The MA program in Spanish includes tracks in literature and culture and in linguistics. While the former includes Spanish, Spanish American and Mexican American literature and culture, the latter includes sociolinguistics or second language acquisition and applied linguistics.

Career Opportunities

Professionals with this degree can confidently move into further academic, business and international fields. Skills developed through this program are valued for teaching positions, including in museums and libraries; translation work; work in a larger sector such as governmental, diplomatic and international business; and for careers in publishing, media, non-profits and international relations. Career examples include: area, ethnic and cultural studies teachers and professors; foreign language and literature teachers and professors; historians; interpreters and translators; lawyers; reporters and correspondents; social and community service managers