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MA Spanish at University of Iowa

University of Iowa, United States

Programme overview

For the MA program in Spanish, students choose one of two emphases: literature, which provides training in literary analysis and broad knowledge of representative works in principal areas of Spanish literature; or linguistics, which provides training in linguistic analysis and argumentation and broad knowledge of the principal subfields of Spanish linguistics.

Faculty: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences  |  Department: Spanish and Portuguese  |  Duration: 30 s.h. required  |  Location: Iowa City, IA, United States

What you will study

The Master of Arts program in Spanish requires 30 s.h. of graduate credit. A maximum of 6 s.h. of graduate credit in approved courses may be transferred from other institutions toward the 30 s.h. required for the MA degree.

Career pathways

The Pomerantz Career Center offers multiple resources to help students find internships and jobs.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants to the MA program should have completed the equivalent of the undergraduate Spanish major with a grade-point average of at least 3.00 in coursework for the major.

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 admission requirements, costs and deadlines are set by each degree programme; applicants apply through the Admissions Profile application and may apply to only one programme unless applying to a combined degree programme.

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.uiowa.edu/

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