicant's academic record and upon the evidence of the reference letters.

Completion Requirements

• Coursework. Students must successfully complete a total of 3.5 full-course equivalents (FCEs) including:

  • GER1000H German Studies Seminar: Culture, Theory, Text

  • CJS1000H Core Methods Seminar in Jewish Studies

  • GER1050H Methods and Texts in Yiddish Studies

  • GER2050Y Research Paper in Yiddish Studies

  • the remaining elective courses (1.0 FCE) selected from a course list approved by the department.

• Pass a Yiddish language competency test at the beginning of the program. Only one attempt is permitted.

Mode of Delivery: In person
Program Length: 2 sessions full-time (typical registration sequence: FW); 5 sessions part-time
Time Limit: 3 years full-time; 6 years part-time