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Application Deadlines

Fall:
February 15th for financial assistance
July 1st
(April 1st recommended)

Spring:
December 1st

Summer:
April 1st

Application Requirements

Test Scores: No

Special Instructions:No specific special instructions. If you have any questions regarding application requirements or other aspects of the program please contact the department directly.

New England Regional:
Maine, Vermont

Spanish

Murkland Hall
Durham, NH, 03824
(603) 862 - 3121
Email:
Web Address: http://www.unh.edu/spanish/graduate.html

Degree Offered (MA):

The program in Spanish in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures offers a master of arts degree in Spanish with courses in the following four areas: Medieval and Golden Age literature and culture, Modern Peninsular literature and culture, Latin American literature and culture, and Hispanic linguistics and foreign language pedagogy. The program also supports work in interdisciplinary Hispanic Cultural Studies.

Admission Requirements

Applicants shall have received a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with an undergraduate major in Spanish or its equivalent.

Degree Requirements

To obtain the degree, the candidate must complete a minimum of 30 credits. To satisfy the course requirements, the candidate must successfully complete ten graduate courses, eight of which should be from the offerings of the Spanish program. Two of the ten courses can be taken in allied fields approved by the department. All candidates must take Spanish 901, a 3-credit course dealing with bibliography and methods of research. Preparation of a bibliographical essay in this course is the final requirement for graduation. Graduate assistants teaching in the department must take Spanish 903, a 3-credit course in applied linguistics. Both 901 and 903 count toward the ten courses required to complete the degree.