Graduate Faculty
Special Departmental Requirements
Master of Arts Degree
Master of Arts for Teachers Degree
Doctor of Philosophy Degree
Courses

College of Arts and Sciences
Bloomington

Chairperson
Professor Consuelo Lopez-Morillas

Departmental e-mail:
jguinnup@indiana.edu

Graduate Faculty

Professors
Juan Alborg (Emeritus), Maryellen Bieder, Luis Beltrán (Emeritus), J. Gordon Brotherston, Olga Impey, James Lee, Consuelo López-Morillas, Heitor Martins (Emeritus), Walter Poesse (Emeritus), Josep Roca-Pons (Emeritus), Darlene Sadlier, Gustavo Sainz, Merle Simmons (Emeritus), Josep Sobrer, Frances Wyers (Emerita)

Associate Professors
Mary Clayton, J. Clancy Clements, Luis Dávila, John Dyson, Catherine Larson, Kathleen Myers,* Daniel Quilter* (Emeritus), Russell Salmon (Emeritus)

Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor Josep Sobrer, Ballantine Hall 804, (812) 855-9194

Degrees Offered
Master of Arts, Master of Arts for Teachers, and Doctor of Philosophy

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Special Departmental Requirements

(See also general University Graduate School requirements.)

Admission Requirements
Undergraduate major in Spanish or its equivalent. (Students lacking a complete major must remove deficiencies.) Graduate Record Examination, General Test.

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Master of Arts Degree

Admission to the M.A. program does not imply that once the degree is received the student may automatically begin work for the Ph.D.; the department will decide in each case.

The following requirements apply to all M.A. degrees.

Final Examination
Six-hour written examination, based on a reading list, and a one-hour oral examination. Both must be passed at least two weeks before the end of the semester in which the degree is to be granted. Students must demonstrate a good command of oral and written Spanish language on the examinations. There are separate reading lists for students of Hispanic literature and Spanish linguistics.

Master of Arts Degree with Concentration in Hispanic Literature

Course Requirements
A total of 30 credit hours, at least 24 credit hours of which must be in departmental courses numbered 500 or higher; no more than two courses at the 400 level.

Language
Reading knowledge of an approved second foreign language. Proficiency is satisfied as below under Doctor of Philosophy, Language Requirement.

Master of Arts Degree with Concentration in Hispanic Linguistics

Course Requirements
A total of 30 credit hours of which at least 21 credit hours must be in Hispanic Linguistics. Students who have not taken S425 and S428, or the equivalent, must include them in their program. Nine credit hours may be from other departments, and indeed students are encouraged to explore their interests outside the department.

Language Requirement
Reading knowledge of an approved second modern language; completion of Latin L300 with a grade of B (3.0) or better, or its equivalent. Proficiency is satisfied as below under Doctor of Philosophy, Language Requirement.

Master of Arts Degree with Concentration in Luso-Brazilian Literature

Requirements follow the same pattern as those for the M.A. degree with a major in Hispanic literature. A thesis (1-6 credits) is optional. With the approval of their advisor, students may take up to 10 credit hours of course work in a minor field.

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Master of Arts for Teachers Degree

Course Requirements
A total of 36 credit hours, of which 21 credit hours must be in Spanish, including 12 credit hours in Spanish and Spanish-American literature. Students should plan their study of literature in anticipation of the expectations implicit in the final examinations described below. In addition, students must have a knowledge of Spanish and Latin American culture equivalent to the completion of S411 and S412. Those who have not had courses in linguistics equivalent to S425, S426, and S428 will be required to take them. The remaining 15 credit hours will include 3 graduate credit hours in education approved by the M.A.T. advisor and additional courses in Spanish or Portuguese or Catalan or in related courses in other fields: anthropology, economics, education, folklore, fine arts, geography, history, Latin American studies, linguistics, and political science. Teaching certification is a requirement for this degree. (Refer to the section in this bulletin that describes general requirements for all M.A.T. degrees.) A student wishing to be certified in another state should consult that state’s requirements.

