Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
School/College: Arts and Sciences
Department: Romance Languages
Program of Study or Area of Emphasis: Hispanic Linguistics
Total Hours Required for this Degree: 39
See the Graduate Handbook for additional information on this program.
For the Ph.D. degree in Romance Languages with an area of emphasis in Hispanic Linguistics a minimum of graduate preliminary written and oral examinations, a dissertation, and an oral dissertation defense are required. The hours of credit of ROML 8000 which may be taken at the Ph.D. level are limited to 6.
REQUIRED COURSES (24 HOURS)
Choose eight courses from the list below:
| Course Number | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| SPAN (LING) 6350 | Romance Linguistics: Theory and Analysis | 3 credits |
| ROML (LING) 6350 | Romance Linguistics: Theory and Analysis | 3 credits |
| SPAN (LING) 6450 | Variation and Sociolinguistics in Spanish | 3 credits |
| SPAN (LING) 6550 | History of the Spanish Language | 3 credits |
| SPAN (LING) 6650 | Spanish Phonetics and Phonology | 3 hours |
| SPAN (LING) 6750 | Spanish Syntax and Morphology | 3 hours |
| SPAN (LING) 6850 | Spanish Applied Linguistics | 3 hours |
| SPAN (LING) 6950 | Spanish Semantics and Pragmatics | 3 hours |
| SPAN (LING) 7750 | Teaching College Spanish | 3 hours |
| SPAN (LING) 8010 | Topics in Culture, Language, Linguistics, and Literature of the Spanish-Speaking World | 3 hours |
| SPAN 8450 | Advanced Topics in Spanish Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | 3 hours |
| SPAN (LING) 8550 | Advanced Topics in the History of the Spanish Language | 3 hours |
| SPAN (LING) 8650 | Topics in Advanced Spanish Phonology and Phonetics | 3 hours |
| SPAN (LING) 8750 | Topics in Advanced Spanish Syntax | 3 hours |
| SPAN (LING) 8850 | Spanish Second Language Acquisition | 3 hours |
| SPAN 8950 | Advanced Topics in Spanish Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis | 3 hours |
DISSERTATION HOURS (3 HOURS)
| Course Number | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ROML 9300 | Doctoral Dissertation | 3 hours |
ELECTIVE COURSES (12 HOURS)
Select from among graduate courses in Spanish (SPAN prefix), Linguistics (LING prefix), Romance Languages (ROML prefix), or other courses as approved by the Doctoral Advisory Committee.