Spanish MA

Deadlines to apply for Fall Admission, February 1, for Spring Admission, October 1.

To be considered for admission to the M.A. program in Spanish a student must:

• Hold a Bachelor's degree in Spanish Literature(s), or equivalent is strongly recommended.
• Have a 3.0 grade point average in the last 60 hours of undergraduate course work.
• Have excellent proficiency in spoken and written Spanish.

Applicants who hold a B.A. in Spanish but do not have the requisite 3.0 grade point average may be admitted on probation for one semester, provided they have at least a 2.75 grade point average.

Course work in fields other than Spanish literature (for example, Master's or doctoral work in education) will not be applied to the graduate degree in Spanish

Admission in all cases will be determined by the Spanish faculty

Non-thesis

Students in the non-thesis program must complete thirty-three hours of acceptable graduate-level course work (including the courses specifically required) and receive a passing grade on the final comprehensive examination.

Thesis

Requirements for the thesis program are thirty hours, which include twenty-seven hours of acceptable graduate-level course work (including the courses specifically required), 3 hours of thesis credits (maximum), and receive a passing grade on the thesis.

• At least three seminars (9 credit hours) in Spanish Peninsular Literature and three seminars (9 credit hours) in Spanish-American Literature.
  
  
• The remaining SPAN hours for both the thesis (9 credit hours) and non-thesis options (15 credit hours) are chosen by the students, depending on their needs and wants.The graduate liaison approves each case, but flexibility is essential.
  
  
• Note: A total not to exceed 6 graduate hours at the MLLL level, specifically for the following two courses: 1) MLLL 5063 Early Literary Criticism and 2) MLLL 5073 Contemporary Literary Criticism is allowed as part of the major.
  
  
• All Graduate Teaching Assistants are required during their first year to enroll in MLLL 5813, Teaching Foreign Languages. GTAs who have already had this course or one similar to it may be exempted.
  
  
• Graduate Teaching Assistants are required to maintain enrollment in a minimum of five credit hours.
  
  
• A comprehensive examination is required for the non-thesis programs. The examination is administered during the twelfth and thirteenth week of each semester. It is based on courses taken by the student and on the reading list.
  
  
• Program of Study (for students admitted in Fall 2017 or later)