Final Examinations
Written and oral. Students will demonstrate knowledge of phonetics, applied linguistics, teaching methodology, and Hispanic culture and literature. Proficiency in literature should include a knowledge of periods and movements and common literary terms, as well as modern literature. The student will also be asked to demonstrate the ability to analyze individual works.

Other Provision
Students must serve one year (longer at discretion of the department) as associate instructors in the department. Students who have taught elsewhere may petition the faculty to have that experience accepted as fulfilling this requirement.

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Doctor of Philosophy Degree

Two plans of study are offered. The following requirements apply to both.

Language/Research-Skill Requirement
For all three plans, completion of Latin L300 with a grade of B (3.0) or higher, or its equivalent. In addition, for Plans A and B, the student will be required to demonstrate a knowledge of two languages selected, with the consent of the student’s advisor and the approval of the director of graduate studies, from Arabic, Catalan, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, and Russian. The proficiency requirement for Arabic, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, and Russian can be satisfied by passing a reading examination, or by completing one year of college instruction, with a grade of B (3.0) or better, in courses numbered 300 or higher in which the reading is done in the language; for French and German it can also be satisfied by passing F491-F492 and G491-G492, respectively, with a grade of B (3.0) or better. For Catalan, language proficiency is demonstrated by completing one year of college instruction, with a grade of B (3.0) or better, in courses numbered 400 or higher that are conducted in the language at Indiana University. For Portuguese, proficiency is demonstrated by completion, with a grade of B (3.0) or better, of P135 plus one course taught in the language at the 500 level or higher. For Italian, proficiency is demonstrated by completing a course numbered 300 or higher in which the reading is done in the language, with a grade of B (3.0) or better. A student specializing in the medieval field may substitute four semesters of college Latin for any one of the languages listed above. A student working in Hispanic Linguistics may, with the approval of the advisor and the director of graduate studies, substitute computer science for one of the languages. The requirement in modern languages will be satisfied as follows: advanced proficiency in one language, as demonstrated by completing a 300- or 400-level course in literature conducted in the language at Indiana University or by fulfilling the in-depth proficiency requirement; and reading proficiency in the other language or a proficiency in mathematics, statistics, or computer science. For information about specific research-skill courses, consult the director of graduate studies.

Ph.D. Minor in Spanish Literature
Doctoral students from other departments may complete a minor in Spanish literature by successfully completing no fewer than four Spanish literature courses (12 credit hours) listed in the University Graduate School Bulletin as carrying credit toward the Ph.D., of which no more than two may be at the 400 level.

Final Examination
Oral, covering subject and field of the dissertation and relevant matters.

Other Provisions
Competence in speaking Spanish fluently and with correct diction is expected of every student; hence, foreign residence in a Spanish-speaking country prior to receiving the Ph.D. is highly desirable.

Students must serve one year (longer at discretion of the department) as associate instructors in the department. Students who have taught elsewhere may petition the faculty to have that experience accepted as fulfilling this requirement.

Literature

Major
Hispanic literature (within the major field, emphasis may be on Spanish and Spanish American or Luso-Brazilian literature).

Minor
Twelve (12) credit hours or more in a related field. Some recommended fields: anthropology, Catalan, comparative literature, English, French, general linguistics, history, Latin, Latin American studies, philosophy, Portuguese (only for those working in Spanish), and West European studies. Ph.D. students in Spanish who wish to minor in Portuguese must take three graduate courses in literature beyond the foreign language requirement.

Course Requirements
S603; 6 credit hours of seminar credit; and graduate courses in poetry, essay, theater, and prose fiction as well as courses in Spanish literature (medieval, Renaissance and baroque, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and contemporary) and Spanish American literature (colonial, nineteenth century, and contemporary). Work in the major and minor fields must total 75 credit hours in courses and seminars in addition to completion of a doctoral dissertation. Students in Luso-Brazilian literature are advised to fulfill the same distributional requirements, but their programs will be individualized and dependent upon the approval of the graduate faculty in Portuguese.

Qualifying Examination
Written and oral. The oral examination will be scheduled after the successful completion of the written examinations. Students working primarily in Spanish will be examined over both Spanish peninsular and Spanish American literature. Students working primarily in Portuguese will be examined over Luso-Brazilian literature and either Spanish peninsular or Spanish American literature. In addition, a written or oral examination may be required in the minor field, at the discretion of the minor department. The qualifying examination normally may be repeated only once. For details about examinations, write to the director of graduate studies.

