Advancement to Candidacy
General Information
Specific Requirements for the Master of Arts Degree
Graduate teaching associateships in Spanish are available to a limited number of qualified students. New teaching associates are required to enroll in Spanish 770 during their first semester as teaching associates. Application blanks and additional information may be secured from the chair of the department.
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures offers graduate study leading to the Master of Arts degree in Spanish.
The staff in charge of the graduate program in Spanish is composed of professors whose native tongue is Spanish, or who have studied and traveled extensively in Spain or in Spanish America, enabling them to represent authoritatively the Spanish language and culture. Library facilities include rich resources in Spanish literature and linguistics, including books, periodicals and newspapers. A Language Acquisition Resource Center with modern equipment is available to both graduate and undergraduate students.
All students must satisfy the general requirements for admission to the University with classified graduate standing, as described in Part Two of this bulletin. An undergraduate major in Spanish, including 24 upper division units, must have been completed, at least six units of which must have been in a survey course in Spanish literature.
A language competency examination, both written and oral, will be required of all incoming graduate students. The examination will be held prior to each semester.
An incoming graduate student who does unsatisfactory work on the examination will be required to make up the deficiency before being allowed to enroll in graduate courses.
In addition to meeting the requirements for advancement to candidacy as described in Part Two of this bulletin, students may be required to pass a qualifying examination in Spanish given by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures.
In addition to meeting the requirements for classified graduate standing and the basic requirements for the master's degree as described in Part Two of this bulletin, the student must complete an approved graduate program of at least 30 units. Each program must include Spanish 601, 620, 770, and 780.
Candidates for the master's degree in Spanish may select one of the following areas of specialization:
1.Spanish Linguistics: Spanish 601, 620, 770, 780; six additional units in Spanish linguistics selected from 600- or 700-level courses; three units from any 500-level Spanish linguistics course; six units in Spanish or Spanish American literature selected from 600- or 700-level courses; three elective units with linguistic content selected from 500-, 600-, 700-level Spanish courses, or Spanish 799A.
2.Spanish American Literature: Spanish 601, 620, 770, 780; 15 units in Spanish with Spanish American literature content selected from 500-, 600- or 700-level courses; Spanish 799A or three units of electives in Spanish American literature content.
3.Spanish Literature: Spanish 601, 620, 770, 780; twelve units in Spanish with Spanish literature content selected from 600- or 700-level Spanish courses;three units in Spanish with Spanish American literature content selected from 500-, 600-, or 700-level courses; Spanish 799A or three units of electives in Spanish literature content.
In addition, all candidates must demonstrate a knowledge of Portuguese by passing an examination administered by the department or by completing Portuguese 101 or 201.
Students may elect either Plan A, requiring a thesis, Spanish 799A; or Plan B, requiring a comprehensive written and oral examination in lieu of the thesis in consultation with the graduate adviser.
Top of Page
