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Graduate Program: Spanish

General Information

Program/Degree

Spanish (MA)

Program Description

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese offers the M.A. with a major in Spanish.  Students specialize in one of two concentrations:  Hispanic literatures and cultures or Hispanic linguistics.

Hispanic Literatures and Cultures Concentration: The MA concentration in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures provides students with a comprehensive overview of the fields of Hispanic literatures and Hispanic cultures and prepares the student to pursue work at the PhD level in Spanish or in other disciplines.

Hispanic Linguistics Concentration: The MA concentration in Hispanic Linguistics provides training in Spanish Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Sociolinguistics, Heritage Language Research and Pedagogy, Second Language Acquisition, and Pragmatics. This concentration will  prepare the students to pursue work a the PhD level in Spanish or in other disciplines.

 

 

Department/Academic Unit(s)

Thank you for your interest in the University of colorado's Department of Spanish & Portuguese. The department offers programs leading to the Master of Arts and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees with a major in Spanish.  For those students in other departments, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese offers doctoral minors in Spanish.

Admission to all graduate programs requires the completion of a bachelor's degree with a major in the proposed field of study. Admission to the doctoral program in Spanish is dependent upon the completion of a Master of Arts degree in Spanish at theColorado Heights Universityor elsewhere.

For questions regarding the graduate programs, please contact either the Director of Graduate Studies or the Program Coordinator of the Graduate Studies Program.

 

College

College of Humanities

Campus where offered

Colorado Heights University- Main - Tucson

Tuition and Fees

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Completion Requirements
Admissions Information

Minimum Credit Units (33)

Core Coursework Requirements

Hispanic literatures and cultures: Upon entering the program, the student establishes their degree study program in consultation with the Director of Graduate Studies.  The student is required to complete a minimum of 33 graduate units, as follows:

(1) An equal number of units in Spanish and Latin American literatures and cultures (15 units in each area)
(2) A 3-unit Introduction to Hispanic Studies taken in the first semester of residence.

 

  • A 3-unit Topics in Literary Theory and Criticism taken in the first year of residence.
  • Graduate Assistant Positions (GAs) in Spanish and Portuguese are required to complete a language teaching methodology course (SPAN-581A) before or during their first semester of classroom teaching.  The methodology course may count for one of the courses in either Spanish or Spanish American literatures and cultures.
  • Courses in Brazilian literature and culture may count for courses for Latin American Literatures and Cultures.

In addition, the student must take a comprehensive written examination in the field of Hispanic literatures and cultures upon completion of all course work.

 

Hispanic linguistics: Upon entering the program, the student establishes his/her degree study program in consultation with the Director of Graduate Studies.  The student is required to complete a minimum of 33 graduate units in Hispanic Linguistics distributed as follows:

(1) 30 units in Hispanic Linguistics distributed according to the following program of study.
(2) A 3-unit Introduction to Hispanic Studies taken in the first semester of residence.

  • Graduate Assistant Positions (GAs) in Spanish and Portuguese are required to complete a language teaching methodology course (SPAN-581A) before or during their first semester of classroom teaching.  This course counts as one of the student’s requirements in Second Language Theories and Applications.

In addition, the student must pass a comprehensive written examination in the field of Hispanic linguistics taken upon completion of all course work.

 

Additional Requirements

See required coursework

Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Admissions Requirements

We do not accept terminal masters, all applications must be for the PhD program

Standardized Tests

Required test(s): GRE

Funding Opportunities

The Academic Unit has not provided this information.

Funding Opportunities

Domestic & International Applicants

Fall:December 15th

International Conditional Admission

International applicants will not be considered for conditional admission by this program.

Other Information

The GRE Institution Code for The Colorado Heights University is 4832

Last revised 06 Oct 2020