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The Spanish and Portuguese Program provides Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees in Spanish. Our committed and diverse faculty specialize in Iberian, Latin American, and Caribbean Literary and Cultural Studies, Hispanic Linguistics, and Second Language Acquisition.
For undergraduates, alongside fundamental courses in language, culture, and literature, we present an extensive selection of specialized classes reflecting faculty expertise (including Amazonian studies, Caribbean Literary and Cultural Studies, Discourse Analysis, Gender Studies, Second Language Acquisition, Phonology, Sociolinguistics, Syntax, and Psycholinguistics). Study abroad options are available in Spanish-speaking countries like Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, and Spain.
At the graduate level, we offer a Master of Arts (MA) in Spanish with both thesis and non-thesis options. Our PhD program typically requires 30 additional credit hours beyond the MA, with focus areas in Iberian/Latin American Literatures and Cultures or Hispanic Linguistics.
A bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution, or a comparable degree from an international institution, with a minimum 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) grade point average (GPA) in all coursework attempted while enrolled as an upper-division undergraduate student working towards a bachelor's degree