Hispanic Linguistics

Course Requirements
Core courses: 9 hours of 600-level courses in Hispanic linguistics, 3 hours of a 700-level course in Hispanic linguistics.

In addition the student will choose three areas of concentration for a total of 33 credit hours. In consultation with an advisor, students will build a coherent doctoral program, selecting concentrations that enhance both a research and teaching profile.

Possible concentrations include but are not limited to the following: historical linguistics, syntax, phonology, Romance, linguistics, linguistic theory, second language acquisition, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, educational, technology, curriculum and instruction, literature.

Qualifying Examination
Students will take examinations in each of the three areas of concentration. The examining committee will determine whether the format is to be sit-down or take-home. If the exams are sit-down, then they will last nine hours, six hours, and three hours. The nine hour exam will cover the student’s principal area as reflected by the dissertation topic. The three-hour exam will cover the third concentration consisting of nine credit hours. The six-hour exam will cover the other concentration.

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Courses

Spanish
S407-S408 Survey of Spanish Literature I-II (3-3 cr.)
S411 Spanish Culture and Civilization (3 cr.)
S412 Latin American Culture and Civilization (3 cr.)
S413 Hispanic Culture in the United States (3 cr.)
S415 Medieval and Golden Age Poetry (3 cr.)
S416 Modern Hispanic Poetry (3 cr.)
S417 Hispanic Poetry (3 cr.)
S418 Hispanic Drama (3 cr.)
S419 Modern Spanish Prose Fiction (3 cr.)
S420 Modern Spanish American Prose Fiction (3 cr.)
S421 Advanced Grammar and Composition (2 cr.) For M.A.T. students only.
S423 The Craft of Translation (3 cr.)
S425 Spanish Phonetics (3 cr.)
S426 Introduction to Spanish Linguistics (3 cr.) For M.A.T. students only.
S428 Applied Spanish Linguistics (3 cr.)
S435 Literatura chicana y puertorriqueña (3 cr.)
S450 Don Quixote (3 cr.)
S470 Women and Hispanic Literature (3 cr.)
S471-S472 Spanish American Literature I-II (3-3 cr.)
S473 Hispanic Literature and Literary Theory (3 cr.)
S474 Hispanic Literature and Society (3 cr.)
S478 Modern Spanish Novel (3 cr.)
S479 Mexican Literature (3 cr.)
S480 Argentine Literature (3 cr.)
S495 Hispanic Colloquium (1-3 cr.)

The Teaching of Spanish
S505 Summer Language Workshop (2 cr.) Two-week intensive summer language and culture workshop for school teachers in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. All-Spanish; live with families. Combination of individualized language development, culture seminars, and individual projects.
S510 Foreign Study in Spanish (2-8 cr.) Formal study of Hispanic language, literature, and culture in a foreign country, with credit applying to the M.A.T. degree only. Does not count toward the 20 credit hours required in Spanish. Program must be approved by the department before courses are taken.

