Spanish
Degrees: PhD
Objectives: The graduate program in Spanish has two essential
goals: to provide students with a rigorous critical foundation and to
allow them ample opportunity for interdisciplinary work--all without
neglecting a strong formation in the literatures of Spain and Spanish
America. The courses offered reflect the variety of the faculty's
interests and engage different modalities of interpretation such as
cultural studies, psychoanalysis, post-structuralism and feminist
theory. Students are strongly encouraged to take courses in other
departments germane to their scholarly interests: Comparative
Literature, French, Women's Studies, etc. There is also the
possibility of acquiring a Certificate in Comparative Literature or
Women's Studies while pursuing the graduate program in Spanish.
All graduate students participate in the department's Summer Graduate
Program in Salamanca. A rigorous and innovative teaching assistant
training program prepares students for the teaching component of their
future professional careers. In addition, the faculty sponsors yearly
seminars intended to provide students with a knowledge of the
profession and of the skills necessary to participate successfully in
it. There is an endowed fund that is used to host speakers, symposia
and other scholarly activities that complement the department's rich
intellectual life.
Additional Information: Students will be required to complete
satisfactorily a total of 18 courses. Normally a student will
take 3 courses per semester for six semesters. Two courses must
be taken outside the Department in the same discipline or field,
and a total of four courses out of the 18 may be non-department
courses. Three courses are required of all students: Spanish 630
("Graduate Seminar in Literary Theory") or a suitable equivalent
in another department, Spanish 610, ("History of the Spanish
Language"), and Spanish 620 ("Foreign Language Teaching
Methodologies"). The amount of credit to be received by an incoming
student for work done in another institution will be determined on an
ad hoc basis, but by Graduate School regulations may not exceed six
courses.
In the summer after their first year in the program, students may
spend ten weeks in Salamanca, Spain, under the supervision of an Emory
faculty member. Transportation to Salamanca, tuition, room and board
are provided by the department.
Program Application Deadline: January 9, 2008
Faculty: 9
Students: In residence 23; average in entering class 5
Mailing Address:
Emory University
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Callaway Center
537 Kilgo Circle, Suite 501N
Atlanta, GA 30322
U.S.A.
Telephone: +1 404.727.3545
Fax: +1 404.727.4072
Email: amy.linenberger@emory.edu
