ITAL-MA - Italian (MA)

Per policy (GAP 4.5.1 Doctoral Degrees, Requirements), all of the coursework for the Italian MA and Italian PhD must be completed at Stanford.

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 an academically invaluable form for transmitting expertise and is essential to creating a strong departmental and Stanford community.

Faculty advisors guide students in key areas such as selecting courses, designing and conducting research, developing teaching pedagogy, 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.