Applications are evaluated for evidence of preparation for advanced study of literature and the likelihood of academic success.
Para qué te prepara
Earn Saint Louis University?s main campus M.A. degree in Spanish.
Spend three or four summers, or a combination of two summers and one academic year, at our branch campus in Madrid, Spain. And do so for less than you would pay at comparable private U.S. universities.
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You should make arrangements to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or Miller Analogies Test as soon as possible. You must instruct Educational Testing Sevice (ETS) to send your score reports directly to Saint Louis University in St. Louis.
Applications are evaluated for evidence of preparation for advanced study of literature and the likelihood of academic success.
The world knows it as the home of Cervantes, El Prado, and late night tapas in street cafés.
We know it as the home of our Saint Louis University Madrid Campus.
And our former students know our campus as the ideal place to study Spanish language and literature courses and earn graduate credits from an American Jesuit university with over 35 years of experience in Spain.
b) Here’s how it works:
You must first obtain admission into the Graduate School of Saint Louis University in St. Louis, MO.
Then, as one of your options, you may complete your M.A. by enrolling in intensive six-week summer sessions at our branch campus in Madrid for three consecutive years.
Or you can mix a summer or two in Madrid with regular semester coursework here in Madrid or at our home campus in St. Louis.
If you choose to spend three summers in Madrid, each summer you take two six-week M.A. courses, each worth three credits, and two five-week Cursos de Perfeccionamiento or optional M.A. courses, each worth two credits.
Throughout your program, an authorized full-time faculty member will serve as your advisor to make sure you stay on track toward graduation.
During your last session, you will take the final written and oral exams.
c) Cursos de Pefeccionamiento:
Designed for secondary school teachers of Spanish, our five-week in-service language and literature program allows you to earn from two to eight credits by taking from one to four enrichment courses.
You’ll improve your oral and written communication skills and broaden your knowledge of Spanish literature and culture as you study with our Ph.D. faculty, all of whom are native Spaniards.
And as part of each course your professor will introduce you to uniquely Spanish cultural offerings around Madrid that you’ll be remembering with your students and professional friends for years to come.
II. Course Descriptions:
1. Two-Credit M.A. Courses
SPAN-523 Cuento hispanoamericano contemporáneo
SPAN-561 El romanticismo español (same as 400-level courses but with additional content requirements).
SPAN-593 El español en el mundo (same as 400-level courses but with additional content requirements).
2. Three-Credit M.A. Courses
SPAN-504 Métodos y tecnología para la enseñanza del español
SPAN-520 Introducción a la crítica literaria
SPAN-528 Novela hispanoamericana temprana
SPAN-570 Poesía española del siglo XX
SPAN-593 Tendencias modernas en el teatro hispánico
SPAN-509 Cultura y civilización hispanoamericanas
SPAN-520 Introducción a la crítica literaria
SPAN-571 Novela española del siglo XX
SPAN-508 Cultura y civilización españolas
SPAN-520 Introducción a la crítica literaria
SPAN-535 La prosa testimonial hispanoamericana.
3. Two-Credit Cursos de Perfeccionamiento para Profesores de Español
ARTH-419 El arte español contemporáneo
Review of the works of the most representative Spanish masters: Goya, Sorolla, Zuloaga, Picasso, Miró and Dalí. Visits to the Sorolla, Prado, Reina Sofía and Pintura Contempóranea museums.
SPAN-423 Fonética y fonología españolas
How to speak and sound like a native.
A course covering the theoretical and practical aspects of the sound system of the Spanish language.
Emphasis on correct pronunciation through exercises in oral comprehension and aural discrimination.
SPAN-461 El romanticismo español
Comparative study of Spanish and European Romanticism against the historical context of colonial losses, two Carlist civil wars, and the failed attempts to establish the first Spanish Republic.
Authors studied include José Zorrilla, Mariano José de Larra, José de Espronceda, Duque de Rivas and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer.
SPAN-493 El español en el mundo
A practical review of differences in the contemporary Spanish spoken across countries of Latin America and regions of Spain.
Focus on vocabulary, syntax, pronunciation and cultural influences..
