FRENC-MA - French (MA)

Students must complete all units toward a degree at Stanford. Coterminal Master's Degrees describes external credit policies for the coterminal MA.

The Department of French and Italian is committed to academic advising to support graduate students’ scholarly and professional development. The overall goal of advising, both in the DLCL and the department, is to help graduate students make academic and career choices wisely and think ahead to craft a long-term plan for their graduate student career and beyond. When most effective, the advising relationship entails collaborative and sustained engagement by the advisor and the advisee. As a best practice, advising expectations should be periodically discussed and reviewed to ensure mutual understanding. Both the advisor and the advisee are expected to maintain professionalism and integrity. Advising is academically invaluable for transmitting expertise and is an essential aspect of creating a strong departmental and Stanford community.

Faculty advisors guide students in critical areas such as selecting courses, navigating policies and degree requirements, and exploring academic opportunities and professional pathways.

Graduate students are active contributors to the advising relationship, proactively seeking academic and professional guidance and taking responsibility for informing themselves of policies and degree requirements for their graduate program.