MA Spanish

The Department of World Languages and Cultures offers a 30-hour graduate program culminating in the Master of Arts degree in Spanish. Our faculty prepare our students to enter doctoral programs and to find satisfying careers in both academic and applied settings.  Students can select to write a thesis as part of their M.A. Classes are offered in the evenings to accommodate the schedules of working professionals. We also offer a Distance Education/online option. Students in the main campus and DE programs enroll in the same courses and are able to work collaboratively.

The goals of the program are to: (1) raise the level of communicative competence of native and non-native speakers of Spanish; (2) provide critical and and practical skills necessary for analyzing, assessing, and addressing academic and societal issues related to Hispanic cultures; (3) provide knowledge and advanced skills in the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures necessary for higher-level graduate work; (4) increase, improve and promote cultural understanding and awareness of regional, national and international Spanish-speaking communities, and (5) train professionals ready to work and interact with the Latinx population in the U.S. and abroad.