Mississippi State University, based in Starkville, MS offers a fully funded master’s in Foreign Languages (French, German, and Spanish). The graduate courses focus on literature, and culture, with a strong foundation in language pedagogy. The MA program provides an extremely flexible and interdisciplinary course of study. The Department of Classical & Modern Languages and Literatures provides Teaching Assistantships to qualified graduate students. The department provides Teaching Assistants with a 100% tuition remission and a stipend to pay for living expenses. The majority of M.A. students work for the department as Teaching Assistants.