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Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core | ||
| SPAN 504 | Introduction to Literary Theory 1 | 3 |
| SPAN 538 | Hispanic Linguistics | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Complete 21-24 credits from the list below. Any combination of courses from Groups A or B may be taken. | 24-21 | |
| Culminating Experience | ||
| Complete either the Comprehensive Examination or the Master's Thesis (with department approval) | 0-3 | |
| Comprehensive Examination | ||
| Master's Thesis | ||
| Total Credits | 30 | |
Electives
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Group A: Literature and Culture | ||
| SPAN 516 | Medieval Spanish Literature to the Fifteenth Century | 3 |
| SPAN 522 | Theatre of the Golden Age | 3 |
| SPAN 523 | Prose and Poetry of the Golden Age | 3 |
| SPAN 524 | Cervantes | 3 |
| SPAN 525 | Enlightenment and Romanticism | 3 |
| SPAN 526 | Spanish Novel of the 19th Century | 3 |
| SPAN 527 | The Generation of 1898 | 3 |
| SPAN 528 | Spanish Fiction and Film | 3 |
| SPAN 530 | Spanish Cultural History | 3 |
| SPAN 533 | Contemporary Spanish Theater | 3 |
| SPAN 534 | Contemporary Spanish Novel | 3 |
| SPAN 535 | Contemporary Spanish Poetry | 3 |
| SPAN 537 | Lorca | 3 |
| SPAN 540 | Colonial Latin American Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 541 | Latin American Literature of the 19th Century | 3 |
| SPAN 542 | Contemporary Latin American Novel | 3 |
| SPAN 543 | Contemporary Latin American Theater | 3 |
| SPAN 546 | Modernismo in Latin America | 3 |
| SPAN 547 | Spanish in the United States | 3 |
| SPAN 548 | Latin American Novel: After the Boom | 3 |
| SPAN 549 | Contemporary Latin American Short Story | 3 |
| SPAN 551 | Contemporary Latin American Poetry | 3 |
| SPAN 553 | Bilingual Prose Workshop: Fiction and Non-Fiction Writing | 3 |
| SPAN 554 | Bilingual Poetry Workshop: Writing Poetry in the 21st Century | 3 |
| SPAN 555 | Literary Translation: Crossing Borders in Poetry and Fiction | 3 |
| SPAN 560 | Special Topics in Spanish, Latin American and Caribbean Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 562 | Autobiographical Acts in Spain and in Latin America | 3 |
| Group B: Translation and Linguistics | ||
| SPAN 501 | Special Topics in Advanced Studies of Spanish Language | 3 |
| SPAN 505 | History of Spanish Language | 3 |
| SPAN 507 | Translation and Health Services | 3 |
| SPAN 509 | Translation and the Law | 3 |
| SPAN 511 | Consecutive Interpreting | 3 |
| SPAN 512 | Simultaneous Interpreting | 3 |
| SPAN 515 | Computer-Assisted Translation | 3 |
| SPAN 520 | Audiovisual Translation | 3 |
| SPAN 521 | Special Topics in Teaching Spanish K-12 | 3 |
| SPAN 529 | Audio Description | 3 |
Recommended Roadmap to Degree Completion
This plan is provided as an outline for students to complete their degree requirements within two years. This plan is a recommendation only and students should meet with their Graduate Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| SPAN 504 or 538 | 3 | SPAN 504 or 538 | 3 | Elective course | 3 |
| Elective course | 3 | Elective course | 3 | ||
| Elective course | 3 | Elective course | 3 | ||
| 9 | 9 | 3 | |||
| Second Year | |||||
| Fall | Credits | ||||
| Elective course | 3 | ||||
| Elective course | 3 | ||||
| Elective course | 3 | ||||
| 9 | |||||
| Total Credits 30 | |||||
The Comprehensive Examination or SPAN 698 Master's Thesis should be completed during the last semester of the second year.