Spanish

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.

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)
• Apply to the Spanish MA Program
• Fall 2018 Spanish Graduate Courses (pdf)
• Spring 2019 Spanish Graduate Courses (pdf)
• Program of Study
• Master's Degree Forms and Documents
• Spanish MA Reading List (pdf)
• Assistantships and Fellowships

A concentration consisting of nine hours as approved by the student's committee.

The following courses were strongly recommended for students who started the program before the spring of 2014, are now required for students who will start the program in the fall of 2014 or later:

• SPAN 5713 (History of the Spanish Language)
• MLLL 5063 (Early Literary Criticism)
• MLLL 5073 (Contemporary Literary Criticism)

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.

Before completion of the degree, students must demonstrate reading competency in a second language. In order to do so, they may take the departmental Graduate Reading Exam (pdf) or complete two semesters or ten hours in another language.

A general examination based on coursework and a reading list established in consultation with the student's committee members is required for the Ph.D. 

Graduate Teaching Assistants are required to maintain enrollment in a minimum of five credit hours of graduate-level courses per semester.

• Apply to the Spanish PhD Program
• Fall 2018 Spanish Graduate Courses (pdf)
• Spring 2019 Spanish Graduate Courses (pdf)
• Spanish PhD Exam and Dissertation
• Doctoral Checklist
• Doctoral Degree Forms and Documents
• Assistantships, Fellowships, and Additional Funding