Romance Languages MA-Spanish: Thesis
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MA Curriculum (Thesis): 36 Hours (30 course hours + 6 thesis hours)
Required Courses: 6-9 Hours
Spanish
SPAN 5352: Methods of Literary Criticism (offered every alternate Spring)
SPAN 5343:
Writing for the Profession (Fall)
Linguistics (required for TAs and GPTIs but encouraged for all others)
LING 5322: Theoretical and Research Foundations of Language Teaching (Fall):credits count toward Spanish.
Core Courses: 15 Hours Minimum
Peninsular Literature: aT LEAST TWO COURSES FROM THIS AREA
Peninsular: Early Modern
SPAN 5361: Medieval Lit
SPAN 5362: Golden Age Lit
Peninsular: Eighteenth-Nineteenth Century
SPAN 5355: Eighteenth-Century Spanish Literature
SPAN 5364: Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature
Peninsular: Twentieth Century
SPAN 5366: Twentieth-Century Spanish Prose
SPAN 5368: Twentieth-Century Spanish Poetry
Spanish American Literature: aT LEAST TWO COURSES FROM THIS AREA
Spanish-American: Early American
SPAN 5370: Colonial Spanish-American Literature
SPAN 5374: Nineteenth-Century Spanish-American Literature
Spanish-American: Twentieth Century I
SPAN 5375: Modernism
SPAN 5376: Twentieth-Century Spanish-American Prose
Spanish-American: Twentieth Century II
SPAN 5376: Twentieth-Century Spanish-American Prose
SPAN 5378: Twentieth-Century Spanish-American Theatre and Poetry
Other Areas: aT LEAST ONE COURSE FROM THIS AREA
Linguistics
*SPAN 5340: Spanish Language and Linguistics
*SPAN 5343: The Acquisition of Spanish as a second Language
SPAN 5345: History of the Spanish Language
* Content varies. Course may be repeated for credit
Other Courses
SPAN 5304: Advanced Business Spanish I
SPAN 5305: Advanced Business Spanish II
SPAN 5350: Theory of the Novel
SPAN 5355: Seminar in Theory*
SPAN 5381: Hispanic Literature of the Southwest
SPAN 5392: The Play in Spanish
SPAN 5347: Study Abroad: Language Development
SPAN 7000: Research (maximum 6 hours): These courses can only be used for research projects approved by the Graduate Advisor and the Departmental Chair. They are not intended to be used for exam preparation.
Minor (optional): 6 Hours
Students may declare a minor as part of the required 30 hours of coursework. Possible minors include, but are not limited to:
- Linguistics
- Comparative Literature
- Portuguese
- LAIS (Latin American and Iberian Studies)
- Women's Studies
Thesis: 6-12 Hours
Foreign Language REQUIREMENT (A THIRD LANGUAGE THAT IS NOT ENGLISH OR SPANISH)
Students must also possess reading knowledge of a third language that is not English or Spanish.
In order to determine standard competency reading knowledge in a language other than English or Spanish:
- Students may fulfill the reading knowledge requirement by passing with a C- or better the second course of the sophomore sequence of the required language. Those seeking to present a high level of competency will pass with a B- or better any literature course at the third-year level or beyond.
- Students may satisfy the standard competency level by enrolling in one of the special 6-hour programs for graduate students offered in French and German by the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures. The second half of such a program must be passed with a grade of B- or better.
- The third method of fulfilling the language proficiency requirement is by passing a standardized examination in French, German, Spanish, or Latin given in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures or by passing one of the examinations in French, German, or Spanish, furnished by the Educational Testing Service and administered by the university’s Testing Center. Arrangements for these examinations should be made in the applicable unit. The Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures will administer the examinations in any other foreign language in which instruction is offered by the department. Arrangements for testing for other foreign languages will be approved by the graduate dean.