Spanish and Spanish American Literature
S504 Bibliography and Methods of Research (1-3 cr.)
S512 Theory and Criticism (3 cr.) Focuses on major issues in literary theory, with attention to critical trends in the Hispanic world.
S521-S522 Early Spanish Literature I-II (3-3 cr.)
S531 Spanish Renaissance Literature (3 cr.)
S535 Spanish Baroque Literature (3 cr.)
S540 Spanish Enlightenment and Romanticism (3 cr.)
S554 Spanish Realism and Naturalism (3 cr.)
S564 Contemporary Spanish Literature (3 cr.)
S571-S572 Spanish American Colonial Literature I-II (3-3 cr.)
S573 Spanish American Romanticism and Realism (3 cr.)
S575 Modernism in Spanish America (3 cr.)
S581-S582 Contemporary Spanish American Literature I-II (3-3 cr.)
S590 U.S. Latino Literature (3 cr.) Survey of Chicano, Continental Puerto Rican, and Cuban American literature written in Spanish, English, or both. Special emphasis on the Hispanic dialectic with English-speaking society with respect to literature, language, and culture. The course will be of a lecture/discussion nature and will be conducted in Spanish.
S595 Introduction to Afro-Hispanic Literature (3 cr.) Introduction to the representation of those of African descent in a variety of Spanish-language formats (prose, poetry, film) from the end of slavery to the present. Examines movements such as Negritude and works by blacks and mulattos as well as texts about those same figures.
S610 Topics in Spanish Medieval Literature (3 cr.) Topics include lyric poetry, Mester de Clerecía, Juglaría and Romancero, prose, literature, and culture of Al-Andalus and medieval Spain.
S620 Topics in Spanish Golden Age Literature (3 cr.) Topics include the picaresque, Renaissance, and Baroque prose, sixteenth- and seventeenth-century poetry, comedia, Don Quixote.
S630 Topics in Spanish Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Literature (3 cr.) Topics include the Enlightenment, Romantic drama, Romantic poetry, realism and naturalist prose, Galdós.
S640 Topics in Spanish Twentieth-Century Literature (3 cr.) Topics include prose, poetry, drama, Generation of 1927, post-civil war fiction.
S660 Topics in Colonial Spanish American Literature (3 cr.) Topics include the chronicles, the epic, lyric poetry, prose.
S670 Topics in Spanish American Literature of Independence and the Nineteenth Century (3 cr.) Topics include literature of independence: essay, fiction, poetry; nineteenth-century poetry, nineteenth-century prose.
S680 Topics in Contemporary Spanish American Literature (3 cr.) Topics include poetry, drama, short story, novel, essay.
S695 Graduate Colloquium (1-3 cr.) Selected topics on Spanish or Spanish American literature.

Hispanic Linguistics
GRAD G611 Romance Linguistics (3 cr.)
S501 Spanish Historical Grammar (3 cr.) P: fulfillment of Latin requirement. History of the system of sounds and forms, of words and their meanings from Latin origins to contemporary standard Spanish.
S503 Bibliography and Research Methods in Hispanic Linguistics (3 cr.) History of Hispanic linguistics scholarship, research skills such as bibliography compilation, and abstract/paper writing on and critical reading of topics in Hispanic linguistics.
S509 Spanish Phonology (3 cr.) Introduction to the sound system of Spanish. Various theories are presented and analyzed. Some treatment of dialectal phenomena included.
S511 Spanish Syntactic Analysis (3 cr.) Introduction to the analysis of syntactic data. Focus on developing theoretical apparatus required to account for a range of syntactic phenomena in Spanish.
S513 Introduction to Hispanic Sociolinguistics (3 cr) Examines the relationship between language and society in the Spanish-speaking world. Surveys a wide range of topics relevant to Spanish: language as communication, the sociology of language, and linguistic variation.
S515 The Acquisition of Spanish as a Second Language (3 cr.) Surveys the empirical research conducted on Spanish and investigates how a nonnative linguistic system develops. Course includes four topics: morpheme acquisition studies, interlanguage development, input processing, and Universal Grammar.
S517 Methods of Teaching College Spanish (3 cr.) Trains graduate students to teach the freshman and intermediate college courses in Spanish.
S602 Spanish Historical Grammar II (3 cr.) P: fulfillment of Latin requirement. History of the system of sounds and forms, of words and their meanings from Latin origins to contemporary standard Spanish.
S603 History of the Spanish Language (3 cr.) P: fulfillment of Latin requirement. The rise and development of Spanish in the Iberian peninsula and Latin America, seen in historical and cultural contexts. The history of sounds, forms, and words; major dialects; the evolution of prose style to the eighteenth century.
S609 Spanish Phonology II (3 cr.) P: S509 or equivalent. Introduces recent developments in phonological theory and their application to Spanish, as well as non-derivational approaches. Focuses mainly on nonlinear analyses.
S611 Advanced Spanish Syntax (3 cr.) P: S511 or equivalent. Advanced study of modern approaches to synchronic syntax as applied to contemporary Spanish. Focus on current theories and refinement of linguistic argumentation, as well as on critical analysis or research.
S615 Hispanic Dialectology (3 cr.) Principles of linguistic geography and dialectology. History and description of dialects in the Iberian Peninsula and Spanish America. Alternates between Peninsular and Latin American dialectology; may be repeated once for credit.
C613 Catalan Linguistics (3 cr.)
P601 Portuguese Historical Grammar (3 cr.)
P605 Portuguese Linguistics (3 cr.)

