MA in Spanish

Program Description | Admission | Degree Requirements | Courses

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Program Description

The Master of Arts in Spanish is a thirty-six hour program that prepares students for doctoral study and for careers as instructors of Spanish in secondary and higher education. In addition, the program provides students with the skills necessary to enter the workforce as interpreters within various industries by providing a thorough foundation in practical fluency skills through cultural, linguistic, and literary training. The program does not require a thesis.

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Admission

Students seeking admission to the graduate program in Spanish must submit the following directly to the Office of Graduate Studies:

1. A Graduate Studies Application with the application fee
2. Official transcript from the baccalaureate degree granting institution
3. Two letters of recommendation
4. A writing sample on a Spanish cultural topic that demonstrates advanced proficiency (5 pages)
5. A graded writing sample from an upper-level Spanish course

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Degree Requirements

The MA in Spanish requires a minimum of thirty-six hours of graduate credit, and the student may choose one of two degree plans.

Plan 1 - MA in Spanish

Item	Requirement	Options	Hours Required
1	Specified Courses	Choose all from: SPN 532 <SPAN 5332> Spanish Golden Age Literature SPN 533 <SPAN 5333> Spanish American Literature: Pre-European to Independence SPN 534 <SPAN 5334> Contemporary Spanish American Literature SPN 537 <SPAN 5337> Literature Analysis and Research Methods SPN 538 <SPAN 5338> Second Language Teaching Methodology SPN 570 <SPAN 5370> History of the Spanish Language SPN 571 <SPAN 5371> Contemporary Spanish Literature SPN 574 <SPAN 5374> Studies in Spanish Linguistics	24
2	Restricted Electives	Choose two from: SPN 460 <SPAN 4360> Don Quijote* SPN 470 <SPAN 4370> Seminar in Selected Topics in Literature, Language, or Civilization* SPN 531 <SPAN 5331> Seminar in Comparative Spanish Art and Culture SPN 536 <SPAN 5336> Hispanic Women’s Studies SPN 572 <SPAN 5372> Spanish for Technical Composition SPN 573 <SPAN 5373> Theories and Practices of Translation and Interpretation	6
3	Electives	Choose two from: All graduate courses in SPAN	6
TOTAL			36
*Taken for graduate credit

 

Plan 2 - MA in Spanish

Item	Requirement	Options	Hours Required
1	Specified Courses	Choose all from: SPN 532 <SPAN 5332> Spanish Golden Age Literature SPN 533 <SPAN 5333> Spanish American Literature: Pre-European to Independence SPN 534 <SPAN 5334> Contemporary Spanish American Literature SPN 537 <SPAN 5337> Literature Analysis and Research Methods SPN 538 <SPAN 5338> Second Language Teaching Methodology SPN 570 <SPAN 5370> History of the Spanish Language SPN 571 <SPAN 5371> Contemporary Spanish Literature SPN 574 <SPAN 5374> Studies in Spanish Linguistics	24
2	Restricted Electives in BESL	Choose two from: BSL 477 <BESL 4303> Curriculum in Bilingual and Second Language Programs* BSL 565 <BESL 5301> Applied Linguistics for Classroom Teachers BSL 571 <BESL 5302> Social, Cultural, and Language Influences on Learning BSL 577 <BESL 5304> Lang. Acquisition and Development for Bilingual and ESL Programs	6
3	Restricted Electives in SPAN	Choose two from: SPN 460 <SPAN 4360> Don Quijote* SPN 470 <SPAN 4370> Seminar in Selected Topics in Literature, Language, or Civilization* SPN 531 <SPAN 5331> Seminar in Comparative Spanish Art and Culture SPN 536 <SPAN 5336> Hispanic Women’s Studies SPN 572 <SPAN 5372> Spanish for Technical Composition SPN 573 <SPAN 5373> Theories and Practices of Translation and Interpretation	6
TOTAL			36
*Taken for graduate credit

 

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Courses

Spanish (SPAN)

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