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Post-Baccalaureate Program in Hispanic Studies

The specific goals of this 18-hour cerficate program in Hispanic Studies are:

• to prepare qualified candidates for cross-cultural professions;
• to enable students to function at a high level of linguistic proficiency in Spanish; and
• to prepare community college, four-year college or university instructors, who, according to SACS guidelines, must have at least 18 hours of graduate credit in order to teach Spanish.

Courses are taught by faculty with specializations in Hispanic linguistics, film, literature, culture, business, translation, and foreign language pedagogy.

Admission Requirements:

Applicants seeking admission to the graduate certificate program must hold a bachelor’s degree in Spanish from an accredited college or university with an overall 3.00 GPA or its equivalent (determined by a personal interview with the faculty or an officially recognized test procedure, such as an “intermediate high” grading on the ACTFL). Applicants are required to submit the following to the Graduate School:

• An application for graduate admission
• Official transcripts of all college work (undergraduate and graduate, U.S. and foreign universities)
• Three references
• A 500-word essay in Spanish in which applicant describes her/his reasons for wanting to pursue graduate work in Spanish
• An audio recording in which the applicant introduces her/himself, describes a person she/he admires, or describes a trip she/he took in Spanish.  (The speaking sample should be sent as a data file and not a music CD file)

The application deadline for fall admission is midnight eastern time June 15; for spring admission, the application deadline is midnight eastern time November 1.

*These admissions requirements apply only to the graduate certificate program in Hispanic Studies. Students interested in combining the certificate program with a master’s degree will have to meet all admission criteria for that degree.

Certificate Requirements:

9 hour core (choose one from each category)

• Required: SPN 500 Advanced Writing Techniques (3)

Chose one of the following courses:

• SPN 511 Topics in Spanish Civilization (3) or
• SPN 512 Topics in Spanish American Civilization *(3)

Chose one of the following courses:

• SPN 521 Studies in Spanish Literature (3) or
• SPN 522 Studies in Spanish American Literature *(3)

*Students must choose at least one Spanish and one Spanish-American related course from these two categories.

9 hours of electives

Choose from any of the remaining graduate SPN courses.

SPN 511, 512, 521, and 522 (variable topics) may be taken to satisfy this requirement provided the topic is different from the topic used to satisfy the literature/civilization core requirement above. No more than three hours of SPN 591 (offered on a limited basis) will be accepted for credit.

N.B. If a student has taken SPN 401 or SPN 405 at the undergraduate level, she/he must meet with the graduate director in order to be permitted to enroll in SPN 501 or SPN 505.

How to Apply

For more information contact:

Brian T. Chandler, Ph.D.
Coordinator, Graduate Programs in Spanish
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
UNC Wilmington
Wilmington, NC 28403
chandlerb@uncw.edu
Phone: (910) 962-2299
FAX: (910) 962-7712

Or contact:

Kimberly Goerne
Graduate School Admissions
UNCW, Wilmington, NC 28403-3297
goernek@uncw.edu
www.uncw.edu/gradschool
Phone: 910-962-7449
Fax: 910-962-3787