Master of Arts in Spanish | (Spanish and Spanish American Literatures Option)

Our MA program in Spanish offers students a broad and balanced exposure to literature from Spain and Latin America. The program primarily serves to provide a solid foundation for more specialized study and research in Spanish and Spanish American Literature, but it is also an excellent fit for motivated students who wish to earn their MA in order to teach Spanish at the high school, junior college, or university levels.

The MA program consists of 30 units of graduate coursework taken in seven literary subjects areas, linguistics and literary theory. With regard to literary seminars, each year we offer a wide array of courses in the following subject areas:

1. Medieval Iberian Literature
2. Early Modern Spanish Literature
3. Colonial Spanish American Literature
4. Nineteenth Century Spanish American Literature
5. Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Peninsular Literature
6. Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Peninsular Literature
7. Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Spanish American Literature

After finishing their coursework and language requirements (students must demonstrate proficiency in one other language beyond Spanish and English), students must take an MA Comprehensive Examination that consists of both a written and an oral component. This exam is based on an established reading list.

Students admitted into the MA program in Spanish have a number of opportunities for economic support. Most of our students receive teaching assistantships, which cover tuition and student health insurance fees while paying a monthly stipend. For more information on the various forms of economic support available to our students, please visit our Financial Support web page.

Applying to our graduate program is simple. Just go to our Application Instructions web page and follow the listed steps. All the necessary forms are available for download. And if you have questions about the specific structure of our MA program, please consult our Graduate Manual or contact Prof. John Slater, our Associate Chair for Graduate Studies.