Graduate Programs in Spanish and Portuguese
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Can you pursue Graduate Studies and Teach?
Yes, it's possible. The graduate program in Spanish at Texas Tech University offers you the possibility of completing a Master's and Doctorate in Spanish while teaching university-level classes in Spanish languages, literatures and cultures.
Who are we?
The Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures is one of the largest departments at Texas Tech University. It has its own building on campus, an excellent language laboratory and a magnificent library collection and archive (The Hispanic Collection) that have been donated over the years by important researchers.
Students in the program study with illustrious professors of international reputation.
Those professors are especially proud of the initiative and intellectual collaboration with the graduate students who have created their own association and journal (Céfiro). The graduate students also organize an annual annual conference in the department. We have a dynamic, growing program that needs people like you to share in our teaching and research.
The University of Texas Tech is in Lubbock, a growing city of more than 200,000 people with a vibrant student culture (the university has more than 30,000 students). Lubbock has excellent hospitals, an international airport and nearby state parks that include incredible “Wild West”-type canyons.
What You Get Out of Our Program
A Master's or Doctorate Degree in a prestigious, internationally-acclaimed department. Texas Tech is home for Janet Perez, Paul Whitfield Horn Professor, and to Hispania, the internationally-recognized and official journal for the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Our department also houses two other scholarly journals, Intertexts and Monographic Review . You can choose to combine your degree in Spanish with other languages and fields offered through our department. The Department faculty includes the world renowned specialist in Spanish linguistics, Bill VanPatten. Aside from linguistics, you may also combine your studies in Spanish with Portuguese, German, Russian, French, Classics, Comparative Literature, Linguistics or even do a double Master's combined with business, international relations or communications.
Self-financed Studies from a teaching assistantship with the added benefit of possible scholarships.
Professional experience with university teaching experience. Our Spanish language program is one of the most innovative internationally, having incorporated the very latest web-based technology.
Unlimited access to libraries with the latest publications and a language laboratory and technological advances.
Participation in our Seville, Spain program . Texas Tech University has its own campus in Seville in which graduate students may teach during a semester or during the summer at the same time they continue with class work. Graduate student teachers in the program receive airfare and lodging, as well as their salary.
Life-changing experiences thanks to the opportunity to study with a vibrant and diverse international community of students.
For more information, continue exploring our web pages or contact Liz Hildebrand at liz.hildebrand@ttu.edu or 806-742-3145 extension 227.
ENROLLMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR NONDEGREE STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE LUBBOCK COMMUNITY: Persons possessing a bachelors degree or higher may take undergraduate language courses as a Nondegree Student. Admission is simple: Obtain an application at www.ttu.edu/gradschool, apply for admission as a Post Graduate (PRGD) Nondegree Student, pay the $50 application fee, and submit transcripts of all previous college level study. When admitted enroll in the appropriate language course. Once admitted you may register indefinitely in undergraduate TTU courses. For more information contact the CMLL Academic Program Advisor, Liz Hildebrand, liz.hildebrand@ttu.edu, 200 Foreign Languages Building, 806-742-4055.