Mar 28, 2024  
2012-2013 Graduate Catalogue 
    
2012-2013 Graduate Catalogue Archived Catalogue

Hispanic Studies Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, MCRT


Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Brian Chandler

The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures offers an 18-hour post-baccalaureate program in Hispanic Studies. Specific goals of the certificate program are: 1) to prepare qualified candidates for cross-cultural professions; 2) to enable students to function at a high level of linguistic proficiency in Spanish; and 3) to prepare community college, four-year college or
university instructors, who, according to SACS guidelines, must have at least 18 hours of graduate credit in Spanish in order to teach Spanish. Courses are taught by faculty with specializations in Hispanic linguistics, film, literature, culture, business, translation, and foreign language pedagogy.

Admission Requirements


Applicants seeking admission to the graduate certificate program must hold a bachelor‘s degree in Spanish from an accredited college or university with an overall 3.00 GPA or its equivalent (determined by a personal interview with the faculty or an officially recognized test procedure, such as an “intermediate high” rating on the ACTFL proficiency scale). Applicants are required to submit the following to the Graduate School:

  1. An application for graduate admission.
  2. Official transcripts of all college work (undergraduate and graduate).
  3. Three letters of recommendation.
  4. A 500-word essay in Spanish in which applicant describes her/his reasons for wanting to pursue graduate work in Spanish.
  5. An audio recording in which the applicant introduces her/himself, describes a person she/he admires, or describes a trip she/he took in Spanish. (CD recording preferred.)

Note


* These admissions requirements apply only to the graduate certificate program in Hispanic Studies. Students interested in combining the certificate program with a master‘s degree will have to meet all admission criteria for that degree.

Certificate Requirements


Note


* Students must choose at least one Spanish and one Spanish-American related course from these two categories.

II. 9 hours of electives


Choose from any of the remaining graduate SPN courses. SPN 511 , SPN 512 , SPN 521 , and SPN 522  (variable topics) may be taken to satisfy this requirement provided the topic is different from the topic used to satisfy the literature/civilization core requirement above. No more than three hours of SPN 591  (offered on a limited basis) will be accepted for credit.

Additional Information


N.B. If a student has taken SPN 401  or SPN 405  at the undergraduate level, she/he must meet with the graduate director in order to be permitted to enroll in SPN 501  or SPN 505 .