UGA Romance Languages | Spanish Language Program

M.A. IN SPANISH LINGUISTICS

Degree: Master of Arts
School/College: Arts and Sciences
Department: Romance Languages
Program of Study or Area of Emphasis: Spanish (Linguistics, Thesis Option)*
Total Hours Required for this Degree: 30

See the Graduate Handbook for additional information on this program.

REQUIRED COURSES (18 HOURS)

Course Number Course Title Credit

Choose six cross-listed SPAN (LING) courses from the list below:

SPAN (LING) 6350
Romance Linguistics: Theory and Analysis 3 hours

ROML(LING) 6350
Romance Linguistics: Theory and Analysis 3 hours

SPAN (LING) 6450 Variation and Sociolinguistics in Spanish 3 hours

SPAN (LING) 6550 History of the Spanish Language 3 hours

SPAN (LING) 6650 Spanish Phonetics and Phonology 3 hours

SPAN (LING) 6750 Spanish Syntax and Morphology 3 hours

SPAN (LING) 6850 Spanish Applied Linguistics 3 hours

SPAN (LING) 6950 Spanish Semantics and Pragmatics 3 hours

SPAN (LING) 7750 Teaching College Spanish
Required course for all Teaching Assistants 3 hours

SPAN (LING) 8010 Topics in Culture, Language, Linguistics, and Literature of the Spanish-Speaking World Seminar (repeatable) 3 hours

SPAN (LING) 8850 Spanish Second Language Acquisition 3 hours

ELECTIVE COURSES (9 HOURS)

Course Number Course Title Credit

Electives are other graduate SPAN and ROML courses. Up to two graduate courses with another prefix, such as LING or LLED, may be included if approved by the major professor in consultation with the members of the student's advisory committee.

THESIS WRITING

Course Number Course Title Credit

SPAN 7300 Master's Thesis. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 18 hours credit. A minimum of 3 hours is required by the Graduate School. 3 hours

Non-thesis Option*
Total hours required for this degree: 33. See the requirements above, except that non-thesis students do not take SPAN 7300, but take 15 hours of elective courses.

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