Overview

About the program

The faculty in Hispanic Studies at the University of California, Riverside offers a wide and diverse group of graduate courses in literary, linguistic, and cultural studies. Research and teaching interests include all areas of Spanish and Latin American literature from its origins to the present.

Faculty also have strong research and teaching profiles in the philosophy and practices of translation; cultural studies, including Latin American film, gender studies, theories of the body, historiography, and fiction; psychoanalysis; bilingualism and heritage language studies; Spanish in the US; sociolinguistics; and political philosophy.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Problems in Spanish Linguistics
History of the Spanish Language
Linguistic Approaches to Literature
Criticism and Critical Documentation
Seminar in the Literature of the Middle Ages and Early Renaissance
Seminar in Hispanic Civilization
Genres of Hispanic Literature
Seminar in Don Quijote
Seminar in Spanish Literature of the Nineteenth Century
Literature and Culture of Colonial Latin America

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-05 00:00:00

More details

Priority Application Deadline: December 1st

Language

English

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Credits

24 alternative credits

There is a minimum course requirement of 24 units beyond the M.A., though in practice doctoral students usually find that more than the minimum is advisable for doctoral training.

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Riverside, United States

Disciplines

Iberian studies View 24 other PhDs in Iberian studies in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Students can apply to the Ph.D. degree program directly from the B.A. undergraduate degree.
3.0 GPA
3 letters of reference. If you have enrolled in a graduate program, at least 1 letter of reference should be from your current/former advisor.
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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

9620 USD / year

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Out-of-State

9620 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

9620 USD / year

≈ 9620 USD / year

Additional Details

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Living costs

Riverside

United States

1100 - 1600 USD / month

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