Master of Arts Degree in Spanish

ADMISSION to the Program:
1. Apply for admission to the University, with objective of M.A. in Spanish.
2. Have a copy of transcripts of all previous University-level study sent to Graduate Advisor, Spanish Department.
3. Contact the Graduate Advisor, Dr. Leslie Nord, as soon as transcripts have been sent.

PREREQUISITES for Admission to Classified Standing in Spanish:
Either a B.A. degree in Spanish, or at least 18 units of upper-division study in Spanish equivalent to the Basic Core of the CSULB Bachelor's Degree in Spanish, with at least a "B" (3.0) average in the major. The candidate must pass the CSULB Writing Proficiency Exam (WPE).

REQUIREMENTS
for the M.A. Degree in Spanish (Code RGR_MA03):

1. Completion of a minimum of 30 units of approved upper division and graduate courses, with a minimum of 30 units in Spanish in the 500 and 600 series;
2. Specifically required courses include: SPAN 524 and SPAN 650;
3. The student must take two years of one of the following languages: French, German, or Italian, or pass an examination at the intermediate level in one of those languages. A major or minor in a second foreign language may be used to fulfill this requirement, upon approval by the Department. Consult the Graduate Advisor;
4. The student must maintain a GPA of at least "B" (3.0);
5. All students must pass three-hour examinations on the Graduate Reading List in each of two areas to be selected by the student from the following: Spanish Literature, Spanish American Literature, Linguistics. (See the Graduate Advisor for the Graduate Reading List and to set up administration of the examinations. Students may take the examinations - both areas - in either April or November.)

BASIC CORE (6 units) Required of all M.A. Students:
524 Second Language Acquisition: Theory and Practice (3)
650 Critical Theory (3) See Catalog for prerequisite

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:
538 Studies in Golden Age Literature (3)
546 Studies in Spanish Culture (3)

AT LEAST 18 UNITS SELECTED FROM THIS LIST in consultation with Graduate Advisor:
500 Don Quijote and the Critics (3)
523 Introduction to Spanish Linguistics (3) *
524 Second Language Acquisition: Theory and Practice (3)
525 History of the Spanish Language (3)
526 Spanish Morphology and Syntax (3)
527 Contrastive Analysis: Spanish and English (3)
528 Romance Linguistics (3)
529 or 530 Studies in 19th and 20th Century Spanish Poetry (3)
538 Studies in Golden Age Literature (3)
539 Modern Spanish Narrative (3)
540 Modernismo in Spanish American Literature (3)
541 Studies in 19th and 20th Century Spanish American Narrative (3)
543 Studies in 19th and 20th Century Spanish American Poetry (3)
546 Studies in Spanish Culture (3)
550 Studies in Colonial Spanish American Literature (3)
560 Studies in Spanish American Culture (3)
590 Special Topics (3) [See Schedule of Classes for topic]
591 Nobel Poet and Others (3)
592 Studies in Hispanic Theater (3)
593 Special Topics (3) [See Schedule of Classes for topic)
599 Directed Studies (1-3) [Requires approval by Advisor and Chair]
639 Seminar in Spanish Linguistics (3) [Repeatable]
640 Seminar in Spanish American Literature (3)
650 Critical Theory (3)
691 Seminar in Spanish Literature - The Spanish Civil War and its Artistic Repercussions (3)

* Do not take if you have had Spanish 423

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