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Preparation for the Profession
Notre Dame’s innovative Literature Ph.D. considers a national literature’s disciplinary integrity as part of the underlying foundation that supports a truly interdisciplinary and translinguistic course of study. The built-in flexibility of the program promotes ways of relating literary material across disciplinary divisions in order to facilitate the development and training of future scholars who will be well prepared and positioned to respond to current and developing needs in the language and literature job market.
As a natural component of their professional development, students will apply their teaching assistantships in a variety of venues-language courses, mythology, ancient literature, English composition, and 300-level courses in English literature. The required practicum in the beginning of the fourth year will offer students an opportunity to team-teach a course with a regular faculty member in their field. The Program can also offer a seminar on the development of teaching, specifically on the teaching of language and composition. |
