In addition to departmental requirements, candidates for graduate degrees must fulfill the university degree requirements found in the “Graduate Education” section of the UCSB online catalog.
Master of Arts – Spanish, Hispanic Literatures (Requirements - PDF)
Master of Arts - Spanish, Iberian Linguistics (Requirements - PDF)
Admission
The department requires a bachelor’s degree in Spanish or its equivalent. Candidates who are deficient in preparation will be required to take the necessary undergraduate courses to make up for deficiencies before beginning work in the M.A. program.
Master of Arts – Portuguese (Requirements - PDF)
Admission
The department requires a bachelor’s degree in Portuguese or its equivalent. Candidates who are deficient in preparation will be required to take the necessary undergraduate courses to make up for deficiencies before beginning work in the M.A. program.
Doctor of Philosophy – Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Hispanic Literatures (Requirements - PDF)
Doctor of Philosophy – Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Hispanic Literatures (Continuing Students) (Requirements - PDF)
Doctor of Philosophy – Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Iberian Linguistics (Requirements - PDF)
Doctor of Philosophy – Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Iberian Linguistics (Continuing Students) (Requirements - PDF)
Doctor of Philosophy – Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Portuguese and Brazilian Literatures (Requirements - PDF)
Doctor of Philosophy – Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Portuguese and Brazilian Literatures (Continuing Students) (Requirements - PDF)
Admission
Applicants will normally have followed a course of study leading to the M.A. degree in Spanish or the M.A. in Portuguese.
Optional Interdisciplinary Emphasis
Students pursuing a doctoral degree in Hispanic Languages and Literatures may petition to add the following Optional Interdisciplinary
Ph.D. Emphases: Applied Linguistics, European Medieval Studies, Feminist Studies, Translation Studies.
Requirement sheets for each emphasis may be found on this page.