爱荷华大学

The Master of Arts program in Spanish requires 30 s.h. of graduate credit. Students choose one of two emphases: literature, which provides training in literary analysis and broad knowledge of representative works in principal areas of Hispanic literature; or linguistics, which provides training in linguistic analysis and argumentation and broad knowledge of the principal subfields of Hispanic linguistics. Applicants to the M.A. program should have completed the equivalent of the undergraduate Spanish major with a g.p.a. of at least 3.00 in course work for the major.

A maximum of 9 s.h. of graduate credit in approved courses may be transferred from other institutions toward the 30 s.h. required for the M.A. The M.A. with a major in Spanish requires the following 10 courses.

Literature Emphasis Courses

This course:

WLLC: 5000/SPAN:5000 Teaching and Learning Languages

All of these:

One course in Spanish linguistics numbered SPAN:4000 or above

Two courses in Spanish (peninsular) literature numbered SPAN:4000 or above

Two courses in Spanish American literature numbered SPAN:4000 or above

One course in literary theory

Three electives

At least eight of the ten literature emphasis courses must be taken in Department of Spanish and Portuguese courses numbered 5000 or above. The remaining two may be taken in Department of Spanish and Portuguese courses numbered 4000 or above or in courses offered by related departments, subject to approval by the director of graduate studies.

LINGUISTICS EMPHASIS COURSES

One of these:

SPAN:6000 Foreign Language Teaching Methods 3 s.h.

WLLC:5000 Teaching and Learning Languages 3 s.h.

All of these:

One course in Spanish or Spanish American literature numbered SPAN:4000 or above

Two courses in syntax

Two courses in phonetics/phonology

One course in history of the Spanish language or language variation

One course in applied linguistics or language acquisition

Two electives

At least six of the ten linguistics emphasis courses must be taken in Department of Spanish and Portuguese courses numbered 5000 or above. The remaining four may be taken in Department of Spanish and Portuguese courses numbered 4000 or above or in Department of Linguistics courses.