The Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures Program is specially designed for highly motivated students with a passion for other languages, literatures and cultures, for imaginative approaches to these and for careful crossing of traditionally defined geographic, linguistic and disciplinary borders.
Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Ph.D.
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Overview
In close consultation with faculty, the student will develop a specialization in one of three tracks:
- Hispanic and Spanish American literature and culture,
- Luso-Brazilian literature and culture,
- Hispanic Linguistics (Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan).
Each track will be organized around student areas of interest. Course preparation will lead to the Qualifying Examination, followed by the completion of a dissertation in the field.
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- Programme intensity Full-time
- Full-time duration 72 months
- Languages
- English
- Delivery mode On Campus
Programme Structure
Literature
The following must be included within the 11-course requirement:
- One Hispanic Linguistics seminar
- One seminar in Portuguese
- One seminar outside of the historical period of major emphasis in a transatlantic field
- One seminar in literary theory or containing a strong theoretical component
- One course in Spanish and/or Portuguese language pedagogy
Linguistics
Coursework Requirements for Hispanic Linguistics Track include:
- One seminar in Hispanic Linguistics in the student’s primary linguistics sub-field
- Two seminars in Hispanic Linguistics
- One seminar covering the linguistic structure of a language other than Spanish
- One seminar in the Linguistics Department in the student’s primary linguistics sub-field
- One course on quantitative methods for social sciences
- Three additional courses in linguistics
- One course in Spanish language pedagogy
- One graduate seminar in Hispanic Literature
- One course related to field of interest, approved by adviser
English Language Requirements
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Minimum required score:
90The TOEFL iBT ® measures your English-language abilities in an academic setting. The test has four sections (reading, listening, speaking, and writing), each with a score range of 0-30, for a total score range of 0-120.
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Minimum required score:
7The IELTS – or the International English Language Test System – tests your English-language abilities (writing, listening, speaking, and reading) on a scale of 1.00–9.00. The minimum IELTS score requirement refers to which Overall Band Score you received, which is your combined average score. Read more about IELTS.
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Minimum required score:
570The TOEFL®PBT is administered in a paper format and measures your ability to use and understand English in a classroom setting at the college or university level. It accurately measures how well you can listen, read and write in English while performing academic tasks.
General Requirements
- B.A. degree with studies in Spanish, Spanish-American, Portuguese, or Luso -Brazilian literatures or Hispanic Linguistics; or another field with demonstrable bearing on Hispanic and/or Luso-Brazilian studies.
- Native or near-native proficiency in either Spanish or Portuguese.
- Three (3) Letters of Recommendation
- Transcripts – All undergraduate and graduate work from each institution attended
- GRE scores are not required for the Hispanic Languages & Literatures program
- Writing samples should be in the form of thesis or research paper on a topic relevant to the fields of Romance and/or Hispanic languages and literature (about 15-20 pages. English, Spanish, and Portuguese are accepted)
Tuition Fee
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33958 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the original amount of 16979 USD per semester and a duration of 72 months. -
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18856 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the original amount of 9428 USD per semester and a duration of 72 months.
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Living costs for Berkeley
- 1750 - 2820 USD/monthLiving Costs
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Funding
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