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The Department of Spanish and Portuguese offers a PhD program in Hispanic Languages and Literatures, featuring concentrations in Spanish and Latin American Literature, Portuguese and Brazilian Literature, and Iberian Linguistics. Students may also pursue additional focus areas such as Translation Studies, Feminist Studies, Medieval Studies, and Applied Linguistics. The program benefits from a distinguished faculty with international recognition across diverse fields including Peninsular and Latin American cultural studies, Portuguese/Brazilian scholarship, US Latino research, translation theory, dramatic arts, critical analysis, digital media, popular culture, language acquisition, and teaching methodologies. Collaborative opportunities exist with departments like Linguistics, Latin American and Iberian Studies, Comparative Literature, Chicano/-a Studies, Film and Media Studies, and Theater and Dance through joint faculty-student initiatives.
To be considered for admission to UCSB, applicants must have received a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent (with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better) from an accredited university prior to the quarter for which admission is sought.
TOEFL scores 550 Paper-Based Test (PBT), 80 Internet-Based Test (IBT) or IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Overall Band score of 7 or higher (if applicable).
Deadline - Fall Only: December 17