法语和法语世界研究哲学博士

法语和法语世界研究的哲学博士课程要求至少72嘘声的研究生学分，包括获得MA The Ph.D.学位的学分。需要至少三年的研究生学习时间，其中包括在爱荷华大学居住的至少一年时间。学生必须通过全面的考试，并对论文进行成功的口头答辩。
The Department of French and Italian offers courses leading to the Master of Arts and the Doctor of Philosophy in French. Graduate students in French and Francophone Studies benefit from the expertise of a nationally and internationally known faculty. Courses are available in the traditionally recognized historical periods of French literature and culture, as well as in various literary genres and critical theories. The Department provides a wide variety of courses in Francophone literatures and cultures from, Canada, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, North and sub-Saharan Africa, in the literatures of immigration in France as well as in Film Studies and Gender Studies. We have specific strengths in Interdisciplinary studies notably in the areas of Comparative arts, Early Modern Studies, Film Studies, Francophone and Postcolonial Studies, History, and Women's Studies. The recent inclusion of courses in Arabic and Swahili reflects the dynamism of our program and brings new strengths in cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary research and teaching.