内华达里诺大学

The mission of the graduate program is to educate students in Hispanic languages, literatures and cultures at the highest possible level, as well as to provide students with both a broad knowledge base from which to pursue specialized studies and a depth of experience in scholarship and pedagogy that will advance their future research and professional activities.

The program currently offers a Master of Arts in World Languages and Literatures with a specialization in Spanish.

Among the practical objectives of the program is the formation of highly educated individuals who, upon completing the program, will be capable of one or more of the following:

• Successfully completing a Ph.D. program or another advanced degree (M.D., J.D., etc.);
• Securing a teaching position at an educational institution;
• Improving their standing within the institutions in which they may already be employed;
• Pursuing any career (for example, in foreign service with the State department) in which deep knowledge of Spanish and/or Hispanic cultures is a valuable asset.

Degree Requirements

The program offers areas of study in linguistics, Spanish literature and culture and Spanish-American literature and culture. Students select one of these areas as their primary concentration and another as their secondary concentration. WLL 702 Introduction to Graduate Study is required of all students; WLL 703 Teaching Foreign Languages is also required of all graduate teaching assistants. Students must be enrolled in a comprehensive examination course (WLL 795) during the semester in which they plan to take the M.A. exams. The credits for this S/U course may not be applied toward satisfying the credit requirements for the degree and should not be listed in the student's program of study. The program offers the option of pursuing the M.A. with thesis or without.

Non-thesis

• Minimum of 30 graduate credits
• Minimum of 23 of these 30 graduate credits earned at University of Nevada, Reno
• Minimum of 15 credits taken at 700-level
• Minimum of nine credits in primary area of concentration and six credits in secondary area.
• Maximum of three credits may be taken with S/U grading (including transfer credits).
• Maximum of 12 credits completed prior to admission (including transfer credits)
• All requirements for degree must be completed within the period of six years immediately preceding the granting of the degree
• Continuous enrollment: Minimum enrollment of three graduate credits each fall and spring semester. If a minor is included, at least 15 of the 30 graduate credits must be in the major field of study, and at least eight credits in the minor field.

Thesis

• Minimum of 30 graduate credits
• Minimum of 21 of these credits earned at University of Nevada, Reno
• Minimum of 18 credits (including thesis credits) taken at 700-level
• Minimum of nine credits in primary area of concentration and six credits in secondary area
• Masters students must enroll in six thesis credits for degree completion
• Maximum of three credits may be taken with S/U grading
• Maximum of 12 credits completed prior to admission (including transfer credits)
• All requirements (credits) for degree (including transfer credits) must be completed within the period of six years immediately preceding the granting of the degree
• Continuous enrollment: minimum enrollment of three graduate credits each fall and spring semester. If a minor is included, at least 12 of the 24 graduate credits (as well as the six thesis credits) must be in the major field of study, and at least six credits in the minor field.