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Graduate Record 2012-2013 
    
Graduate Record 2012-2013 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese Languages and Literatures


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Degree Requirements


Master of Arts in Spanish


Thirty credits of courses at the 5500 level or above, at least twelve of which must be at the 7000 level or above ; none of the thirty credit hours may be derived from non-topical research; Spanish 7220 and Spanish 8210 are required courses; a comprehensive written examination; a one-hour oral examination; a thesis (normally an extended seminar paper) approved by two members of the graduate faculty. The written and oral examinations are based exclusively on the departmental M.A. reading list.

Doctor of Philosophy in Spanish


Official departmental permission to proceed beyond the M.A. level; a reading knowledge of two other foreign languages (or the mastery of one) pertinent to the major research area; a minimum of 54 credits of courses (24 beyond the M.A. if obtained at the University of Virginia; 36 beyond the M.A. if obtained at another institution) at the 7000-level or above; a written and oral comprehensive examination; an approved dissertation; an oral defense examination on the field of the dissertation. The guide for the written and oral exams will be the departmental Ph.D. reading list.

Permission to Proceed to the Ph.D. in Spanish


After completion of the M.A. requirements and acceptance into the Ph.D. program, all students in their first year of Ph.D. course work will be evaluated by the department before permission to proceed is granted.

Teaching Requirement for Spanish


Because this department considers language teaching an integral part of its graduate degree program, and in order that our graduate students may fully develop their teaching abilities at several levels under the close supervision of the Spanish Language Coordinator and the course heads, the department requires that graduate students serve as teaching assistants. Exceptions may be made for part-time and non-resident students; exceptions in other cases must be approved by the graduate advisor.

Master of Arts in Italian


The M.A. program in Italian consists of 30 hours, or 10 courses, no more than three of which may be Non-Topical Research done in pursuit of the M.A. thesis.  Coursework must be completed within two years or four academic semesters (an extension for a fifth semester can be granted for a valid reason), and must include the pedagogy course ITAL 8210, at least two period courses, at least two seminars, and no more than two 5000-level courses.  The master’s examination (based on the program reading list) includes two 3-hour written examinations and a 1-hour oral examination.  Students also write a master’s thesis which must be approved by two graduate faculty members.  Virtually all M.A. students serve as teaching assistants in elementary language courses supervised by the language coordinator.

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