Seminars
With the consent of the department, all of the seminars below may be taken more than once if the topic changes or if the seminar is scheduled for an entire academic year.
S712 Seminar: Themes in Spanish Linguistics (cr. arr.)
S721 Seminar: Spanish Authors (cr. arr.)
S761 Seminar: Themes in Hispanic Literature (cr. arr.)
S765 Seminar: Catalan Literature (cr. arr.)
S777 Seminar: Studies on Style (cr. arr.)
S781 Seminar: Spanish American Authors (cr. arr.)
S785 Seminar: Hispanic Regional Literatures (cr. arr.)
S802 M.A. Thesis (cr. arr.)*
S803 Individual Reading in Spanish or Spanish American Literature and Language (cr. arr.) P: M.A. degree. Students must make arrangements in advance with the professor who will supervise their readings.
S805 Ph.D. Thesis (1-10cr.)*

Catalan
C400 Catalan Language and Culture I (3 cr.)
C410 Catalan Language and Culture II (3 cr.)
C450 Modern Catalan Literature (3 cr.)
C613 Catalan Linguistics (3 cr.) P: C400. Study of contemporary Catalan language and its history. Deals with phonology, grammar, and lexicology.
C614 Medieval Catalan Literature (3 cr.) Study of literary works of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries.
C803 Individual Reading in Catalan Literature or Language (1-3 cr.) Students must make arrangements in advance with the professor who will supervise their readings.

Portuguese
P412 Brazilian Civilization (3 cr.)
P425 Structure of Portuguese Language (3 cr.)
P500-P501 Literatures of the Portuguese-Speaking World I-II (3-3 cr.) Survey of the literatures from Brazil, Portugal, and Lusophone Africa. Lectures and discussions of selected authors of the major literary periods.
P520 The Brazilian Novel in Translation (3 cr.) Survey of the Brazilian novel from the turn of the century to present day. Emphasis on the relationship between texts and historical contexts. Taught in English. (Cannot count toward graduate degrees with specialization in Portuguese.)
P567 Contemporary Portuguese Literature (3 cr.) Representative authors and works from 1915 to the present.
P570 Poetry in Portuguese (3 cr.) Study of poetic genres in Portuguese; emphasis on major authors from Brazil, Portugal, and Lusophone Africa.
P581 Contemporary Brazilian Literature (3 cr.) Representative authors and works from 1922 to the present.
P601 Portuguese Historical Grammar (3 cr.) History of the system of sounds and forms, of words and their meanings from Latin origins to contemporary standard Portuguese.
P605 Portuguese Linguistics (3 cr.) A structural description of modern Portuguese to include phonetics and phonology and some of the main features of the morphological and syntactic systems.
P655 Camões (3 cr.)
P676 Machado de Assis (3 cr.)
P695 Luso-Brazilian Colloquium (1-3 cr.) Topic and credit vary. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
P701 Seminar: Portuguese (cr. arr.) Study in depth of selected topics.
P751 Seminar: Brazilian Literature (cr. arr.) Study in depth of selected topics.
P802 M.A. Thesis (cr. arr.)*
P803 Individual Reading in Portuguese or Brazilian Literature (cr. arr.) P: M.A. degree. Students must make arrangements in advance with the instructor who will supervise their readings.
P805 Ph.D. Thesis (1-10 cr.)*

Courses for Graduate Reading Knowledge
S491 Elementary Spanish for Graduate Students (3 cr.; no grad. cr.)
S492 Readings in Spanish for Graduate Students (3 cr.; no grad. cr.)
P491 Elementary Portuguese for Graduate Students (3 cr.; no grad. cr.)
P492 Readings in Portuguese for Graduate Students (3 cr.; no grad. cr.)

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