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Description

The master's program in Spanish is intended for those who wish to continue their study in Spanish at the graduate level.

Degrees Offered

Master of Arts in Spanish

Admission

For information on general UCF graduate admissions requirements that apply to all prospective students, please visit the Graduate Catalog. Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please be sure to submit all requested material by the established deadline(s).

Master of Arts in Spanish

Minimum requirements for admission are a grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 for the last 60 attempted semester credit hours earned as an undergraduate or a total score of 1000 on the verbal and quantitative sections of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). International students must score at least 220 (computer-based test; or equivalent score on the paper-based test) on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). All applicants must also submit three letters of recommendation.

Other criteria for admission are a baccalaureate degree in Spanish or a related field and approval by the Graduate Committee of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Students are expected to have read widely in Hispanic literature and to be competent in understanding, reading, and writing Spanish. They should also be familiar with the vocabularies of literary criticism and grammar.

Application Due Dates

All students applying for fellowships or assistantships must apply by the Fall Priority deadline date.

U.S. Applicants

	Program(s)		Fall Priority		Fall		Spring		Summer
	Master of Arts in Spanish  Feb 1  Jun 1  Dec 1  Mar 1

International Applicants

	Program(s)		Fall Priority		Fall		Spring		Summer
	Master of Arts in Spanish  Feb 1  Feb 1  Jul 1

Master of Arts in Spanish

The masters degree program in Spanish has both thesis and non-thesis options. A total of 36 semester hours of course work for the non-thesis option or at least 30 semester hours of course work and up to 6 hours of thesis (3 credit hours minimum) are required of students seeking the masters degree in Spanish. A minimum grade of "B" must be earned in each required course. Students will be allowed a maximum total of 6 semester hours of "C" grades in elective courses. Students are allowed to transfer up to 6 semester hours of corresponding graduate courses with the grade of "A" or "B" from an accredited university. University policies and procedures will be followed for all degree requirements. Courses are to be chosen from the following categories in accordance with the number of hours designated in each.

• Research Methods—3 credit hours
• Spanish Language Study—3 credit hours
• Hispanic Culture and Civilization—6 hours
• Hispanic Literature—12 hours
• Methodology and/or Electives—6 hours

Total—30 Credit Hours

The remaining elective hours of course work are 6 hours for the non-thesis option. Students must choose electives from the additional, available courses listed below in conjunction with their faculty adviser. The aim of the selections should be to complement the acquisition of knowledge in the particular area of Hispanic studies chosen.

Course Requirements

Part I—Research Methods—3 Credit Hours

• SPW 6919 Advanced Spanish Graduate Research (3 credit hours)

Part II—Spanish Language Study—3 Credit Hours

• SPN 5705 Introduction to Spanish Linguistics (3 credit hours)
• SPN 5825 Spanish Dialectology (3 credit hours)
• SPN 5845 History of the Spanish Language (3 credit hours)
• SPN 6805 Spanish Morphosyntax (3 credit hours)

Part III—Hispanic Culture and Civilization—6 Credit Hours

• SPN 5502 Hispanic Culture of the United States (3 credit hours)
• SPN 5505 Spanish Peninsular Culture and Civilization (3 credit hours)
• SPN 5506 Spanish American Culture and Civilization (3 credit hours)

Part IV—Hispanic Literature—12 Credit Hours

• SPW 6825 Seminar Series (May be repeated for credit with different topics) (3 credit hours)*
• SPW 6405 Medieval Spanish Literature (3 credit hours)
• SPW 6217 Spanish American Prose I (3 credit hours)
• SPW 6218 Spanish American Prose II (3 credit hours)
• SPW 6269 Nineteenth Century Spanish Novel (3 credit hours)
• SPW 6306 Spanish American Drama I (3 credit hours)
• SPW 6307 Spanish American Drama II (3 credit hours)
• SPW 6315 Golden Age Drama (3 credit hours)
• SPW 6216 Golden Age Prose (3 credit hours)
• SPW 6356 Spanish American Poetry (3 credit hours)
• SPW 6585 Contemporary Peninsular Literature (3 credit hours)
• SPW 6725 The Generation of 1898 (3 credit hours)
• SPW 6971 Thesis (6 credit hours)

* Examples of Seminar Series Topics: Don Quixote, Spanish American Literature Written by Women, Gabriel García Márquez

Part V—Methodology (Elective Courses)—6 Credit Hours

• FLE 5870 Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages (3 credit hours)
• FLE 5875 Computer Application in Teaching Foreign Languages (3 credit hours)

Comprehensive Examination and Reading List

Students must pass a comprehensive examination in order to qualify for the masters degree in Spanish. This examination is based on knowledge of the civilization and literature of Spain and Latin America and on basic concepts of linguistic theory and analysis.

Since this examination will be given toward the end of the course work, it is expected that the student will have developed an ability to analyze literature, culture, and linguistics at an advanced level. It is also expected that the responses, both written and oral, will show an excellent command of the Spanish language.

The Graduate Committee has developed a reading list made up of major Peninsular, Latin American, and linguistics works with which the student must be familiar. The comprehensive examination will be based on the reading list and the courses that the student has taken. An oral examination will follow the written examination. This examination will allow the student to expand more readily on particular points of culture, literature, and linguistics, and also to show ability in the use of the spoken language.

Financial Support

Graduate students may receive financial assistance through fellowships, assistantships, tuition support, or loans. For more information, see Financing graduate school, which describes the types of financial assistance available at UCF and provides general guidance in planning your graduate finances. The Financial Information section of the Graduate Catalog is another key resource.

Key points about financial support:

• If you’re interested in financial assistance, you’re strongly encouraged to apply for admission early. A complete application for admission, including all supporting documents, must be received by the priority date listed for your program under "Admissions."
• You must be admitted to a graduate program before the university can consider awarding financial assistance to you.
• If you want to be considered for loans and other need-based financial assistance, review the UCF Student Financial Assistance website at http://finaid.ucf.edu and complete the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form, which is available online at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov. Apply early and allow up to six weeks for the FAFSA form to be processed.
• UCF Graduate Studies awards university graduate fellowships, with most decisions based on nominations from the colleges and programs. All admitted graduate students are automatically considered in this nomination process. To be eligible for a fellowship, students must be accepted as a graduate student in a degree program and be enrolled full-time. To receive need-based fellowship awards, the student must have demonstrated need as determined by FAFSA. Merit fellowship awards are not affected by FAFSA determination of need.
• Please note that select fellowships do require students to fill out a fellowship application (either a university fellowship application, an external fellowship application, or a college or school fellowship application).
• For information on assistantships (including teaching, research, and general graduate assistantships) or tuition support, contact the graduate program coordinator of your major.

Contact Info

Celestino Villanueva, Ph.D. , Assistant Professor
Phone Number: 407-823-5935
spangrad@mail.ucf.edu