Structured PhD (Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences) (French)

Course Overview

Ph.D. research in French at NUIG offers a wide range of areas in which Ph.D. research can be undertaken. The major periods of literary production in French from the Middle Ages to the present day are covered as are Cultural and Linguistic topics dealing with the Francophone world. There are vibrant research clusters in French, research seminars and the opportunity to undertake translation-related topics.

As part of the doctoral training available on the Structured Ph.D. program, students avail themselves of a range of interdisciplinary taught modules. The wide menu of available options include modules that:

• are discipline-specific in that they augment the student’s existing knowledge in their specialist area.
• are dissertation-specific in that they supply core skills that are essential to completion of the research project.
• acknowledge a student’s professional development e.g. presentation of a paper at an International Conference
• enhance a student’s employability through generic training, e.g., Careers Workshops, Computer literacy.

Each student will be assigned a primary Supervisor(s) and a Graduate Research Committee made up of experienced researchers to plan their program of study and to provide on-going support to their research.

Research supervision is available in the areas listed below.

Modules may be taken from approved structured Ph.D. modules as per College regulations.