Overview
Georgia State University is responsive to students' career goals and provides educational and research programs that are relevant to the practical needs of both the students and the community. The University offers nearly fifty undergraduate and graduate degree programs covering some 200 fields of study through its five colleges—Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Health and Human Sciences, and Law—and its School of Policy Studies.

Georgia State University is a public institution with more than 24,000 students. The graduate student population of more than 7,000 is one of the largest in the Southeast. The average age of graduate students is 33. Students from 113 countries and all fifty states attend the University.

The Community
The University is located in the heart of Atlanta's central business district. The city is a rapidly growing metropolitan area characterized by a spectacular skyline and a culturally diverse population. Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport is the world's largest and busiest, making the city easily accessible from anywhere in the world. The climate is moderate, with a mean July temperature of 23°C and a mean January temperature of 10°C. Atlanta is located in the foothills of the southern Appalachian mountain range and is close to both the Great Smoky Mountains and the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.

Programs of study and degree requirements
The Department of Modern and Classical Languages offers the Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in French, German, and Spanish. The Specialist in Education degree (Ed.S.), which leads to the T-6-level teaching certificate with a major in French, German, and Spanish, is offered by the College of Education in conjunction with the Department of Modern and Classical Languages. For students interested in international careers, the department also offers a graduate certificate program in translation and interpretation in French, German, and Spanish.

Facilities & Resources
The University libraries house more than 1.3 million volumes and subscribe to 12,000 periodicals and newspapers, many of which are available full-text via online and CD-ROM resources. Most of the materials are housed in the William Russell Pullen Library complex. Other libraries include the Law Library and the Instructional Technology Center in the College of Education. Large-scale computing is offered via an Amdahl 5995-500 using IBM's MVS/XA operating system; a Unisys 2200/50, which supports the PALS Across Georgia Resource Sharing and Union Catalog projects; and a Sun SPARCserver to support the University System's GALILEO project. A Silicon Graphics Power Challenge L provides support for research and instructional use. A Sun SPARC 1000 supports UNIX-based e-mail services. More than 100 network file servers provide access to centrally supplied software, support e-mail (GroupWise), and provide services to more than 5,000 microcomputer workstations, including more than 550 workstations in open and instructional labs. Campus printing resources include more than 250 low-speed remote network printers and a central printing complex that consists of a Xerox Docuprint network printer, a Xerox Docutech Publisher, a Xerox 4850 spot-color printer, and a Xerox 4700 full-color printer.

Expenses and Aid
Costs: For tuition figures, students should visit the University's Web site at http://www.gsu.edu.

Financial Aid: For scholarships and loans, students should contact the Office of Student Financial Aid. Interested students may also contact the Department of Modern and Classical Languages for information on assistantships in the department.

Housing/Living Expenses: Georgia State University has a nonresidential campus located in downtown Atlanta at the center of a network of highways and rapid-transit services that extend throughout the greater metropolitan area. This transportation network makes it possible to live anywhere in the metropolitan area and get to downtown easily. The cost of living in Atlanta is moderate compared with that in other urban centers in the United States. Dormitory housing is available at the Georgia State Village, a short distance from the downtown campus.

How to Apply
Application materials may be obtained from the department or from the Office of Graduate Studies of the College of Arts and Sciences. Applicants must submit the Application for Graduate Study and the University Information forms, a $25 application fee, official copies of transcripts from each institution attended, General Test scores on the Graduate Record Examinations, a letter of intent expressing objectives in entering the program, two letters of recommendation, and a writing sample in the target language. The applicant must also complete an interview with the Director of Graduate Studies or a member of the graduate faculty. At the discretion of the Graduate Committee, an entrance exam may be required.

John S. Austin, Ph.D., Cornell, 1971. German language and linguistics, methodology of language testing.

Bruno Braunrot, Ph.D., Yale, 1970. Medieval and Renaissance French literature, French poetry, comparative stylistics and translation.

Annette Grant Cash, Ph.D., Ohio State, 1977. Medieval Spanish literature, Romance linguistics, history of the Spanish language.

Kathleen Hardesty Doig, Ph.D., Fordham, 1975. Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French literature and intellectual history.

Marion L. Kuntz, Ph.D., Emory, 1969. Medieval and Renaissance Latin literature, Latin elegy, Latin prose, Greek tragedy.

Eric Le Calvez, Ph.D., Paris III (New Sorbonne), 1990. Nineteenth-century French literature.

Hector D. Fernandez L'Hoeste, Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook, 1995. Latin-American cultural studies, cinema, media studies.

Hugo Mendez-Ramirez, Ph.D., Virginia, 1990. Latin-American poetry and narrative.

Elaine R. Miller, Ph.D., California, Santa Barbara, 1997. Linguistics, Spanish linguistics, Spanish teacher education.

Jose Montero, Ph.D., Emory, 1976. Eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century Spanish literature.

James C. Murray, Ph.D., Cornell, 1969. Medieval and Golden Age Spanish literature, Spanish humanism, translation, Spanish-American chronicles.

David O'Connell, Ph.D., Princeton, 1966. Twentieth-century French literature, French for international business.

Georges A. Perla, Ph.D., UCLA, 1972. Eighteenth-century French literature, comparative stylistics and translation.

Fernando Reati, Ph.D., Washington (St. Louis), 1988. Modern Latin American novel.

Victoria Rodrigo, Ph.D., USC, 1995. Applied linguistics (second language acquisition) and Hispanic linguistics.

Carol M. Saunders, Ph.D., Georgia, 1998. Foreign language education.

Carmen Schlig, Ph.D., Texas at Austin, 1996. Teacher education, Spanish linguistics.

German M. Torres, Ph.D., Georgia, 1996. Latin American literature, Spanish for international business.

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