The Master in Chinese focuses specifically on Teaching Chinese as a Second Language and is designed for current teachers of Chinese or those who wish to teach Chinese as a foreign language. All courses are taught in Chinese.
Master’s students complete their course requirements entirely in four 6-week summers in Vermont. Course requirements must be completed within ten years. Graduate summer sessions do not need to be consecutive.
Middlebury offers many different specializations for French MA students: a Literature focus, a Civilization, Culture and Society focus, a Pedagogy and Linguistics focus and a Generalist focus. We have have different specializations for the MA in Applied Languages in French.
There are four different ways you can complete this program. Option 1 is four summers (6 weeks each) in Vermont; option 2 is three summers in Vermont and one summer in Paris, France (6 weeks each); option 3 is two summers in Vermont and one academic year in Paris, France; and option 4 is one summer in Vermont and one accelerated academic year in Paris, France.
The Master of Arts (MA) in German is designed as a broadly based program of study in itself, rather than as the first stage of a doctoral program. You may choose to earn your MA in a single year, by combining one summer in Vermont with an academic year in Mainz or Potsdam, or by studying for four summers on the Middlebury campus in Vermont.
The Middlebury Master of Arts in Teaching Hebrew as a Second Language gives educators the skills to support learners in becoming proficient in Hebrew.
Students must complete an initial 6-week graduate summer session on the Middlebury, Vermont campus before establishing their candidacy for the MA degree. The second and third semester are completed online during the academic year in English through Middlebury Institute Online, followed by a 6-week summer on the Middlebury, Vermont campus and final online semester.
Please contact The School of Hebrew with any questions about this program.
Students in the Master of Arts in Japanese Language and Culture complete their graduate degree in a year and a half. Students must successfully complete an initial 6-week graduate summer session on the Middlebury, Vermont campus before establishing their candidacy for the MA degree. The second and third semester are completed online during the academic year, followed by a 6-week summer on the Middlebury, Vermont campus and final online semester.
Students in the Master of Arts in Korean complete their graduate degree in a year and a half. Students must successfully complete an initial 6-week graduate summer session on the Middlebury, Vermont campus before establishing their candidacy for the MA degree.
During the second and third semesters, students take four 7-week online asynchronous courses during the academic year. Students then return for a 6-week summer on the Middlebury, Vermont campus followed by a final online semester with two 7-week asynchronous courses. Online courses may be in English.
The key to it all is the Language Pledge—an agreement you make to communicate only in Russian for the duration of the program.
Reading, writing, speaking, and thinking in Russian, you will challenge yourself as never before and push your language skills to a higher level than you imagined possible. You’ll also take part in cocurricular activities ranging from art and cooking to music and sports—all conducted in Russian.
And while abroad, experience the culture first-hand—studying at a local university, exploring urban oases and historic sites, and building relationships with the people who call this deeply traditional and rapidly evolving nation home.
The Master of Arts in Russian is designed as a broadly based program of study in itself, rather than as the first stage of a doctoral program. You may choose to earn your MA in one of the following ways:
Middlebury’s master’s in Spanish allows you to prepare for admission into doctoral programs or follow careers in academia, government, business, or the nonprofit sector.
If you pursue a Master of Arts in Spanish, you will choose one of the four specializations available: Literature, Teaching Methodology, Linguistics, Generalist, Creative Writing, and Social Justice.
This program can be completed in 4 summers in Vermont, 3 summers in Vermont and 1 summer in Buenos Aires, 1 summer in Vermont and 1 academic year in Madrid and another summer in Vermont or Buenos Aires, or 1 summer in Vermont and 1 accelerated academic year in Madrid.
The Doctor of Modern Languages (DML) prepares teacher-scholars in two modern foreign languages. Middlebury’s intent in the design of the DML program is to provide an alternative to the Ph.D. that retains the traditional focus on depth in research while meeting the special needs of language teachers and administrators for competence in the areas of second language acquisition, literature, linguistics and cultural studies.
Before formal admission to the DML program, an accepted applicant completes a summer of candidacy at the L1 School on the Middlebury or Bennington, Vermont campus.
This program is made up of a series of six-week summer sessions over seven years.
The Doctor of Modern Languages (DML) prepares teacher-scholars in two modern foreign languages. Middlebury’s intent in the design of the DML program is to provide an alternative to the Ph.D. that retains the traditional focus on depth in research while meeting the special needs of language teachers and administrators for competence in the areas of second language acquisition, literature, linguistics and cultural studies.
Before formal admission to the DML program, an accepted applicant completes a summer of candidacy at the L1 School on the Middlebury or Bennington, Vermont campus.
This program is made up of a series of six-week summer sessions over seven years.