Candidates wishing to pursue the M.A. in Spanish or the M.H.S. must have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution, with at least 38 semester hours of undergraduate Spanish above the freshman level and satisfactory scores on the Graduate Record Examination. International students also must have acceptable scores on the TOEFL. Applicants lacking course requirements need to make up deficiencies before admission to the graduate program.
The M.A. requires at least 30 semester hours including 4 credits for thesis. The M.H.S. requires at least 36 semester hours but no thesis. All degrees require passage of comprehensive examinations.
Candidates for the M.H.S. must earn a minimum of 30 semester hours in their major. All Master’s degree candidates who are graduate assistants in Spanish are required to take FLSP 7090 every semester when they hold a teaching assistantship or equivalent. Credit from this course does not count toward the master’s degree. For more information, check the student handbook available from the department or on our web site.
A concentration consisting of 6 semester hours of graduate-level courses in a related field or fields may be earned as part of the M.H.S. degree offered by the department.
A reading knowledge of one other foreign language is required. This knowledge may be demonstrated by examination, by a foreign language proficiency course, or by completion of the first-year sequence (or the equivalent) of a foreign language with a grade of B or better.
Teaching assistantships are available to qualified students. For more information, please contact the department. Complete an application.
Please visit the AU Graduate School web site to fill out an on line application for admission.