Department website: http://liberalarts.utexas.edu/spanish/

Graduate work in Iberian and Latin American languages and cultures is offered in three concentrations: Iberian and Latin American Literatures and Cultures, Luso-Brazilian Cultural and Media Studies, and Iberian and Latin American Linguistics.

Graduate Handbook

Graduate handbook information is updated and maintained by each program. Graduate handbooks are available within each program's office and online. Please contact the program with concerns or questions.

Admission Requirements

All entering students must hold a bachelor's degree with a major in Spanish and Portuguese or must demonstrate equivalent knowledge. All students must demonstrate proficiency in a second language; this requirement may be fulfilled by exam, previous credit, or 10 to 12 semester hours of additional coursework at The University of Texas at Austin.

Total Hours Required: 30

Requirements

The Master of Arts (MA) degree is available only to students enrolled in the PhD degree program in Iberian and Latin American languages and cultures who are allowed by the Graduate Studies Committee to receive a master's degree after having successfully submitted and defended a doctoral qualifying paper in the fourth semester. If the doctoral qualifying paper is deemed unacceptable, the student may still petition to receive the MA after successfully completing 30 semester credit hours.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
All students must also follow the following requirements and policies:
Graduate Liberal Arts Requirements
Graduate University Requirements