SPANMA - Spanish

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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 the first year 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 are 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 coursework.

33 units of the following courses are required for the major in Spanish and must come from the list of courses below. Courses will be chosen in consultation with the Director of Graduate Studies depending upon the student's area of specialization in one of the two concentrations. Courses rotate each semester.  Please see the Director of Graduate Studies, Dr. Faith Harden.

SPANISH COURSES TO CHOOSE FROM (COURSES ARE 3 UNITS EACH):

• 510 Development of Spanish Medieval, Renaissance, and Golden Age Literature

• 511 Topics in Medieval Literature, Renaissance, and Golden Age Literature

• 520 Development of 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st-Century Spanish Literature

• 521 Topics in 18th, 19th, 20th & 21st Century Spanish Literature

• 530 Development of Spanish-American Literature: Pre-Columbian Period to Independence

• 531 Topics in Spanish-American Literature: Pre-Columbian Period to Independence

• 540 Development of Spanish American Nineteenth through Twenty First Cent. Literature

• 541 Topics in Spanish-American Nineteenth, Twentieth & Twenty-First Cent. Literature

• 550 Development of Mexican and Mexican-American Literature

• 551 Topics in Mexican and Mexican-American Literature

• 561 Topics in Hispanic Literature

• 571 Topics in Literary Theory and Criticism

• 574 Language in the Mexican American Experience

• 574A Language in the Mexican-American Experience

• 574B Heritage Language Research

• 579 Second/Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

• 580A Spanish Phonology I

• 580B Spanish Phonology II

• 580C Spanish Phonology III

• 581A Foreign Language Teaching Theory and Methodology

• 581B Heritage Language Pedagogy

• 581C Online Course Design for Advanced Language Courses

• 582A Spanish Syntax I

• 582B Spanish Syntax II

• 582C Spanish Syntax III

• 583A Spanish Phonetics

• 583C Research Methods in Spanish Phonetics

• 584A Spanish Sociolinguistics I : Language Contact

• 584B Spanish Sociolinguistics II : Language Variation

• 584C Spanish Sociolinguistics III: Research Methods in Sociolinguistics

• 585 Introduction to Translation Studies

• 586 World Languages for Professional Purposes

• 587 Assessment in Second/Foreign Language Learning

• 696A Spanish Peninsular Lit

• 696B Spanish American Literature

• 696C Mexican and Mexican American Literature

• 696D Hispanic Linguistics

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