Admissions Criteria

Outstanding BA students in their senior year with a minimum overall GPA of 3.5; must have completed at least 75 hours of the B.A. in Spanish; recommended by at least two Spanish professors familiar with their work and performance and with whom they’ve taken at least 2 classes; 5-6 page writing sample of a research paper in Spanish; a 20-minute oral interview with 2 professors who will determine the candidate’s preparation for graduate work in Spanish as well as oral ability and a one-page essay in Spanish explaining why the candidate wants to pursue a MA in Spanish.

Requirements

Students will take 12 hours of graduate courses in Spanish in lieu of 12 elective hours at the undergraduate level; students cannot take graduate courses in lieu of required culture, civilization or literature survey courses at the undergraduate level; all graduate courses presently in the catalog qualify for the graduate track pathway.