Spanish, M.A.

Requirements

The Master of Arts degree in Spanish requires thirty-six semester hours. The curriculum follows the options outlined below:

Option I (Thesis Track)

Option I (thesis-track) requires thirty-six semester hours, including six thesis hours. A minimum of fifteen hours, excluding the thesis, are required at the 5000-level.

Requirement Hours
Literary Theory, Research and Writing 3
Thesis 6
Three Linguistics courses1 9
Two Peninsular Literature courses 6
Two Latin American Literature courses 6
Electives 2 6
Total 36
1

In the linguistics area, all students will normally take: SPA 5350 Introduction to Romance Linguistics, SPA 5351 History of the Spanish Language and SPA 5359 Seminar in Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics. Those students who have chosen a literature emphasis may substitute one required linguistics course with a literature course (except for SPA 5359 Seminar in Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics which is required of all students), or with another non-linguistics course that is approved by the advisor.

Those students who have chosen a linguistics emphasis may substitute one required literature course with a linguistics course or a non-literature course that is approved by the advisor.

2

Electives must be approved by the graduate advisor and must fit the area of emphasis chosen by the student.

Option II (Non-Thesis Track)

Option II (non-thesis-track) requires thirty-six semester hours, A minimum of eighteen hours, must be taken at the 5000-level.

Requirement Hours
Literary Theory, Research and Writing 3
Three Linguistics courses 1 9
Three Peninsular Literature courses 9
Three Latin American Literature courses 9
Electives 2 6
Total 36
1

In the linguistics area, all students will normally take: SPA 5350 Introduction to Romance Linguistics, SPA 5351 History of the Spanish Language and SPA 5359 Seminar in Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics. Those students who have chosen a literature emphasis may substitute one required linguistics course with a literature course (except for SPA 5359 Seminar in Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics which is required of all students), or with another non-linguistics course that is approved by the advisor.

Those students who have chosen a linguistics emphasis may substitute one required literature course with a linguistics course or a non-literature course that is approved by the advisor.

2

Electives must be approved by the graduate advisor and must fit the area of emphasis chosen by the student.

For both options, students must demonstrate intermediate level proficiency in a second romance language. See the Graduate School Foreign Language Requirements for a list of options available for demonstrating proficiency.

For both options, students must pass written comprehensive examinations. For those choosing a thesis, an oral defense of the thesis is also required. In selecting electives, students must declare an area of emphasis: literature or linguistics.