Degree Requirements

Ph D available in: 

• Romance Languages with an emphasis in
  • French
  • Italian
  • Portuguese
  • Hispanic Linguistics
  • Hispanic Studies

Requirements

• Without a minor
  • All 12 courses required in the language of PhD
    • 6 courses must be at the 8000-9000 level (exclusive of 9005, 9000 and 9300)
• With a minor
  • 8 or 9 of the 12 required in the language of PhD
    • 6 courses must be at the 8000-9000 level (exclusive of 9005, 9000 and 9300)
  • 3 or 4 of the 12 required in the minor field of study. The minor must be a well-defined set of courses either within the department or outside the department. Your advisory committee will work with you to define a minor and the courses you should take.
• The hours of credit of ROML 8000 level (usually taught in English) which may be taken at the Ph.D. level are limited to 6.
• ROML 7700 for Teaching assistants (counts as one of the required courses)
• Demonstrate knowledge of one relevant foreign language (other than English). Demonstrated by either receiving a grade of B or better in a foreign language courses number 2002 or higher, or passing a language examination offered by a language department at UGA. (This may have been satisfied at the M.A. level at the University of Georgia).
• Students majoring in Hispanic Studies are required to take SPAN 8180, Literary and Cultural Theories and Criticism.
• Preliminary Written and Oral Examinations
• Dissertation
• Oral Dissertation Defense