MA Hispanic Studies at University of Illinois Chicago

Programme overview

The Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies offers work leading to degrees in Hispanic Studies at both the master’s and doctoral levels. Students with a baccalaureate degree may apply directly to the doctoral program. The MA and PhD programs offer two concentrations: Hispanic Literary and Cultural Studies and Hispanic Linguistics.

Faculty: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Study mode: full-time | Location: Chicago, IL, United States

What you will study

Minimum 37 semester hours required. Thesis or coursework only. Required courses include Theoretical and Research Foundations of Communicative Language Teaching (or equivalent); Professional Development Workshop I; ,; .; Spanish Sociolinguistics; Semantics and Pragmatics in Spanish.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Prior degree: Spanish or related field. GPA: At least 3.50/4.00 for the final 60 semester hours (90 quarter hours) of study. Letters of recommendation: Three required from professors; at least one should be from a professor in an upper-level or graduate Spanish course. Personal statement: A statement of 500 words is required in which applicants should address their reasons for applying to the Hispanic Studies MA-only program in the concentration desired, Hispanic Linguistics.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate and professional programmes admit for Fall, Spring and Summer terms depending on the programme; applications for Fall 2027, Spring 2028 and Summer 2028 are expected to open on August 1, 2026.

Graduate and professional application deadlines are set per programme, with separate deadlines for domestic and international applicants for most non-online programmes; optional earlier priority, recommended or fellowship dates apply to both. Applications are made through the UIC graduate application or a centralized application service for some professional programmes.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.uic.edu/admissions/

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