PhD in Spanish & Second Language Studies Requirements

Course Requirements:

18-24 courses distributed as follows:

  • 5-8 500-level courses in Hispanic Literary and Cultural Studies (including Span 501 and Span 503; including courses in both Peninsular and Latin American regions)
  • 1 course in Second Language Acquisition (Span/Ling 466)
  • 1 course in Linguistics and Language Learning (Span 4111) or approved equivalent
  • 3-4 other courses approved for the Graduate Certificate in Language Instruction
       Reading and Writing in a Second Language (Span 4692)
       Grammar and Vocabulary Acquisition (Span 467)
       Phonology and Second Language Acquisition (Span 417)
       Second Language Acquisition and Technology (Span 4023)
  • 1 course in Psychology of Language (Psych 433)
  • 2-3 400/500-level courses in Linguistics
       Advanced Spanish Grammar and Syntax (Span 411)
       Phonology and Second Language Acquisition (Span 417)
       Topics in Linguistics (Ling 478) (may be repeated for different topics)
  • 2-3 400/500-level courses in Memory and Learning
       Human Memory (Psych 5085)
       Retrieval Processes in Human Memory (Psych 5086)
       Cognitive Psychology (Psych 5087)
       Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory (Psych 5089)
       Concepts in the Science of Memory (Psych 5095)
       Cognitive Psychology Applied to Education (Psych 4302)
  • 1 course in graduate research methods: Research Designs and Methods (Psych 5011 or Educ 503) or approved equivalent
  • 2 courses in graduate statistics: Quantitative Methods I (Psych 5066) and Quantitative Methods II (Psych 5067

 

*Ph. D. students who complete this concentration also complete the Graduate Certificate in Language Instruction